Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board News Items. DUSIB. 2

Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board News Items
DUSIB is in news often. Below please find links to news items on the same spanning a few months. Suit yourself. This is the second in series of posts on lists of news items on DUSIB. DUSIB stands for Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.

Some tags are Portable Toilets, Chemical Toilets, Night Shelters, Community Toilets, Relocation, East Delhi, West Delhi, North Delhi, South Delhi, Homeless, Jhuggi Jhompri, Land Parcel, Land Pockets, ODF, Open Defecation Free, Slums, Open To Sky, Homeless, Mobile Toilets, Rehabilitation, Unoccupied Flats.

- Portable toilet cubicles with inbuilt biodegradable chemical treatment mechanism for liquid sewage
A flush mechanism initiates the segregation of liquid and solid waste and treatment of the latter with chemicals
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“How chemical toilets change habit in Delhi slums”
“A mud path, with potholes filled with water and stones, leads to a black granite platform at the far end of a cluster of huts made of plastic, bamboo and metal sheets. Located at Yamuna Khadar, on the floodplains, these huts house 500 people. The cluster is visible from the Mayur Vihar phase-I metro station. On top of this platform, accessible by stairs and a ramp with steel railings, stand 12 units of portable toilet cubicles in two rows. These have an inbuilt biodegradable chemical treatment mechanism for liquid sewage. A solar panel charges the LEDs installed inside. Open a door and you find an Indian toilet unit with a sink and taps and a flush mechanism that initiates the segregation of solid and liquid waste and treatment of the latter with biochemicals.
This model, based on similar units in European countries like Italy, is Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board’s (DUSIB) solution for slums where there is neither sewerage, nor water supply. So, permanent toilet complexes, pre-fabricated toilet units and mobile toilet vans have been ruled out.
Twenty more — 10 each in two clusters — have been installed at Shalimar Bagh by YLDA India Private Limited, the company hired by DUSIB, on a build-operate-transfer-maintain basis for a two-year period. On the success of these toilets hangs the fate of 600 more that will be put up at 25 similar locations across the city. The slums around Okhla, Bhatti Mines and Vasant Kunj are some of the areas. The government hopes that this will help it achieve its target of making slum clusters free of open defecation.
But the numbers are far from adequate. It’s a welcome relief for the residents of Yamuna Khadar, particularly women, but obviously far short of what’s needed for 500 people, even if you go by the DUSIB formula of one seat for 30. DUSIB says the headcount was about 250 when these people were removed from the road along the highway and relocated here since construction work on road and metro projects had started. ..”
“.. According to the slum-dwellers, the toilet's key function of treating liquid sewage through biodegradable chemicals is getting impaired by shortage of water and large number of users.
Compared to a regular toilet which uses three to nine litres of water for flushing, this one uses only 0.1 litre. Every time the flush is used, the solid and liquid wastes get segregated in two chambers. After each cycle of 100 users, the liquid is automatically treated by biodegradable chemicals replenished regularly by the maintenance agency. The water thus treated can be used for flushing. The solid waste collects in a tank from where it is mechanically sucked out daily. .. ”
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This is from September 2017.


- Homeless population seeks refuge in subways owing to insufficient numbers of night shelters
Area around AIIMS and Kashmere Gate have large nos of homeless.
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“Not enough night shelters in Delhi; subway shut, homeless near AIIMS stranded in cold”
“.. however, hundreds of homeless people who have made the streets outside AIIMS their home found the subway locked ever since winter started.
“The subway was in no way an ideal ‘home’ but it protected us from the rain and the chilly wind. When it rained on Monday, I took cover at the bus stop as did several other people. The night shelters set up here are packed every night. Most people who sleep there are drunk or drug addicts, so I don’t feel safe sleeping there. Also, the shelters are right above a drain and it smells very bad. The subway gave us protection from the cold as well as cars,” ..”
“.. ordered that subways in areas with a dense homeless population, such as AIIMS and Kashmere Gate, be opened for the homeless during winter — providing some respite from the cold for those sleeping outside AIIMS. ..”
“.. the subway served people in the winter months. It’s closure has hit the homeless hard. .. The shelters in the area set up by the government are not in great condition either. The tents that have come up do not have any facility for toilets. A provision for those should be made. Also, wherever there is a concentration of homeless people, subways and a part of the Metro stations should be opened during winters,” ..”
“.. a 20 per cent gap between demand and supply,” ..”
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This is from December 2017.


- Community Toilets to make city open defecation free
DUSIB opened 810 community toilets spread over 21 complexes in the city in June 2017, it says over 10,000 constructed by agency from Feb 2015 to June 2017.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed to make all slum clusters in the Capital open defecation-free by March 31, 2018.
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“.. inauguration of the community toilet complexes constructed by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) at a slum cluster in south Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar, the .. government would construct similar facilities in all slums by the end of this financial year. ..”
“.. the opening of new community toilet complexes at slums was an important step for women’s safety as women residents were earlier forced to defecate in the open.
Women’s safety ..”
“.. DUSIB opened 810 community toilets spread over 21 complexes in the city, ..”
“.. toilets at the slum cluster near the railway line at Jal Vihar in Lajpat Nagar were made after the Railways gave permission.
To make the slum, which has 1,310 jhuggies, open defecation-free, the DUSIB had set up a 110-seater prefab toilet complex.
Till now, the residents of the slum were forced to relieve themselves near the railway track.”
“Among the other locations where new toilet complexes were inaugurated .. are Okhla DTC Depot, Sudhir Camp in Kalkaji, Kalander Colony near Bhalswa Dairy, Dalit Camp in Dakshinpuri, K-Block Manglopuri, slum cluster at B-Block Paschim Vihar and Kamla Nehru Camp at Kirti Nagar. ”
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This is from June 2017.


- Relocation of JJ Colony in East Delhi’s Vinod Nagar - rehabilitation of 400 people
NHAI National Highways Authority of India has sought the land to widen the Delhi-Meerut highway. About 400 people will have to be rehabilitated.
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“.. Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board .. approved relocation of the JJ colony in east Delhi’s Vinod Nagar near NH-24. ..”
“.. Slum and Jhuggi Jhonpri Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy 2015. ..”
“.. 400 JJ dwellers will be allotted flats at Baprola. ..”
“.. approved Rs 891 crore budget for DUSIB.
Of this, Rs.373.65 crore will be spent in the execution of plan works in JJ colonies to improve the living conditions there.”
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This is from September 2016.


- Towards a slum free city, garnering revenue for same
There are over 1,000 land pockets available with DUSIB and within them are plots of 800 square feet. They cannot be used for commercial purposes. There are 80 of them and they can fetch Rs. 100 Crores. And the money will be used for public welfare.
DUSIB plans to auction around 7000 square metre of land in West Delhi’s Rajouri Garden for construction of hotel.
It’s the government’s suggestion that land can be used for commercial purpose.
DUSIB is not able to earn much from freehold policy of JJ plots and has also incurred losses for allotting lands at inter-departmental rates to various agencies instead of circle rates.
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“.. To fund the slum-free city project, the Delhi government has proposed to sell off land lying unused for years. ..”
“.. aim to fetch at least R 400 crore from it. Most of our revenue comes from the land given on lease and for years we have land lying unused resulting into losses. .. The land in west and outer Delhi will be used for the construction of 27,000 flats .. other land will be used for commercial purposes ..”
“.. DUSIB had also invited tender for allotment of open ground Raja Garden for ten months for the purpose of marriages, Social or cultural event. .. also exploring option to use land as parking site and earn revenue. .. ”
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This is from April 2017.
AND assumes
- Plots ‘within’ pockets are to be sold off. Accessibility for these plots then?, Easement Rights. Right?


- Delhi slums were to get over 8000 new toilets by 2017 year end.
Eradicating open defecation in 675 notified clusters
The Delhi government planned to declare the clusters open defecation-free before the end of financial year. Slums were to have new toilet complexes.
As per DUSIB records, 10,583 toilet seats were either constructed or renovated from February 14, 2015 till June 30 2017. 8,400 toilets were either under construction or renovation. All of these were to be finished by December 2017.
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“.. From February 14, 2015, to March 31, 2016, the government built a total of 4,119 toilets, of which 1,287 were new and 2,832 renovated. In financial year 2016-2017, as many as 4,716 toilet seats were added, with 1,996 being new constructions and 2,800 being old toilets that were renovated. ..”
“.. Depending on the project, each toilet seat or cubicle costs the DUSIB ₹80,000 to ₹1.25 lakh to construct. In some slums, sewer lines are being extended so that the houses can have their own toilets, ..”
“.. Since these slums are located on land owned by various agencies, getting no-objection certificates (NOCs) .. had been a challenge. However, .. Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014, .. Railways and the Delhi Development Authority, have been issuing NOCs faster. ..”
“.. In areas where land has not been secured, temporary toilets in the form of porta cabins will be constructed, so that the residents do not relieve themselves in the open. However, with around 3 lakh households in slums, the task of giving each resident access to a clean toilet is unlikely ..”
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This is from July 2017.


- DUSIB to provide sanitation, toilet facilities in slums
DUSIB has taken over community toilets from municipal corporations and will upgrade them. Many slums have no toilets. Board also planned to provide 67 mobile toilet vans with bio-digesters in 53 JJ clusters where there is space constraint. An advisory committee to suggest sanitation strategies for slums, comprising NGOs and experts was to be constituted.
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“.. is the mandate of DUSIB to rehabilitate slum (jhuggi- jhopri) dwellers and provide toilets facilities in jhuggi- jhopri (JJ) clusters, ..”
“.. DUSIB and other government agencies have provided toilet facilities in 685 JJ clusters, which are standing on land owned by various state and central government agencies. ..”
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This is from August 2014.


- Open to Sky Shelters hold some advantages over Night Shelters
The Yamuna embankment in North Delhi’s Kashmere Gate has one of national capital’s open-to-the-sky shelters for homeless workers who have not been able to find a place in one of Delhi government’s many night shelters. There is actually little place to sleep in night shelters. And then there are thefts. Plus there is bias, there is prejudice - typical human, societal frailties at play.
Official from NGO Centre for Holistic Development says that as per National Urban Livelihood Mission guidelines at least 50 sq ft should be given to every person in the night shelters, and that Delhi night shelters are over crowded and yield only 10-12 sq ft area per jana.
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“.. More people trickle in, armed with blankets and shawls, ready to spend the night under the open sky — because they don’t have a choice.
The Yamuna riverbed where the migrants have chosen to be is choc-a-bloc with animal waste, with its attendant foul smell to which is added that of the putrid river water. ..”
“.. six nearby night shelters .. were found to be over-crowded. ..”
“The Delhi government’s Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), while announcing its Winter Action Plan on December 15, 2017, said it runs 251 shelters — 83 of them housed in permanent buildings and 113 operating out of porta-cabins. FIfty-five temporary shelters in tents have also been put up for the winter season.
Although the Board claims that the night shelters can accommodate close to 20,000 people, only about 10,000 homeless people are using them. ..”
“.. “Rain Basera” mobile application. ..”
“.. According to a 2014 DUSIB survey, the number of homeless in Delhi is 16,000, while various NGOs estimate that the number may run up to 100,000 or more. ..”
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This is from January 2018.


- Mobile Toilets at 156 locations - Delhi will be ODF.
19000 new toilets will come up in 165 locations.
DUSIB proposes mobile toilets (pilot project and first time in country) at 165 locations in capital towards making Delhi free of open defecation. The board’s ‘Delhi Slums Open Defecation-free Plan, 2016-17’ also includes a new model of mobile toilets installed on cycle-rickshaws. An Australian manufacturer has two toilet designs to offer - western portable and squatting tank. DUSIB selects the second. The mobile toilets are made of high-density polyethylene and weigh 20 kg. Each unit will also include a hand-wash basin. There will be no construction cost, no laying of sewage pipelines. In some places toilets will be placed on ground and not mounted on cycle rickshaw.
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“.. conducted surveys across JJ clusters .. there was no place to construct them in congested slums .. thought of using the cycle-rickshaw mounted toilet model .. tested at 30 night shelters last winter ..”
“.. “Each unit will be good for about 70 to 80 uses. Certain chemicals used to treat the waste will remove odour. After use, the waste can be discharged into the nearest manhole,” ..”
“.. Last year, the DUSIB had prepared a slum-free city action plan (SFCAP) for the implementation of the Centre’s Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). .. Centre scrapped RAY and replaced it with the housing-for-all scheme. However, based on the surveys conducted prior to the SFCAP, the DUSIB stated that 22 per cent of the population in Delhi’s slums did not have access to a toilet.
The SFCAP showed that members of 56,980 households in the city’s slums still defecated in the open. A DUSIB official said, “Earlier, the ratio for building new toilets was 1:50. Under the new plan, the ratio is one toilet per 30 people.” ..”
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This is from July 2016.


- 26,288 Flats Built for Slum-Dwellers Are Still Lying Empty
This is on policy making and implementation. Rehabilitation has become a tedious process. 
Successive Delhi governments have failed miserably with relocating city’s slum-dwellers.
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“.. a considerable number of flats have been constructed for these disenfranchised groups. But the lion’s share of these constructions are still lying unoccupied and unattended. ..”
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Snapshot
In 2010, Delhi government with the Centre’s help built 27,344 flats for people living in slums.
Currently, 26,288 flats are yet to be occupied.
Flats have been constructed in Bawana, Baprola, Ghoga and Dwarka.
Only 4,000 ex-slum dwellers have been shifted so far.
The Quint managed to document 16,000 of these unoccupied shelters.
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“.. proposal found support in some of the central government schemes like the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY). .. flats were complete with parks, playgrounds and even marriage halls. .. 27,344 flats could not be allotted. .. did not facilitate systematic distribution, and while some flats were allotted, people were never shifted into them. One government followed the other, but the mission never witnessed successful implementation.
“.. the added lack of a structured allotment plan. ..”
“.. (DUSIB) has alleged that the right to allotment was only accorded to them in 2015. ..”
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Current Conditions of Slum-Dwellers in Delhi
49% of Delhi’s population resides in slums.
According to latest statistics, there are 4,20,000 slums in the city.
205 of these slums are near sewage drains, which are a cause of diseases like dengue and malaria.
One-fourth of these slums do not have bathrooms.
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This is from June 2016.

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Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board News Items. DUSIB.

Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board News Items 
DUSIB is in news often. Below please find links to news items on the same spanning a few months. Suit yourself. This is the first in series of posts on lists of news items on DUSIB. DUSIB stands for Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board.
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“.. authorities in the national capital failed to persuade more than 1,100 homeless people to temporarily move to night shelters, .. roughly 1,167 people scattered across the city have rejected repeated attempts by rescue teams to place them in night shelters. .. The reluctance shown by the homeless people to shift to night shelters stems from a set of reasons such as unhygienic conditions, fear of theft, lack of space, and brawls involving junkies. .. The largest concentration of such homeless people, not willing to move to shelters, are in areas such as the Kashmere Gate ISBT, Hanuman Mandir in Connaught Place and AIIMS. According to a list attached to the letter, the numbers are: 200 near the ISBT, 200 near AIIMS, 150 in Safdarjung, 50 near Gurdwara Bangla Sahib and 20 near Hanuman Mandir. .. Currently, DUSIB's 261 night shelters, run through NGOs on contract basis, have a capacity to house 20,934 people. Singh claimed the peak occupancy during nights this winter season has been 13,810. Of the 261 shelters, 83 are concrete structures, 115 are porta cabins, while the rest, save one, are tents. Every night, a subway near AIIMS is thrown open for the families of outstation patients thronging the premier hospital to take shelter.”
This is from January 2018.

“DUSIB clears 5,000 flats for slum dwellers
Land approved for 50 mohalla clinics
Five thousand new flats for slum residents and allocation of land for 50 mohalla clinics .. DUSIB approved the construction of 5,012 flats at an estimated cost of ₹654.33 crore, .. In-situ policy These flats would be under the DUSIB’s in-situ rehabilitation policy, whereby permanent housing would be constructed on the site where the slums are located. ..Of the 5,012 flats, a total of 3,780 apartments would be made at Pocket-F in Bhalswa-Jahangirpuri at a cost of ₹493.40 crore. A total of 784 flats would be made at Dev Nagar in Karol Bagh at a cost of ₹102.28 crore. Another 448 flats would be constructed at Kasturba Niketan in Lajpat Nagar at a cost of ₹58.65 crore. Each of the buildings would be 14-floors tall. The DUSIB will ask the government for ₹500 crore to get the project started. ..”
This is from August 2017.

“Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) will build toilets for the people living in JJ clusters located along railway tracks and other locations in Delhi. Railways, DDA, MCDs have agreed to issue 'no objection certificate' (NOC) for construction of toilets, .. all slum clusters, located on the railway tracks, get a toilet in the area. Some of the clusters have the population over 12,000 and there is no space left to construct a toilet, .. There are 26 JJ colonies on lands belonging to Railways, DDA, MCDs and Government of Uttar Pradesh. .. and in respect of four colonies with dense jhuggis in Jhakira-Charamandi area, mobile toilet vehicles will be deployed to begin with. NGOs would be involved to talk to the local people and provide land for building permanent toilets. .. There are 10 JJ Colonies located on railway lands in Bhim Nagar behind Nangloi Bus Depot, Rakhi Market Jhakira, Shiv Basti near Patel Nagar Railway Station, Pilli Kothi lahore and PulMithai edge at lahore Gate, Under Mansoravar Metro Flyover, SabjiMandi Railway Station, A Block Shalimar Bagh, Shakurbasti, MatialaMandir and Priyadarshini Colony.”
This is from July 2017.

Private developer did not do anything.
“.. The Delhi government is mulling requesting lieutenant governor (LG) Anil Baijal to hand over Kathputli Colony to the  Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) for rehabilitation of its displaced residents, sources said. .. The DDA had handed over rehabilitation of the Kathputli Colony, in west Delhi, to a private company, Raheja Developers, in 2007. “The 13 acres of land (Kathputli Colony) worth Rs 1,000 crore was handed over to Raheja Developers for Rs 6 crore and they have not done anything in the past nine years. This is a scam,” the official said. .. “Of the 13 acres of Kathputli Colony, a huge portion of land will be used by the private builder (Raheja Developers) for construction and sale of a large number of flats and commercial space in open market to private people in this prime location of Delhi,” .. The official said the developer would earn a “profit of Rs 700 crore” through this and said that if handed over to the government, they would make more flats available to the public and save crores of rupees of public money. ..”
This is from January 2018.

“Residents of a slum in north Delhi's Sangam Park could become the first lot to be rehabilitated to permanent housing in the vicinity of their jhuggis, as the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) gets ready to build flats here. While the DDA has constructed flats in the place of slums in the past, this would be the first in-situ housing development project for the DUSIB. A tender asking for bids to construct a total of 582 flats was floated ..”
This is from July 2017.

“Urban Development Ministry today sought action plans from Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) and the three municipal corporations for the construction of toilets to make the national capital open defecation-free at the earliest. .. In Delhi, DUSIB has been entrusted with the task of building community and public toilet seats whose requirement is assessed to be 27,000 toilet seats of which 18,000 have been reported to have been made available so far. The municipal corporations were asked to enable construction of individual household toilets ..”
This is from June 2017.

“.. slum rehabilitation scheme .. In the first phase, .. shift residents of slums and JJ clusters living in-and-around northwest Delhi’s Sultanpuri area. .. As per the previous survey conducted in 2014-15, Delhi has 675 slum and JJ clusters. .. However, the houses under the new scheme will not be free. General category beneficiaries will have to pay ₹1.12 lakh for the 25-sq metre flat, while scheduled caste allottees will pay ₹1,000. Above this, ₹30,000 will be charged in both categories as maintenance cost for five years. As land in Delhi also lies with other agencies like the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the policy lays down a separate framework. “For cases where land is not under the Delhi government, 40% of the plot would be given to the land-owning agency for commercial revenue generation and the government shall build EWS houses on the remaining 60% of the land,” an official said. ..”
This is from December 2017.

“.. About 26,861 of the 28,344 flats constructed in the past decade by the Delhi government agencies for the have-nots lie vacant in different parts of the city .. Located a kilometre away from Mundka station on Metro's Green Line in west Delhi Savda Ghevra is home to 60,000 people living in 10,000 houses ... Currently, slums are rehabilitated in Delhi under the land laws which deal with encroachment of public property. The central Act for slums -- Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956, which defines slums as ‘habitations not fit for habitations’ and not encroachments – is hardly invoked. The rehabilitation exercise in Kathputli, for example, was guided by DDA’s ‘in-situ’ redevelopment scheme under its master plan which derives its legality from the Delhi Development Act, 1957. .. It has been proven worldwide, Roy said, that the poor do not want to live in flats because they cannot work there. “Where will a rickshaw puller keep his vehicle or a vegetable vendor keep his cart?” he asked. So, what is the solution? “Why not provide better civic services to them where they live instead of making new houses. Give them plots and let them build their own house,” Roy suggested. ..”
This is from November 2017.

“.. DUSIB’s winter action plan 2017-18 for night shelters will be rolled out on November 15. Records with the DUSIB suggest as of now, they have been able to set up 183 night shelters across the city. Out of this, 73 are permanent buildings, 109 are porta-cabin shelters and one has been set up in a tent. Together, all of these can accommodate 15,774 people, officials said. .. Explaining the reason for installing TVs, Singh said, “We observed the homeless need some kind of entertainment to keep them glued, otherwise they wander around at night which is unsafe. Many (the homeless) prefer to live along the roads because they get food, money and warm clothes from the public. So, TV sets will be fixed at all the night shelters including the porta-cabins.” ..”
This is from November 2017.

“.. The Centre's urban housing scheme is set to be implemented in Delhi, nearly two years after the launch .. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) scheme, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) inks agreement with state governments for implementation of the scheme. .. Some land in the national capital also lies with the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) which is under the Delhi government. ..”
This is from April 2017.
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Some tags: Homeless, Shelter, Poor, Slum.

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Transportation, Infrastructure Proposals

Raising quality of life - Kiran Bedi's Pointers
Declogging of roads is sought. Considering underpasses, flyovers, tunnels in congested areas is proposed. Direction based traffic solutions are proposed to be implemented. Satellite imagery reference will help to adapt the intelligent systems which in turn form the basis of a centralised traffic network operating centre that is meant to monitor and reroute all of Delhi traffic as one cohesive - mammoth but under control.
Smart everything seems to be the future. LED signages will apprise commuters of traffic conditions elsewhere to consider detouring if plausible. Parking masterplan will consider multilevel above ground and underground parking so that major roads are freed.
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".. While road safety awareness has become an essential agenda is recent times, active drives to educate citizens on safety and traffic rules is proposed. Strict enforcement of traffic and parking rules will become a reality.
".. Feedback from intelligent signalling, and transportation systems will be essential for smooth traffic flow. .."
".. parking is already a serious issue in multiple areas. .."
".. Working in sync with central ministries will guarantee effective policy and program implementation for Delhi’s development. The proposed Eastern Peripheral Expressway is one such project. Infrastructure in Delhi will be developed to be friendly to differently-abled people and people with special needs. .."
".. An integrated and cohesive transportation system will develop last mile coverage. A single smart card for Metro Rail, DTC Buses and Metro feeder buses will be in use, .."
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Find this on https://www.rushlane.com/transportation-blueprint-delhi-12142894.html .
This is from January 2015.

 Just In Jest .. :-)
It took us ten minutes to understand this statement from the article:
"Turning to a centralised traffic network operating center (NOC) to monitor and re-route Delhi-wide traffic based on intelligent systems could be adapted by referring to satellite imagery."
Then we thought we understood what it meant and thence we wrote the following:
"Satellite imagery reference will help to adapt the intelligent systems which in turn form the basis of a centralised traffic network operating centre that is meant to monitor and reroute all of Delhi traffic as one cohesive - mammoth but under control."
Hope we got that right! ;-)
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Toilet Gallery of Mahatma Gandhi a victim of neglect

Toilet has a role to play in society
Toilet Gallery of Mahatma Gandhi is in neglect and is continuously desecrated. The 'Toilet Gallery' is located in north Delhi’s Kingsway Camp in the over 80-year-old Harijan Sewak Sangh, a Harijan ashram spread over 27 acres. The ashram was a result of Poona Pact between Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar in 1932.
The toilet gallery was created out of Mahatma Gandhi’s vision to spread the message of social empowerment. Gandhi had ideas for the toilet as having a role to play in society. Gandhi engineered a social revolution, some feel.
The gallery has not got its due recognition. It is neglected. Lack of civility amongst the North Indian dishonours the gallery sadly. It is also desecrated, or abused by people.
Gandhi was aware that building of toilets around the country would change society and also he wanted to tell people to use excreta manure for biogas production. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is the face of the campaign ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’. His own work has been forgotten by government.
Ashram has a “Dharma Stambh” and a “Sarwa Dharma Sambhav Temple”, both of which were constructed under Gandhi's supervision. Gandhi's work was converted into a tangible form at this gallery by sanitation activist Ishwarbhai Patel.
Complaints to municipality about public abuse has not yielded anything. Ashram doesn't have political backing. It faces a shortage of funds.
Toilet Gallery and the Ashram could be a tourist attraction. The Sangh has a redevelopment plan ready but maps have not been cleared by North Delhi Municipal Corporation.
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".. Gandhiji saw sanitation as a road to social empowerment. He saw creation of toilets as a means to abolish untouchability as sanitation work was something which the society thought should be done by low caste people. .."
".. Patel, driven by the Harijan Sangh’s vision, had already played a major role in establishing the ‘Safai Vidyalaya in Ahmedabad (now Environmental Sanitation Institute) in the 1960s. .."
".. The ashram was born out of the historic Poona Pact between Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar in 1932. But the Sangh campus itself hasn’t fared any better over the several years, slipping slowly into complete obscurity due to “public apathy and lack of political patronage”.
“People know Gandhi’s birth and death places, but not his real battleground, where he engineered a social revolution,” 83-year-old Ram Raj Prabhakar, a former employee of the ashram, said.
Gandhiji despised untouchability and saw manual scavenging as a prime reason for it and he founded the ashram to lend a conducive environment for the uplift of the oppressed classes or ‘Harijans’ as he called them. .."
".. The “Dharama Stambh” with its massive pedestal has inscriptions from the Vedas and Upanashidas, and Buddhist teachings inscribed on them.
“We want to develop, besides a refurbished toilet gallery, a Ayurveda centre and a hospital, revive the vocational training institute that ITI was earlier in the campus, a research and development centre for medicinal plants, among others,” Dass said." .."
".. The campus also has memories attached with Kasturba Gandhi, who stayed here in a ‘kutir’ and where Gandhi also stayed later.
Besides, there is a library and exhibition centre where framed old photographs of Gandhi and people whom he worked with, have been displayed. .."
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This is from January 2015 .
Find this at 
http://www.indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/gandhis-historic-toilet-gallery-a-picture-of-neglect .
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Location: Kingsway Camp, Delhi

"Net Zero Energy" Consuming Building, India's First - Indira Paryavaran Bhawan

Solar Power meets most of this Green Building's energy requirements
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, india's first 'Net Zero Energy' consuming building is constructed in such a way so as to meet most of its annual energy requirements through solar power. It's a green building which comprises India's largest roof-top solar panel. They say that it is state of the art landmark building. It has a green building rating of 5 Star of GRIHA and Platinum rating of LEED India.
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"... The 'Net Zero Energy' building - also called Net Zero Building - is a structure with zero net energy consumption where the total amount of energy used in the premises on an annual basis is more or less equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site. ..."
"... building that is based on conservation of natural areas and trees to reduce adverse environmental impact, provide adequate natural light, shaded landscaped areas to reduce ambient temperature, maximize energy saving system and minimize operation cost by adopting green building concepts. ..."
"... Architectural design of the building is primarily based on following concepts:
* Preservation of maximum possible number of trees standing over the site * Solar Passive Architecture with proper orientation and shading of Fenestrations * Appropriate building envelope design with envelope insulation to reduce heat intake * Use of permanent, durable and local materials such as sand stone on exterior face, low heat transmission glass and reflective roofing * Priority for pedestrians in the front, with vehicular access on the sides of the building * Reduction of conventional lighting load by ensuring 75% day-light use * Natural ventilation due to stack effect * The building is designed in such a way that there is free ventilation across the entire building
Energy conservation measures:
* Utilization of High Efficiency Solar Panels to achieve Net Zero criteria. Energy efficient T-5 and LED fixtures * Innovative chilled beam system for cooling * Pre-cooling of fresh air from exhaust using heat recovery wheel in order to reduce load on chiller plant * Water cooled chillers * Double skin air handling units with variable frequency drives * Geo thermal heat exchange technology used for heat rejection from Air-conditioning system * Innovative energy saving regenerative lifts which have been installed for the first time in government institutional building. ..."
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Find this at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/UN-secretary-general-visits-Indias-first-Net-Zero-Energy-consumption-building/articleshow/45872916.cms .
This is from January 2015 .

 Also see http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/indias-first-net-zero-energy-building/article6589478.ece .
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Location: Jor Bagh Road, Ali Ganj, Lodi Colony, Delhi 110003

East Kidwai Nagar Housing - Redevelopment

46 environmental conditions stipulated with clearance from multiple authorities
The National Green Tribunal feels that all environmental safeguards have been taken care of for the Rs. 4264 Crore East Kidwai Nagar Housing Redevelopment Project.
The debris generated due to demolition is supposed to be converted into tile blocks to be utilised then. Air, noise, traffic pollution hazards are certainly there. Chaos is being officially installed but, AND feels. Article says that existing dwelling units are 2,331 against the proposed 4,842 units and existing height is 9 metres against the proposed height of 46.80 metres. Existing 2 storeys are against the proposed ground plus 14, article says.
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".. is no reason for the Tribunal to believe that the precautionary principle and the principle of sustainable development would be violated or compromised, .."
".. It noted that the “environmental clearance granted to the project in August 2012 ensured that air and water quality, municipal solid waste disposal, sewage treatment, traffic management, creation of green spaces, use of solar energy etc. have been optimally built into the project design and implementation”. .."
".. the sewage from Kidwai Nagar East Complex after treatment would be discharged into Barapullah drain which joins the Yamuna .. it be rather discharged into the city’s sewerage system with consent from DPCC. .."
".. the government housing complex being built by the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) would increase air, noise and traffic pollution and should therefore be scrapped immediately. Mr. Suri had contended that the project with three basements would affect the ground water level. .."
".. The NBCC .. claimed that a total of 46 environmental conditions have been stipulated for the project with clearance from UTTIPEC, DUAC and Airports Authority of India. .."
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Find this at http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/ngt-nod-for-rs-4264cr-east-kidwai-nagar-housing-project/article6798154.ece .
This is from January 2015.
The Article has erred elsewhere when wanting to say about total built up and mentioning FAR instead. So use jurisprudence. AND doesn't know why 'architectural masterpiece' term is used to describe this Project. The (private?) petitioner's plea on air, traffic, noise pollution should have been heard and understood properly.
More of AND's feelers:
Entire character of the area will be affected and irreversible damage to not only this part of the city will be done / is done but it will have a ripple effect and repercussions all over the city. Is this not true? Was this thought of?
Resources are going to be terribly affected, "chaos was officially installed". Is this not so?
Delhi should have a character of low to medium rise sprawled development rather than high rises indiscriminately. Delhi should go for reducing population rather than encouraging the influx of all types of characters from anywhere into the city. Did we err here? Are we not correct?
Delhi can think of trying to reduce crime and nonsense by controlling the population and then becoming a misaal for itself and other cities and states. You differ with this assertion? AND took a chance.

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Location: East Kidwai Nagar, Kidwai Nagar, Delhi 110023

Burari and Ambedkar Nagar Multi Speciality Hospitals

Delhi is supposed to get two more multispeciality hospitals
Two additional multi-speciality hospitals under the Delhi health department are supposed to come up at Burari in north Delhi (200 Bed and 100 Crore Project) and Ambedkar Nagar in south Delhi (200 Bed and 125 Crore Project). A Rs. 570 Crore 700 Bed Hospital at Dwarka is also underway. This is to reduce the no. of patients at AIIMS (All India Institute Of Medical Sciences) and Safdarjung Hospital. The Dwarka Hospital is also slated to have a Medical College later.
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"The hospitals will have special facility departments for neurology, gynaecology and pediatrics," .."
".. health projects are in the pipeline like a hospital each in Madipur and Jwalapuri of West Delhi. .."
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Find this at http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/delhi-to-get-two-more-multispecialty-hospitals-115010901058_1.html .
This is from January 2015.
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NGT endorses levying fine for dumping construction waste in Yamuna

Throw construction waste in river Yamuna and you be ready to pay fine Rs. 50,000
National Green Tribunal has endorsed levying of fine for dumping construction waste in Yamuna. You throw waste in the river Yamuna and then you be ready to pay fine - Rs. 5,000, and if it is construction waste, then Rs. 50,000.
The NGT ordered creation of a committee formed by officials of the environment ministry (central?), Delhi government, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), and governments of Haryana, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. This is towards formulating a plan for restoration of river Yamuna. Already over Rs.6,000 crore have been spent for cleaning but not much has changed.
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".. The committee will ensure environmental flow in the river and help prevent any waste from entering the river, especially industrial effluents .. and report to the NGT every quarter. .."
".. judgement came in response to a petition by environmentalist Manoj Misra, .. convener of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, .. clean and revitalize the Yamuna river for nearly a decade.
The tribunal under its Maili se Nirmal Yamuna (from dirty to pure Yamuna)-Yamuna Revitalisation plan 2017” also restrained real-estate developers from carrying out any construction work on the flood plains of the river. .."
".. “money collected through fines would be used for restoring the river”. .."
".. The central government had sanctioned the Yamuna Action Plan (YAP)-I and YAP-II schemes for Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
YAP-III was introduced in Delhi with financial assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency for works like sewerage/interception and diversion of drains, sewage treatment plants, low-cost sanitation and community toilet complexes, electric and improved wood crematoria. .."
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Find this at http://www.livemint.com/Politics/dZO4jQT30fGtOpbjTnRUfP/NGT-backs-fines-for-dumping-wasteinYamuna.html .
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Also see http://www.indialegallive.com/column-news/is-india-lagging-behind-in-improving-quality-of-life-42740 from 2018 January.
".. Traffic and municipal waste add to pollution but for the moment, let us disregard them and focus on the biggest contributor to city pollution—construction dust. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) came out with a detailed order on how to manage dust at construction sites in Delhi. While it was applicable to all .."
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Also see http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pay-rs-5000-fine-for-dumping-waste-on-yamuna-floodplains-ngt/articleshow/58753197.cms from 2017 May.
".. Open defecation and dumping of waste on the Yamuna floodplains will now attract a fine of Rs 5,000 for each incident, the National Green ... the execution of work pertaining to the cleaning of Yamuna and construction of sewage treatment plant to treat liquid waste flowing into the river. .."
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Also see http://www.thewire.in/143976/yamuna-ngt-funds-sewage from 2017 June.
".. Out of the allocated sum, Rs 344.81 have been earmarked for Delhi, to be used in the construction of seven sewage treatment plants (STPs) with a total capacity of 94 million litres per day (MLD) in the Najafgarh area on a priority basis, under the Maily Se Nirmal Yamuna project that was initiated on the .."
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Also see http://www.livelaw.in/ngt-chairperson-justice-swatanter-kumar-retires-7-landmark-decisions from 2017 December.
".. It had prescribed a spot fine of Rs. 5,000 on anyone spotted throwing waste in Yamuna, as is generally seen in Delhi where people dispose worship material waste into the river from bridges across it. It had also levied a fine of Rs. 50,000 on dumping of construction debris in the river. .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/stricter-penalty-for-polluting-ganga-on-cards/articleshow/58156563.cms from 2017 April.
".. Days after the Uttarakhand high court granted the status of living entity to Ganga, a committee of experts submitted on Wednesday its draft model law to the government suggesting strict penalty, including jail term, to those polluting the river and its tributaries like Yamuna and obstructing their .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/mystery-road-on-yamuna-dda-razes-illegal-path-after-ht-report-role-of-sand-mafia-suspected/story-MKPYBsb8UFVB8ns6bDholK.html from 2017 September.
".. A 12-member team of Delhi Development Authority rushed to the eastern bank of Yamuna .. to tear down the illegal road made of debris. ... DDA has lodged a complaint with the Shakarpur police station claiming that anti-social elements had dumped debris in the river to construct a road. .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/cattle-grazers-or-sand-mafia-who-is-using-the-ghost-road-over-river-yamuna/story-oCix2qQFMOZ0t9PTG8vguJ.html from 2017 September.
".. In 2014 the National Green Tribunal had directed the Delhi government to stop illegal sand mining going on in the Yamuna riverbed at Wazirabad and Jagatpur Bund area. Experts claimed that sand mining could lead to multiple problems, including increase in river gradient, excessive sediment transport, .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/noida-authority-plans-to-recycle-construction-material-to-clean-city/story-5ctIo0OmjMZ6IzdlWHPRKM.html from 2017 August.
".. The authority said that another reason for the move is to check dumping of construction debris on the Yamuna floodplains, which pollutes the river. In January 2013, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned dumping of debris, including construction material, into the Yamuna and had directed Delhi .."
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Also see http://www.huffingtonpost.in/pranav-jain/delhis-waste-management-is-a-mess-and-we-arent-helping_a_21483717 from 2016 September.
".. Delhi, on an average, generates 4000 MT of construction & demolition (C&D) waste—comprising rubble, broken bricks, concrete pieces etc—per day. This waste is ... What about the waste dumped in the Yamuna River? Delhi is ... a false dichotomy. What is really required is a fine balance between the two. .."
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Location: River Yamuna at Delhi

Mixed Use Tall Building In Karkardooma, East Delhi

DDA and NBCC to construct a 100 storey building
The Delhi Development Authority has awarded land to the National Buildings Construction Corporation in East Delhi for the construction of a 100 storey tower for housing, commercial and recreational use.
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"... which means mixed use development, designed in a manner that there is access to public transportation such a Metro in the vicinity and has walkable neighbourhoods. ... While Noida and Gurgaon have seen vertical growth, Delhi is not known for highrise buildings. ..."
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Also see http://www.businessworld.in/article/Rebuilding-Of-Prime-Plots-Without-Proper-Urban-Design-Spells-Disaster-For-The-City-/13-11-2017-131489 from 2017 November.
".. On an isolated 75 acre site in Karkardooma near Anand Vihar railway station, DDA along with NBCC is in the process of developing the much touted East Delhi Hub, with multi storey towers which include a 100 storey tower with a helicopter platform. This is being developed taking advantage of Transit .."
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Also see http://www.businessworld.in/article/Warped-Priorities-Dictate-Future-Development-In-Delhi/05-03-2016-91676 from 2016 March.
".. A study of the urban design proposals prepared in 2010 by UTTIPEC .. for the Karkardooma site prior to .. so called East Delhi Hub proposed by DDA and designed by NBCC, along with a proposed 100 storey signature tower, completely ignores the .."
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".. project at Karkardooma involved development of 75 acres of land in east Delhi between two Metro lines. .. was to be built by National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), with a total expected cost of Rs 4,500 crore,” .."
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Location: Karkardooma, Anand Vihar, East Delhi, Delhi - 110092.

Dismantling Demolition Contractors From West Delhi

Dismantling Demolition Contractors - Supreme Demolition
'Supreme Demolition' are engaged in every type of dismantling work anywhere in India, both with and without machinery.
Details:
Mukesh Contractor
Contact Nos.: 9313927551, 9873077352, 8287871746
Address: WZ/42, Manohar Park, East Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi - 110026.
They claim to have more than 100 people workforce. They have JCB, Poclain machine, vibrator, wall saw, R.C.C saw and hyva. Supreme Demolition have been hired by DLF, L&T and afcon infra, JMC Project (India) Ltd. Area of operation is Delhi/NCR, U.P, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan. They promise timely completion. 'Dismantling work requires precision.' They also undertake site fencing and mechanical shifting projects all over India.
‘Note: Turnover and other necessary documents can be produced on demand and nature of work and other references can be produced as required.’
They also purchase metal scrap.
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Location: Punjabi Bagh, West Delhi, Delhi, India

Delhi a Global City, and Smart City part of plan

Global Educational, Health, Entertainment in Capital City - country's 1st
Delhi is supposed to be the country's first Global City. They talk about making Delhi a truly global city with all amenities and facilities and compare it with global cities like London or San Francisco (ha ha). They also talk about Disneyland and Universal Studios. Barcelona in Spain has promised technological support. The government's focus is to build global educational and health institutes and entertainment facilities. DDA has an outline. The Smart City, zoned out of Dwarka, Rohini and Narela, will have world-class infrastructure, 24-hour power supply, complete wi-fi connectivity, will employ green technology, latest water conservation techniques like rain-harvesting and waste management techniques, and other facilities.
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".. Delhi will be developed into a “global city” and the country’s first ‘smart city’ will be set up here to decongest the national capital and facilitate it with all modern amenities, .."
".. government has planned to set up 100 ‘smart cities’ and .. first such city will come up in the national capital. .."
".. “We also want to liberalise the industrial estate policy.
An industrial space may not necessarily contain factories, but showrooms also. A committee will be formed to look into this issue as well,” .."

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Find this at http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/delhi-to-have-countrys-1st-smart-city-naidu/article6751691.ece .
This is from Jan. 2015.
AND says 'Global Entertainment like in Disneyland? - now that's entertainment talk.' It is not that they can't achieve nearness to that but .. . But, in a nutshell, AND feels that priorities should be set right. Sensible City or Sensible Living seems more appropriate as we get down to think about it. Everything else falls in place around that. Quality of individual comes to mind foremost. Well, what can the government do about that? There, they have an alibi. "Go your way then, do it your way, give this antic the name or prefix Global, the expressway is open for your recklessness", says AND.
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Also see http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/will-transform-delhi-into-smart-city-bjp-manifesto/article18073360.ece from 2017 April.
".. its Sankalp Patra (Commitment Paper) .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/delhi-s-vip-zone-on-list-of-20-for-smart-city-project/story-rL2gdvqeHrv3NOwdRyAeVO.html from 2016 January.
".. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area, which houses bungalows of ministers, politicians and bureaucrats, made it to the first list of 20 urban centres to .. The leafy VIP zone designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens in the early 20th century .."
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Also see http://www.indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/ndmc-in-centres-smart-city-list-others-miss-deadline from 2015 August.
".. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has qualified as Delhi's smart city, according to the list of 98 Smart Cities released by the Centre .. the national capital was allotted one 'Smart City.' .."
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Also see http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/delhi-civic-bodys-smart-city-projects-to-be-completed-by-2020-1725450 from 2017 July.
".. 1,800 crore Smart City Plan of the civic body, work on a range of major projects will begin in phases .. for which tendering is in progress .. will be completed before the 2020 deadline .."
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Also see http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-smart-city-projects-ndmc-budget/1/425724.html from 2015 March.
".. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is going all out to make the area in its jurisdiction a smart city. While announcing the council's annual budget on Wednesday, .."
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Also see http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/smart-city-plan-for-dwarka-narela-rohini/article19327914.ece from 2017 July.
".. futuristic needs of the government and providing facilities that the private sector tends to ignore and catalysing a change in Delhi at par with neighbouring cities through signature development, the DDA has proposed to develop integrated cities with smart features on available vacant lands at Dwarka .."
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Also see http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in/story/smart-city-complex-east-delhi-dda-karkardooma-lake-city-complex-mayur-vihar-balvinder-kumar/1/411154.html from 2015 January.
".. Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has taken the first leap towards making Delhi a 'Smart City'. Two integrated residential-cum-commercial complexes have been proposed by the housing authority. .. first of its kind transit hub at Karkardooma, .. develop the Lake City complex at Sanjay .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhis-ghitorni-to-get-smart-city-project-worth-rs-15000-crore/articleshow/59241212.cms from 2017 June.
".. develop 240 acres of land at Ghitorni district in south Delhi with smart city features worth over Rs 15,000 crore. .."
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Also see http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/smart-city-remains-top-agenda-in-ndmcs-rs-3600-crore-budget/articleshow/56520768.cms from 2017 January.
".. "NDMC has established a wholly owned Public Limited Company namely, New Delhi Municipal Council Smart City Limited (SPV). The SPV has received a grant of Rs 194 crore from Urban Development Ministry, and Rs 56 crore from NDMC, thereby bringing the seed capital to Rs 250 crore. .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/forget-smart-cities-we-must-make-citizens-smart-kejriwal/articleshow/60077385.cms from 2017 August.
".. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that for the first time, minimum wages in the city were raised 37%, but people were not getting paid by contractors. .."
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Also see http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-smart-city-dda-3-years-deadline/1/422307.html from 2015 March.
".. With the iconic 100-storey tower being the key attraction, the East Delhi Hub at Karkardooma, the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) flagship project, will also comprise residential units, green cover and recreational facilities. .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Spain-proposes-to-develop-Delhi-as-smart-city/articleshow/47071701.cms from 2015 April.
".. Spain .. proposed to cooperate with India in developing smart and sustainable cities in the country and presented a draft of a memorandum of understanding .."
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Also see http://www.realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/new-delhi-smart-city-to-take-shape-by-2018/55216736 from 2016 November.
".. entire NDMC area should be provided with Wi-Fi connection." NDMC .. projects costing Rs 650 crore have been taken up. .. smart city project is based on four important pillars of smart water management, smart energy grid, smart education and smart healthcare. .."
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Also see http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/smart-city-mission-implementation-begins-only-in-49-out-of-731-projects/story-nqepXPb6YaQFNYas8ma59N.html from 2017 March.
".. New Delhi Municipal Council, which was chosen to be developed as a model smart city, has started implementation in six of 40 projects. It has completed four projects so far. .."
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".. Delhi is the ideal city to flag off the Smart City project. Out of the five zones, at least two — Zone L and N — have the required physical and economic characteristics to evolve as self-sufficient smart sub-cities. 'Zone J' is the smallest with just one village (Neb Sarai) while 'Zone L', .."
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Also see http://www.forbesindia.com/aperture/slideshow/new-delhi-among-worlds-top-25-global-cities-for-women-entrepreneurs/43605/1 from 2016 June.
".. Delhi stands at No 22, among the 25 cities ranked on the latest Women Entrepreneur Cities Index. On June 23, 2016, Dell announced its findings of the 2016 Women Entrepreneur Cities Index (WE Cities), revealing the top 25 global cities fostering high potential women entrepreneurs (HPWE). .."
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Also see http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/New-Delhi-features-in-top-10-global-cities-on-the-rise/articleshow/50134115.cms from 2015 December.
".. Delhi is gaining interest among global travellers and has been ranked 7 in the top 10 global cities with over 28 per cent annual growth in booking interest, a survey .."
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Also see http://www.businessinsider.in/Delhi-has-some-lessons-to-learn-Heres-how-7-global-cities-tackled-foul-air-quality-and-smog/articleshow/55291631.cms from 2016 November.
".. Delhi is already among the world's most polluted cities and the toxic air hanging in the air, due to smoke from firecrackers and crops burnt in nearby states ... Here are few cities that tackle smog and take preventive measures even before toxic air hangs in air. .."
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Also see http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/bengaluru-delhi-mumbai-top-prime-office-yields/article9878071.ece from 2017 September.
".. Three Indian cities – Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai – are top prime office yields earners in the world. Among the 34 leading international markets across the globe .. according to a Knight Frank Global Cities - The 2018 Report. .."
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Also see http://www.indiatvnews.com/technology/news-bengaluru-beats-silicon-valley-top-global-city-confidence-to-go-digital-mumbai-delhi-top-4-410982 from 2017 November.
".. The report further notes that Mumbai and New Delhi are only slightly less bullish. Seven of the 10 highest confidence levels in the survey are recorded in emerging Asian cities, with San Francisco being the only exception in the top 5 from the developed world. .."
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Also see http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/dear-delhi-by-arvind-kejriwal-736101 from 2015 January.
".. We are the people of Delhi, we understand how to solve its problems, and we understand that the people of this city want to feel like their government works for them. .."
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Also see http://www.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/kolkata-mumbai-bangalore-in-fastest-growing-global-cities-list/articleshow/47358152.cms from 2015 May.
".. India's three metropolitan cities, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore, have emerged as the top three fastest growing cities in A T Kearney's Global Cities Index, which is topped by New York and London. ... For the GCO, cities in India and China are the ones to watch, especially Ahmedabad, New Delhi and Beijing. .."
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".. Apart from Delhi, four other Indian cities are part of top 100 global destinations for 2016. Topmost in ranking is Mumbai at 27, with Chennai following it at 30. The other three Indian cities are Kolkata, ranked at 62, Pune, ranked 91 and Bengaluru ranked 97. .."
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Also see http://www.livemint.com/Companies/SLFMIMXYU4Rq23CyS5tuNO/Mumbai-ranked-24th-in-global-luxury-home-price-growth-index.html from 2017 May.
".. Mumbai is ranked 24th among 41 global cities in terms of price rise for luxury homes said the latest Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index .. Prices of luxury properties in two Indian cities—Delhi and Bengaluru —on the global list .."
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Also see http://www.trak.in/tags/business/2017/01/19/bangalore-most-dynamic-city-hyderabad-pune-chennai-delhi-mumbai from 2017 January.
".. A city is lot more than a geographical statistics within a map; it's an entity with it's own pulse, and own heart beat. It grows, it shrinks, it expands and it destroys. In order to understand the importance, and dynamism of a city, the way it adapts to development and the way it absorbs the growing population, .."
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Also see http://www.scoopwhoop.com/mumbai-delhi-7-other-indian-cities-make-it-to-top-300-global-cities-list from 2017 June.
Mumbai, Delhi and seven other Indian cities have featured in the list of 300 global cities for being in the focus of commercial activity and interest, according to property consultant JLL. The consultant has released the latest edition of 'Global 300' cities - the annual ranking exercise that represents 300 major cities .."
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