The Ghazipur slaughterhouse was set up in 2009 after the Delhi High Court shut the conventional and open Idgah Abattoir in Chandni Chowk and ordered for a modern and scientific slaughterhouse to be built. read more

While Delhi was reeling under 85% rain deficiency till July 17, the deficiency has come down to around 30% on July 27. Since June 1, Delhi has received 163mm rain. read more

The Swami Dayanand Hospital is a 370-bed facility in Dilshad Garden, Shahdara. It is the largest health institution of the civic body and caters to about 20 lakh patients a year, mostly from Delhi’s trans-Yamuna areas, as well as neighbouring western... read more

Saturday’s fire in Delhi’s Jhilmil that claimed three lives has put the focus back on fire safety norms, or the lack of them, in Delhi’s industrial areas. read more

According to the DJB, sewer lines have been installed in at least 60% of the geographical area of the national capital. At least 80% of the population has been covered. read more

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has chalked out a “traffic re-management plan” for the Lal Quarter Market in Krishna Nagar. EDMC officials said it is the “most organised market” in the dense and chaotic trans-Yamuna neighbourhood, and hence... read more

East corporation officials say that now their trucks have to travel four times the distance they used to cover earlier. The cost involved — including fuel and manpower — has also doubled. read more

Locals in the area, so far, had only seen their complaints about stinking open drains being resolved “occasionally” with the help of earth movers and manual cleaners. read more

The EDMC on Friday sealed the two coaching centres for not paying conversion charges for long and violating building bylaws. read more

The civic body started waste segregation at source in these wards last month. The EDMC officials said that there were around 40,000 households in these three wards. read more

Senior officials, however, said this would mean a loss of R120 crore for the civic body. While EDMC is paying salaries to its employees on time, a sum of Rs 1,500 crore is pending in arrears. read more

EDMC commissioner Dilraj Kaur said that cleaning of major drains is to maintain hygiene and prevent outbreak of diseases in the area. read more

Under the civic body’s immunisation programme, over 26,000 eligible girl students between the ages 10-14 were identified in 2017. Twenty percent of them have been administered the HPV vaccine so far. read more

The newly-elected mayor of North Delhi Avtar Singh and his wife ran a tea stall called ‘Tea Peepal Meridien’ under a tree at Chabi Ganj in Kashmere Gate from the year 1990 to 2000. read more

The project to set up such a plant by the EDMC has been delayed by 10 years owing to various technical reasons. read more