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When will Kushak drain be cleaned, asks HC

Edit The Hindu 22 Jun 2016
A Division Bench of Justices P.S. Teji and G.S ... The PWD had been told by the court to clean the drain by June 10 ... “The monsoons will soon reach Delhi ... Chugh ... The Kushak drain is 6 km long and carries sewer water from Mehrauli, Sangam Vihar, INA, Defence Colony, Greater Kailash, AIIMS and nearby areas. ....

DJB official quits, raises eyebrows

Edit The Times of India 22 Jun 2016
New Delhi. Two days after chief minister Arvind Kejriwal suspended three Delhi Jal Board engineers for failing to maintain proper water supply, R S Tyagi, member (water) of the board, tendered resignation on health grounds. Till Wednesday night, his resignation had not been accepted ... It was also in the middle of an ongoing water crisis in parts of south Delhi, notably Vasant Kunj and Mehrauli, a matter which was taken up at the meeting....

Delhi’s nightwalkers dig into Ramzan delicacies

Edit The Times of India 22 Jun 2016
In the month of Ramzan, the walled city of Shahajahanabad comes alive at night every year. This year, Ramzan walks are being conducted in the area almost daily. These are mostly food walks facilitated by Delhi Tourism as part of their nightwalks project. From sehri to iftar ... Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra has said that the Ramzan food walks are just the beginning and the night trails will be extended to areas like Mehrauli soon ... RELATED....

DJB repairs water pipeline, ‘dry’ VK continues to suffer

Edit The Times of India 21 Jun 2016
New Delhi. Vasant Kunj residents spent the better part of Tuesday protesting at the local Delhi Jal Board office. The area has been without water since last week and residents have alleged that the water utility has failed to provide any relief ... Other areas that were impacted by the shutdown include Chhatarpur, Mahipalpur, Rangpuri Pahadi, Mehrauli, Sadiq Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Chirag Dilli and parts of Kalkaji ... RELATED....

Waterlogging, jams play spoilers, again

Edit The Times of India 20 Jun 2016
New Delhi. Widespread traffic disruption was reported after Monday's showers wreaked havoc in the capital. The delay by the civic bodies in completing the desilting of drains also caused waterlogging across the city ... Traffic jams were also reported from Adhchini, Lodhi Road, Modi Mill, Sarita Vihar under pass, Munirka and the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road near Ambedkar Nagar bus depot ... RELATED....

Delhi gets rain; respite from heat to continue

Edit The Times of India 20 Jun 2016
The rain, however, disrupted traffic and caused water-logging at several places. "It will be generally cloudy sky on Tuesday ... and 2.30 p.m ... A few climbed to the roof tops to get drenched ... road in south Delhi, near Rao Tula Ram Marg flyover, Moti Bagh flyover, near Sarai Kale Khan on Ashram-ITO carriageway, on IIT-Mehrauli road, GGR-PDR Road, South Extension, ITO, near Chhattarpur metro station ant at Loni crossing in east Delhi ... --IANS....

Hotel manager attacked on busy road for 2 lakh

Edit The Times of India 20 Jun 2016
New Delhi. A 32-year-old hotel manager was beaten up by three armed assailants on a busy main road in Chhatarpur when he resisted a robbery attempt on Wednesday afternoon. The south Delhi police are, however, yet to make any arrest ... As soon as I fell off the bike, they started assaulting me ... The Mehrauli police station, where a robbery case has been registered, has called Sharma to identify some suspects ... "The area is not very safe....

Woman drugged, robbed by 2 in S Delhi market

Edit The Times of India 18 Jun 2016
New Delhi. A 40-year-old woman on Wednesday lodged a complaint alleging that she was drugged and robbed off her jewellery and money by two men in south Delhi's Mehrauli market area on June 10 ... "He spread it out and gave it to me ... A resident of ward number 2 in Mehrauli, Khatoon claimed that she was drugged by the youth ... They deboarded at PTS bus stop, around three kilometres from Mehrauli ... RELATED....

Delhi Assembly Speaker’s staff duped

Edit The Hindu 16 Jun 2016
A builder has been booked for allegedly cheating the personal secretary of Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel by reselling a flat that had earlier been sold to him ... An FIR was finally registered on May 31 after Mr ... Mr ... According to the letter, the Sens were cheated by one Madan Lal Ghera, who had sold them a flat in Vishwakarma Colony along the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road in 2013 ... Since I knew Ghera, I allowed this,” said Mr. Sen ... Sen....

Wedding revelry keeping neighbourhood awake

Edit The Times of India 16 Jun 2016
New Delhi. To add to all the cacophony created by honking drivers and reckless constructors, Delhi has to contend also with the din raised by revellers at wedding processions. Last year, residents of Aya Nagar, a rural stretch on the Mehrauli Gurgaon Road, approached the NGT for relief from the noise pollution caused by overly loud musical bands at marriage ceremonies ... problem is not limited to these villages ... RELATED....

Businessman strangulated to death by robbers in Delhi

Edit Indian Express 16 Jun 2016
Share This Article. Related Article. Robbers attack resort in Sunderbans, Mamata ministers calculate effect — ‘on tourism sector, of Bangladeshi criminals’ Intruders break into 2 houses,kill 2 elderlyGang holds family hostage,flees with $6,000,valuables worth Rs 10 lakhFamily locked in help’s quarter,armed robbers loot Mehrauli farmhouseWoman murdered in Paschim ViharBusinessman robbed of Rs 4 lakh ... 6, slideMargin. 3 }); });. Watch Video....

The Dilli dilemma

Edit The Hindu 16 Jun 2016
To many it might appear to be an overdose of Delhi, but for a city that has constantly reinvented itself, Malvika Singh’s short biography of Delhi, Perpetual City has not come a day too late. Like the city, its windswept roads and its sun-kissed monuments, Malvika’s sweet little book warms the heart of a Dilliwallah ... Why, even the city’s nomenclature is flawed ... Venture to South Delhi, to the area around Mehrauli....

Capital’s heritage tangled in a web of limited powers, illegal construction

Edit The Hindu 14 Jun 2016
The pitiable condition of the 18th Century Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli is testimony to the Archaeological Survey of India’s “limited resources and powers” as it fights to keep the essence of the Capital’s rich history intact ... Blatant violations ... 1 lakh, or both, if the rule is flouted ... “We went to court for the Mehrauli Archaeological Park, and are considering the same for this monument as well,” Mr ... ....
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