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Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Thursday made surprise visits to slum dwellings in Vikaspuri and directed officials to carry out renovation of a dhobi ghat and an MCD-run welfare centre there. Local MLA Mahendra Yadav and Councillor Sahib Kumar Asiwal apprised the mayor about the problems being faced by the residents of Vikaspuri, according to an official statement. "The mayor inspected the dhobi ghat at the jhuggi-jhopri colony in Hastsal. She expressed concern over the lack of facilities and the dilapidated condition of the dhobi ghat and instructed the officials to renovate infrastructure and ensure proper drainage," the statement read. The mayor also visited Kaali Basti JJ Colony in the ward and heard the problems of the local residents there. During this interaction, it came to light that some people tie their animals in public parks and places. For this, they have broken the boundary wall of a building that used to be a school, the statement said. The mayor directed that an FIR

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal reviewed the education system in MCD schools on Thursday and said they will be upgraded on the lines of Delhi government schools in the next five years. Chairing a high-level meeting with Education Minister Atishi and MCD officials, Kejriwal emphasised the need for a significant overhaul of the infrastructure of the schools run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. During the meeting, Kejriwal said even the best schools of MCD fail to match the standard of Delhi government schools. He identified several areas that require attention, including sanitation, toilets facilities, overburdened teachers and a lack of adequate number of non-educational staff, the government said in a statement. "The chief minister stressed that MCD schools need to be transformed on the lines of Delhi government schools. The Kejriwal Model of Education, which has transformed Delhi's government schools, will be implemented in MCD schools very soon," the statement added. The chi

Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Wednesday said all civic-run hospitals are "fully prepared" to deal with the coronavirus situation and appealed to people not to panic. The mayor was interacting with reporters at the Civic Centre here a day after Delhi recorded 521 COVID-19 cases -- the highest single-day rise since August 27 last year -- and one fatality. "This morning I visited the MCD-run Hindu Rao Hospital and took stock of the arrangements there, including on Covid beds, oxygen availability, testing facility and stock of medicine. Later, a meeting was also held with doctors and others from the hospital administration department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on the Covid situation," she said. Hindu Rao Hospital is the largest civic-run hospital with 980 beds. "The situation is fully under control and people should not panic. Our hospitals, doctors and staff are all equipped to handle the situation," Oberoi said, adding the Delhi government is

Addressing the concerns of the teachers, Atishi said that empowering government school teachers has always remained the topmost priority for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

As the standing committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is yet to be elected, services of three 'third parties' have been discontinued by the civic body from April 1 onwards, and they have been directed to withdraw data entry operators and other contractual workers engaged through them, official sources said on Monday. Earlier, a group of BJP councillors protested at the Civic Centre -- MCD's headquarters -- and alleged that "services of contract workers have been discontinued". "A delegation of the opposition party in the AAP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) submitted a memorandum to the Delhi mayor's OSD, demanding service contract renewal of all contract employees," the Delhi BJP said in a statement. It also claimed that services of DBC (dengue breeding checking) workers have also been discontinued. A senior official, however, when asked abut the claim, said, "As far as I know, only data entry operators and some 'maalis' will get impacted." "The standing committ

Delhi BJP on Friday alleged that files on the extension of contractual civic workers have been "withheld", following which they will not be able to work from April 1 onwards. The office of Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi, however, in a statement later said directions have been issued to senior officials to "extend the services" of such MCD employees. Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor and councillor Yogesh Verma have alleged that Mayor Oberoi "withheld files on the extension of contractual services workers, beyond April 1, in various departments, including the horticulture department, by "putting pressure" on corporation officials. BJP leaders have said most of the permanent service personnel of the Municipal Corporation have retired and like other departments, almost all the groundwork of the horticulture department is being carried out by contract workers. Stopping the service extension files of the contract workers by the Mayor will have a direct impact on the maintenance o

The civic body plans to renovate a thousand big parks here in the next six months by installing green patching and refurbishing gym facilities wherever required, an official said on Friday. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) looks after 15,000 parks, including 1,000 big ones. A park is considered "big" if it is more than an acre in size. The renovation will include installing green patches and refurbishing the open gym and swings in the parks, the official said. The parks will be developed in a phased manner. "We are developing an action plan to refurbish the parks in the MCD area. We plan to develop the parks in phases. "We have 15,000 parks in total, of which around 1,000 are more than an acre in size. In the first phase, we will renovate such parks. Smaller parks will be renovated in the second phase," the official said. "Renovation of the big parks is the priority as their demands are more. The renovation will also include the development of gyms where there is a need a

The much-awaited civic budget was cleared during a special meeting held at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Wednesday, with the ruling AAP saying that "welfare of workers" is at the core of it. AAP MLA and party's MCD in-charge Durgesh Pathak at a press conference held after the end of the session at the Civic Centre, said the budget was cleared, and four resolutions introduced by its councillors for the welfare of traders were "also passed". The civic budget is worth Rs 16,023 crore and puts focus on areas such as sanitation, education and health, a senior official said. A piece of land measuring 47.346 acres has been allocated by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for a landfill site in Tehkhand area near Okhla, out of which 32.346 acres will be used for setting up an engineering landfill site, work of which is expected to be completed by April 2023, according to the budget speech of the commissioner, made last December. Delhi has three sanitary landfill sites located at

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea by Delhi government challenging the appointment of 'aldermen' by the Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) to the MCD

A special meeting called at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi headquarters on Tuesday to discuss and deliberate on the civic budget was adjourned for the day soon after it convened. Mayor Shelly Oberoi said the session would resume at 2 pm on Wednesday. A few members had said that they did not get adequate time to go through the budget document and so time has been allowed till the session resumes on Wednesday, she said. Tuesday's session was scheduled to commence at 2 pm but began 15 minutes late. Proceedings had taken place for a brief period when the mayor adjourned the session. As required by the norms, the civic budget is to be cleared by March 31. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) passed the "schedule of taxes" in the civic budget for 2023-24 on February 15. But the remaining budget process was stalled as the civic body's standing committee is yet to be elected. The MCD had earlier said the "special budget meeting" for proposals for the Revised Estimates for 2022-20

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi appointed a new municipal secretary on Monday, as it disengaged from services Bhagwan Singh, who was serving on a contractual basis after retirement from the post, according to officials. The move comes a day ahead of the special meeting that has been convened at the MCD headquarters on Tuesday to discuss and deliberate on the civic budget. As required by norms, the civic budget has to be cleared by March 31. According to a order issued earlier in the day, the MCD said Bhagwan Singh (retired municipal secretary) engaged as a "consultant" on contract basis in the office of the municipal secretary, is herby disengaged from services of the MCD w.e.f. March 27, 2023. Later in the day, in another order, the MCD said a new officer has been given charge of the post of municipal secretary. A senior official in the civic body confirmed the development. "Siva Prasad KV, consultant, (retired municipal secretary) presently attached as OSD to Mayor is hereby

A special meeting has been convened at the MCD headquarters on March 28 to discuss and deliberate on the civic budget, officials said on Saturday. As required by norms, the civic budget is to be cleared by March 31. The MCD passed the "schedule of taxes" in the civic budget for 2023-24 on February 15. But, the remaining budget process was stalled as the standing committee of the civic body is yet to be elected. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is "exploring options" to have the remainder of the civic budget cleared by March 31, official sources said on Friday. The MCD on Saturday said in a statement, the special budget meeting" of MCD for budget proposals for the revised estimates for the year 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 would be held on Tuesday at Aruna Asaf Ali Meeting Hall at 2 pm. Earlier, the MCD had also written to the Delhi government to seek permission to call a special session for clearing the budget before March end. If the entire budget doesn't get passed by March 31, t

In a first, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will use drones to survey properties in the city's industrial areas for tax assessment, officials said on Tuesday. This will help in verifying details submitted by residents of their properties while paying tax, an MCD official said. The MCD has invited bids to conduct a drone-based survey through an agency for the purpose of tax assessment. The last date to submit a bid is March 16. This will be the first time that the MCD will be utilising drones to survey properties falling in industrial areas in the national capital. The MCD has decided to use drones after the success of a pilot project last year. On a pilot basis, a survey was carried out in Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area on Mathura Road last year, an MCD official, associated with the project, told PTI. After the success of the survey there, the civic body has decided to deploy the technology in other areas as well, he said. The survey will help verify the exact use of

MCD mayor Shelly Oberoi will take part in the 52nd general body meeting of the All India Council of Mayors in Madhya Pradesh, said an official statement. The meet is going to be held in Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh during March 13-14. The main agenda of the meeting is to confirm the minutes of the 51st general body meeting of All India Mayor Council which was held in Chhattisgarh last year and to hold a discussion about the condition of various local bodies in the country. Oberoi will present her views and plans for making Municipal Corporation of Delhi amongst the best of civic bodies, the statement said. The Mayor said that she will present her plan of action based on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's health and education models, it said. "It is an honour to take part in the 52nd General Body Meeting of All India Council of Mayors. I am looking forward to meeting with stakeholders of municipal corporations from across the nation and learning from their experiences. I will be

The MCD will build new schools and provide quality education to the children of Delhi on the lines of the Arvind Kejriwal government's education model, said Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday. Oberoi, accompanied by Social Welfare Minister Raaj Kumar Anand, on Friday inspected the under-construction MCD school building in the Prem Nagar area of the Karol Bagh zone. The Mayor reviewed the construction and directed the officials to expedite the work so that the school building could be rendered to the public for use, said officials from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. With the construction of this school, residents, including those from the weaker section, of colonies such as Prem Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Baljeet Nagar, Punjabi Basti (Baljeet Nagar), West Patel Nagar, and Gayatri colony will be able to send their wards to schools in their vicinity, Oberoi said. "This school will run in two shifts and about 1,000 children will study in one shift. The school will have a computer room, librar

Bringing synergy between municipal and Delhi government schools will be her top priority, newly inducted Education Minister Atishi said on Friday and also urged Lt Governor VK Saxena to cooperate with the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation in the interest of the people. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, who was sworn in as a minister on Thursday and took charge of the education department on Friday, said her focus will also be on the Ambedkar School of Specialised Excellence where students can specialise in streams based on their interests and abilities from class 9 onwards. "Bringing synergy between municipal schools and Delhi government schools will be the top priority of the education department," Atishi, whose party is also in power in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), said in an interview with PTI. "Our focus area, so far, has been classes 6 to 12. Now, we will ensure that even primary education is brought into that system. Secondly, we will focus on the Ambedkar School of ..

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has taken an initiative to distribute sanitary napkins to women sanitation workers every month, officials said on Thursday. The NDMC chairperson has approved the proposal of the public health and welfare departments to distribute sanitary napkins to them. These sanitary napkins will be distributed every month and the initiative will be continued for a year initially. "To mark International Women's Day, NDMC has decided to start distribution of sanitary napkins to women safai sewaks every month," the NDMC said in a statement. As many as 640 women sanitation workers in the NDMC area will benefit from this initiative, it said. "These sanitary napkins would be of good standards and made of biodegradable material to minimize the impact on the environment," the NDMC said, The civic body has also provided sanitary napkins to the girl students of its middle and senior secondary schools to improve good habits of menstrual hygiene from the initial sta

The plea seeks the court's direction to the civic body to forthwith release due salaries to all the teachers and Class IV employees and pay future salaries also in time

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Saturday organised a 10-km guided e-bike tour covering heritage sites such as Sheesh Mahal, Gordon Highlanders Memorial and Roshnara Bagh and tomb. This was the second such tour organised by the civic body, with the first held in January. The MCD has partnered with Yulu Bikes to offer guided e-tours to showcase the rich heritage of the city, an official said. "A heritage tour was organised by Keshavpuram Zone starting from Sheesh Mahal Park Entrance, Haiderpur. On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner of Keshav Puram zone, Naveen Aggarwal and other senior municipal officials were also present," the MCD said in a statement. "These types of events will help in exploring hidden gems of our city and the same will add to tourist attractions of the city," Aggarwal said informing that many such tours will be organised in future. The tour started from Sheesh Mahal and covered a distance of 10 km exploring heritage places like Gordon Highlanders Memorial,

Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Friday instructed officials for undertaking special drives for repair of civic-run hospitals, officials said. After this, several hospitals, including Hindu Rao Hospital, Swami Dayanand Hospital, Kasturba Hospital, Fatehpur Beri Maternity and Child Welfare Hospital, SDN Hospital and Mata Gujri Hospital, are set for "radical reforms", her office said in a statement. Oberoi chaired a meeting with senior officers of the engineering and the IT departments on Friday, it said. She took stock of various ongoing and completed projects spanning across various domains of the departments. While reviewing the conditions of MCD hospitals she gave instructions for improvement and for undertaking special repair drives at these hospitals, the statement said. The mayor also reviewed the redevelopment of MCD staff colonies at Azadpur, Model Town and Kamla Nagar. She directed officers to give impetus to the project and ensure the colonies are upgraded to the highest poss