The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Tuesday announced that the name of a child can be added to the birth certificate online up to four years after birth and it will be approved automatically. Earlier, the online process took 7-10 days, a senior official said. "Now, parents or guardians can get names added in birth certificates of children online up to four years after their birth, and the process will be approved automatically," he said. Many parents approached the civic body saying they needed to submit documents in schools for admission of their children and due to longer waiting time for approval from the civic authorities, they were facing hassles, the official said. "The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has taken an important step for the convenience of citizens and simplification of system. In order to empower citizens in the process of registration of birth, by providing auto approval for online name addition of a child, up to four years after child birth," the MCD said in a
As many as 693 cases were reported in September alone, according to a report released by the MCD
Over 370 public places in Delhi have been identified for beautification in view of the G-20 summit next year, civic officials said on Saturday. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has earmarked 375 public places for planting exotic flowering species, including gazania and pansy, in all its 12 zones, it said in a statement. These places include 16 flyovers, 261 colony parks, 27 parks situated at markets, 62 parks situated on main roads and nine roundabouts. Main places where beautification will be carried out include Nehru Place flyover, Sarai Kale Khan flyover, Lajpat Nagar flyover, South Extension flyover, Kalkaji flyover, Seelampur flyover, Gokulpuri flyover, Rani Jhansi flyover, Shalimar Park, Priyadarshini Park, Teachers Park Nimdi colony, Vaishali Vatika, Piitampura, among other places, it said. "In pursuance to the directions of Delhi LG V K Saxena, the MCD has started work on optimal utilisation and beautification of urban green spaces by planting seasonal flowering plants to
Property tax is one of the major sources of revenue for local governments/Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)
The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday said the positions secured by the erstwhile civic bodies of Delhi in the latest cleanliness survey have once again proved the BJP's "incompetence" and demanded that the municipal polls be held at the earliest in the national capital. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) shot back, saying it categorically dismisses the allegation that the corporations' rankings have dropped in Swachh Survekshan 2022 vis-a-vis the previous year. The AAP's reaction came a day after the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Centre placed the erstwhile North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) in the bottom 10 among 45 cities in the country. In Swachh Survekshan 2022, the NDMC was ranked 37th, the EDMC 34th and the SDMC 28th. AAP's MCD election in-charge Durgesh Pathak said Delhi's rank in Swachh Survekshan 2022 is a "matter of shame", adding that it has once again proved the "incompetence of the BJP, which has been ruling the MCD for 15 years". "The BJP has brough
Delhi Congress accused the BJP of "manipulating the delimitation of the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) wards to suit its political interest at the cost of Dalits and minorities"
In a latest development in connection with the Delhi's excise policy scam, Durgesh Pathak, the AAP's MCD poll in-charge and MLA, on Monday reached ED headquarters.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has installed 85 electric vehicle charging stations at 82 locations and 92 more such facilities are to be set up by December, officials said on Friday. The Government of India is promoting EVs adoption in India and has recently announced its target to reach 25 per cent EV adoption by 2030, the MCD said in a statement. Several state governments are also working towards accelerating EV adoption in their respective states, it added. "The MCD has installed 85 EV charging stations at 82 locations and all 85 EV charging stations have become operational for the public usage," the MCD said. Officials said 92 more such facilities are to be set up by December. The MCD has been taking necessary steps to create an optimal EV ecosystem in the city, it said. Four government of India public sector undertakings -- Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited ..
MCD on Friday said it has registered about 1,100 pet dogs since April 1, an exercise that began to check rising incidents of dog-bite. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had on September 11 asked residents to get their pets registered in view of "rising incidents of dog-bite" in the national capital region, and warned that action could be taken for non-compliance of the norm. "About 1,100 pet dogs have been registered from April till now," a senior official said. Under the section 399 of Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act, 1957, it is mandatory to register all pet dogs with the municipal corporation. The section also gives power to the MCD to detain a pet dog found in a public place, if it is not registered with it, the civic body had earlier said. Dog-bite cases have been reported in the last few days in Noida, Ghaziabad, and other parts of the region. "In view of increasing number of dog-bite incidents, the MCD urges citizens to get their pet dogs registered," the MCD
The AAP is set to roll out a month-long campaign on Wednesday to highlight the BJP-controlled civic body's "failures" in the national capital, starting with organising trips for the public to three infamous garbage hills located at the city borders. Announcing the party's decision at a press conference, Delhi Environment Minister and the AAP's city unit convener Gopal Rai on Tuesday said the party leaders, in the first phase of the campaign, will take people to the three landfill sites -- Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa -- to show them the "biggest achievement" of the BJP, which has ruled the municipal corporation in the national capital for 15 years. The trips to the three "mountains of garbage" will be organised on three days starting Wednesday under the theme 'BJP ka chamatkar dekho, kude ka pahad dekho' (See the BJP's miracle, see the garbage hills), the AAP leader said. He said if the dumping of garbage is stopped now, it will take at least 27 years to clear the landfill sites, goi
The Centre has fixed the maximum number of seats in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) at 250 and of these 42 wards will be reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC)
On a day several AAP MLAs visited Municipal Corporation of Delhi-run schools and highlighted their "poor condition" to corner the BJP, the civic body hit back, denying its school infrastructure was "poorer than those run by the city government". In a statement, the MCD said an "intrusion by a group of 30-40 people in their schools were uncalled-for" and the children had to "suffer a rude break to the harmonious rhythm of their learning process". "A reckless competition to parade video clips of MCD classrooms on Twitter and other social media platforms began to prove that MCD schools have poor infrastructure and have overburdened teachers and overflowing classes. It is hoped that NCPCR, Delhi Commission of Women, DCPCR, etc. take note of such breach and call for appropriate action against trespassers in schools who put safety and security of children at bay," the civic body said. The AAP legislators, including the party's chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj, live-streamed their vis
As JK Cement, whose quote for transportation subsidy paid by MCD was the lowest, lifts 50,000 tonnes of RDF annually, MCD's saving will be Rs 6.73 crore
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Friday said it had conducted a "massive demolition drive" against unauthorise constructions in its south zone this year. The civic body, in a statement said, it will "intensify the demolition drive". The south zone has conducted a "massive demolition and sealing action drive" in different areas between January 1 and August 18 this year. As many as 473 actions related to demolition and 157 sealing actions have been taken in this period against unauthorised properties in Said-ul-Azaib, Khirki Extension, Panchsheel Vihar, Chhattarpur, Freedom Fighter Enclave, Panchsheel Vihar, Kishangarh,Khanpur, Savitri Nagar,Gautam Nagar and Mehrauli, among other areas, the statement said. The field staff of the building department of the south zone has "exclusively focused" on taking demolition and sealing actions on unauthorised constructions. These areas were regularly inspected and unauthorised constructions carried out by unscrupulous builders were identifi
"Launch of 15 smart schools is the beginning of a new chapter which will fully unfold, with all schools of the MCD becoming the best in their category," Saxena said
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday wrote to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and demanded a CBI probe into the alleged toll tax scam of Rs 6,000 crore in the MCD.
No death has been reported due to dengue so far this year in the national capital, according to the report.
Five people were killed and nine injured after the wall of an under-construction godown collapsed in outer Delhi's Alipur area on Friday.
In a special plantation drive of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi across all its 12 zones, the corporation targets to plant close to 85,000 saplings and 5 lakh shrubs and ornamental plants in 2022
The exercise will pave the way for the civic polls in Delhi, which would be the first since the recent reunification of the city's three corporations.