| New Function Plan for recharge of ground-water in Delhi, NCR | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Concerned over the depletion of ground-water in Delhi and NCR, the Centre has approved a new Function Plan to recharge the natural resource in the area. Ministry of Urban Development's NCR Planning Board has approved the new Function Plan, which will review the status of ground-water in and around Delhi and will come out with an action plan to increase the level of water table. |
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| Mend ways before C'Wealth Games: Chidambaram | 22-SEP-09 |
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| Delhiites should seize the opportunity provided by the 2010 Commonwealth Games and mend their ways to present the capital as an international city, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said. |
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| LPG may get expensive in Delhi | 21-SEP-09 |
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| Prices of LPG cylinders might go up in the capital with the cash-strapped Delhi Government mulling to do away with or slash the subsidy offered on them. |
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| The Fennell effect | 18-SEP-09 |
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| After the head of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Michael Fennell, held out the veiled threat of taking away the Games from India (due to be held in October next year), the government has been in a tizzy. Central ministers Suresh Kalmadi and MS Gill and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit have quickly gone on record to say that things will fall into place well in time. That is, of course, a lot better than earlier ministerial statements, which likened the Games to an Indian wedding where everything remains fluid till all the pieces fall into place at the last minute. This is an odd way to explain away delays of several months, and is in fact a way of escaping a proper debate on what has gone wrong and why. It is a sorry thought that the government’s ability to deliver has not improved in the 27 years since the Asian Games of 1982. Then too, preparations were behind schedule, and the situation was saved only after the government tasked Jagmohan with getting things in order. |
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| Need to gradually switchover to Concrete Roads: Sheila Dikshit | 17-SEP-09 |
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| India’s cities are growing rapidly and consequently road traffic is burgeoning. City roads need to cope with the rapid increase in the density of traffic. The construction of concrete roads has been well recognized in major cities in the world. Considering that conventional road building techniques In India may not suffice to meet this demand, CII jointly with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Govt. of India, organized a Seminar on Concrete Road Projects: Focusing on City Roads & Technology, here today. |
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| Delhi CM assures to complete CWG projects well in time | 14-SEP-09 |
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| Under attack for delay in various projects related to the Commonwealth Games, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said her government will complete all work "well in time" although it was little "nervous" about the preparation. |
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| Ending power monopolies | 08-SEP-09 |
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| With a large number of citizens in the capital complaining of electricity bills that are up by between 50 and 100 per cent, the point gets reinforced that, though the Delhi government has privatised electricity distribution, it needs to continue protecting consumer interest. This was also evident a few weeks ago when it was found that the Anil Ambani-controlled BSES, one of the two companies running the distribution firms in the capital, had not contracted enough electricity supplies to meet peak summer demand. While Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has given the expected tongue-lashing to BSES, the distribution company which has the maximum number of complaints, she needs to figure out a more permanent solution. |
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| Delhi Metro acquired excess land: CAG | 20-JUL-09 |
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| Delhi Metro has been rapped by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for acquiring excess land for implementing the Phase-I of the ambitious new age transport system. |
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| Debris clearance continues at Delhi Metro site | 14-JUL-09 |
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| Debris clearance operations continued at the Delhi Metro accident site in south Delhi even as one-way traffic in the area was thrown open today to facilitate movement of vehicles. |
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