Lutyens

Lutyens' lost over 350 trees due to rain, storm in three years: NDMC data

Lutyens' Delhi has lost more than 350 trees due to rain and storm in the past three years, data from the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) showed. According to the data, more than eight lakh saplings were planted in the NDMC region over a period of two years. In reply to an RTI query by PTI, the civic body stated that it also engaged residents and societies in mass plantation programmes to increase green cover. Indigenous tree species such as neem, peepal, pilkhan, jamun, arjun, khirni, and imli were planted in the NDMC area when British architect Edwin Landseer Lutyens was entrusted with the task to plan New Delhi in 1911. "A total of 354 trees have fallen in last three years due to heavy storm and rain. The NDMC's horticulture department is regularly doing pruning to balance the trees. As many as 8,38,675 tree saplings have been planted in NDMC area in last two years," the NDMC said. It also said that at present there are 1.5 lakh threes in the NDMC area. In the RTI reply, the

Seven reasons why Central Vista project is all wrong in its present form

Besides other flaws, why should such a project be executed in the midst of a pandemic when every rupee that can be spared should go into improving India's medical capabilities, wonders T N Ninan

Chronology of events in Modi government's Central Vista project case

The following is the chronology of events in which the Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the decks for construction of the government's ambitious Central Vista Project

NDLS revamp on the cards, to give Lutyens' Delhi a major facelift

IR is likely to invite requests for quotation (RFQs) this month for the Rs 7,500-crore project

Priyanka Gandhi to shift out of her Lutyens bungalow by month-end

The Vadras are learnt to be scouting for an alternative accommodation in Delhi that will cater to her security considerations

Lutyens: The man behind the myth

In his remorseless climb up the greasy pole he was like Thackeray's manipulative, social-climbing heroine Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair

New PM house, PMO & Parliament before 2024; ministries along central vista

All central ministries to be accommodated alongside central vista

Monkeys creating a menace for MPs in Lutyens' zone, pilgrimage sites

During the Zero Hour, Mathura MP Hema Malini said her constituents, particularly in Vrindavan, faced this situation

Govt to finalise developer for renovation of Parliament by Diwali

The government plans to hold the monsoon session in 2022 - marking the 75th independence of the country - in a new Parliament complex

Lutyens Delhi: A state of mind

The Government of India, according to a 1913 report, had placed their requirements at 10 square miles for the new city and 15 square miles for the cantonment

Upgrade for MPs: Swanky 3BHKs, duplexes to replace old flats in Lutyens

428 existing MP flats to demolished as part of redevelopment plan

7 reasons why politicians and their families don't leave Lutyens' bungalows

Earlier this week, authorities had to evict the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah from the 7 Akbar Road bungalow, allotted to the family 17 years ago. Since no family member is a Union minister or chief minister, an eviction notice was served. Officials say many politicians and retired bureaucrats make every effort to stay in these government bungalows despite having completed their terms for the following reasons:1 The rent of the biggest bungalow for politicians, bureaucrats and judges is less than Rs 4,000 a month2 These bungalows sprawl over 2-3 acres, with huge lawns3 Rent for a similar private bungalow ranges from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh a month4 Bungalows on Prithviraj Road, Amrita Shergill Road & Aurangzeb Road command premium rent5 The value of one bungalow is at least Rs 100 crore. Sale of a 2.4 acre plot in March 2015 had fetched Rs 304 cr6 Lutyens Bungalow Zone covers approximately 3,000 acres or 1.5 per cent of the landmass of De