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AAP protests outside BJP office over Dhaula Kuan slum-demolition order

Aam Aadmi Party workers on Saturday staged a protest outside the Delhi BJP office, days after the city government directed its Public Works Department to immediately withdraw an order to demolish slums located near Dhaula Kuan. The PWD had on December 29 issued a notice asking slum dwellers in the Dhaula Kuan area to vacate the land within 15 days. AAP MLA Somnath Bharti asserted that his party won't let anybody's house get demolished. "What is wrong with BJP? Why are they acting against the people of Delhi?" Another MLA Aadil Ahmad said the party's agitation against the demolition order will be taken to the streets near Parliament as well. "It was in the BJP's manifesto that all slum dwellers will be given a house at the same place where slums are. But now, they are sending notices to demolish slums," he said. The Delhi government, in its notice directing the PWD to withdraw the demolition order, said it was "inhuman" to do so at the peak of winter and without making an alternate

AAP protests outside BJP office over Dhaula Kuan slum-demolition order
Updated On : 14 Jan 2023 | 4:05 PM IST

Delhi PWD to remove eviction notice from Dhaula Kuan slum dwellers: Sisodia

Delhi's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia on Monday said that the Delhi Government's Public Works Department has been ordered to withdraw its notice to slum dwellers living in Dhaula Kuan to leave the area

Delhi PWD to remove eviction notice from Dhaula Kuan slum dwellers: Sisodia
Updated On : 09 Jan 2023 | 3:44 PM IST

Amid Covid surge, Delhi govt cuts budgets for various PWD projects

The Delhi government has curtailed budget allocations for various PWD construction projects for 2021-22 to strengthen medical and healthcare facilities amid the ongoing Covid pandemic

Amid Covid surge, Delhi govt cuts budgets for various PWD projects
Updated On : 13 Jan 2022 | 6:23 PM IST

Delhi ACB orders inspection of PWD project in probe over Rs 10 crore scam

The three FIRs filed did not mention Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Kejriwal's name

Delhi ACB orders inspection of PWD project in probe over Rs 10 crore scam
Updated On : 18 May 2017 | 2:36 PM IST