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Vibha Sharma

Vibha Sharma

Vibha Sharma covers municipal bodies in Delhi. A journalist for almost a decade, she has also worked for the hyper-local editions of Hindustan Times, covering civic concerns in south Delhi, Gurgaon, and Ghaziabad.

Articles by Vibha Sharma

Panic buttons, CCTVs in all NDMC schools to augment security

A government school at Laxmi Bai Nagar in New Delhi. The NDMC plans to install CCTV cameras and emergency buttons in all its schools.

Updated on Jan 16, 2019 08:15 IST

Rajpath to be turned into boulevard; to get fountains, parking space

Rajpath is the centre of attraction in Delhi and thousands of people visit the area everyday.

Updated on Jan 16, 2019 04:41 IST

NDMC to install smart poles with ‘panic buttons’ at schools, Metro stations, markets

NDMC had earlier installed 55 smart poles in the city which also serve as air quality monitors.

Updated on Jan 14, 2019 10:15 IST

EDMC cracks whip on illegal industries, 330 to be sealed by January 20

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation started a sealed 14 factories being run illegally in residential areas on Thursday, January 10, 2019.

Updated on Jan 11, 2019 09:41 IST

After success of smart bikes, NDMC to rent out electric scooters

The NDMC is already promoting the use of smart bikes in its area and plans to make cycle-friendly tracks, starting from Barakhamba Road

Updated on Jan 9, 2019 08:47 IST

‘A dream come true’: NDMC’s football training project for under-10 girls

School girls in action during a football practice session, at N.P Bengali Girls Senior Secondary School, in New Delhi, on Friday, January 4, 2019.

Updated on Jan 7, 2019 09:23 IST

SDMC ordered to fix infra for disabled in markets

A HT report following a visit to some south Delhi markets had exposed the lack of ramps and other access related infra at shops in these markets.

Updated on Jan 4, 2019 10:15 IST

‘Political stunt’: Delhi’s civic bodies slam decision to implement DFC recommendations

The Delhi Assembly has adopted an action taken report tabled by urban development minister Satyendar Jain on the Delhi Finance Commission’s recommendations.

Updated on Jan 4, 2019 09:28 IST

Call to regulate weekly markets in north Delhi to curb revenue loss

Councillors say there are at least 3,400 weekly markets in north Delhi; most vendors put up stalls without registering them.

Updated on Jan 3, 2019 09:59 IST

Curbing pollution: Four-fold hike in charges in east Delhi’s parking lots

A view of the traffic jam at Delhi-Meerut Expressway in New Delhi, India. Image for representation.

Updated on Jan 2, 2019 01:30 IST

It’s free-for-all in mixed land use Delhi neighbourhoods

A 500-metre stretch on the 60-foot- wide Bhishma Pitamah Marg in south Delhi has a timber and construction material market on one side and big showrooms on the other, due to which the movement of traffic is affected.

Updated on Dec 20, 2018 08:52 IST

Sealing drive: Uncertainty looms large at Delhi’s refugee markets

The usually busy Meharchand Market in Delhi’s Lodhi Colony wears a deserted look after a spate of sealing drives in south Delhi.

Updated on Dec 18, 2018 08:08 IST

Over 5,000 people register to use Delhi civic body’s smart cycles

A man rides smart bicycle during a tour organised by New Delhi Municipal council (NDMC) along with a Hyderabad based start-up SmartBike Mobility Pvt Ltd, at NDMC Headquarters, in New Delhi.

Updated on Dec 17, 2018 14:13 IST

One year of sealing drive in Delhi: Traders ‘want to get back to business’

Traders in Delhi say the government should come out with an ‘amnesty policy’, giving them time to make changes as per the new amendment.

Updated on Dec 17, 2018 07:09 IST

Waste-to-art park to be thrown open on Jan 20 at South Delhi

A statue of Christ the Redeemer at the SDMC park

Updated on Dec 15, 2018 10:35 IST

NDMC builds compost pits in schools to dispose sanitary pads

A compost pit for disposing sanitary napkins inside NP Girls School, Gole Market, New Delhi.

Updated on Dec 13, 2018 10:39 IST

Improper planning hiked cost of Rani Jhansi flyover by Rs 546 crore: Report

An audit report said the work on the Rani Jhansi flyover in Delhi picked up pace only after the intervention of the L-G and the high court.

Updated on Dec 7, 2018 08:11 IST

Sealing drive against polluting units in outer Delhi areas on Friday-Saturday

Officials of North Delhi Municipal Corporation said the sealing drive against polluting units will be taken without serving any showcause notice to these units which are running illegally from non-conforming areas.

Updated on Dec 7, 2018 04:47 IST

South Delhi civic body proposes to hike tax, cut rebate to increase revenue

File photo of Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company Plant at Okhla . Projects including the engineered landfill site at Okhla announced by the SDMC in the previous years are yet to completed.

Updated on Dec 5, 2018 06:51 IST

Conversion charges on shops in south Delhi’s ‘commercial zones’ to continue

File photo of a person sitting outside a shop in the main market of Defence Colony, New Delhi.

Updated on Dec 4, 2018 10:12 IST

Delhi civic bodies pass censure motion against AAP government

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a rally in New Delhi. The three civic bodies of Delhi have passed a censure motion against the AAP government for its ‘lukewarm response’ in releasing funds.

Updated on Nov 30, 2018 08:33 IST

Delhi civic body to work on supplying water 24X7

NDMC officials said that once the project is implemented, there would be round-the-clock water supply.

Updated on Nov 26, 2018 17:50 IST

124 polluting units sealed in Delhi’s Ashoka Park on EPCA orders

The units were being illegally operated out of a residential area in violation of the provision of the Delhi Master Plan 2021

Updated on Nov 22, 2018 07:28 IST

South Delhi civic body’s radio tag project delayed due to construction ban

Ratio Frequency Identification Detection (RFID) system to collect toll tax from commercial vehicles entering Delhi was recommended by the EPCA to decongest the city’s borders and restrict entry of non-destined trucks.

Updated on Nov 14, 2018 07:01 IST

How disabled-friendly are Delhi markets?

A differently- abled person commutes via her wheel chair, at Community Center Market, New Friends Colony, in New Delhi.

Updated on Nov 13, 2018 03:45 IST

Sealing drive back, 30 shops in Delhi’s Amar Colony closed

MCD officials sealed properties at Amar Colony in New Delhi, India, on Friday, October 26, 2018.

Updated on Oct 27, 2018 02:51 IST

Delhi’s iconic Khan Market, 2 others up for facelift next year

The Khan Market redevelopment plan will be tabled in the New Delhi Municipal Council’s meeting in December.

Updated on Oct 22, 2018 01:44 IST

New rules for farmhouses, motels in South Delhi for hosting events

The policy comes a month after the SC appointedmonitoring panel issued directions to the civic agencies to seal errant farmhouses and motels.

Updated on Oct 18, 2018 14:32 IST

Now, apply for passport, PAN card, Aadhaar at NDMC’s ‘common service kiosk’

Delhi Lieutenant Governor, Anil Baijal with Meenakshi Lekhi, Chairman of NDMC Naresh Kumar, after inaugurating the Common Services Center (CSC) Kiosk at Minto Road, in New Delhi, on Tuesday, October 16, 2018.

Updated on Oct 17, 2018 08:52 IST

One more diphtheria death reported in Delhi, toll now 26

Over the last month, 26 children have died due to diphtheria in Delhi - 25 in a NDMC-run hospital in north Delhi and one at a state-run Lok Nayak hospital. (Photo used for representational purposes only)

Updated on Oct 1, 2018 05:40 IST

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