Owners of properties in Delhi, are liable to pay MCD property tax to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) every year. The properties include residential buildings, commercial properties, and vacant land. The property taxes … READ FULL STORY
The Environment Ministry, while noting that there were operational issues including the overloading of waste against its designed capacity, sought an explanation from Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company Pvt Ltd, which operates the Okhla … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench, headed by justice Madan B Lokur, on August 17, 2018, asked Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor (LG) to set up a committee of experts, which would go in-depth, into all aspects relating … READ FULL STORY
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench of justice Raghuvendra S Rathore and expert member Satyawan Singh Garbyal, has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), to award tenders … READ FULL STORY
Terming the situation in Delhi as ‘absolutely bizarre’, the Supreme Court, on July 12, 2018, referred to the ‘mountains of garbage’ at three landfill sites in Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa and said there was … READ FULL STORY
The civic body in south Delhi, has rolled back an increase in the rate of tax for small commercial property owners, for the current financial year, in a move that will benefit nearly 30,000 … READ FULL STORY
Cities were awarded under the Swachh Survekshan-2018, for their work on cleaning the city but not on how to process and recycle the waste, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said, on June … READ FULL STORY
“Smaller cities have been more successful in implementing source-segregation, compared to bigger cities. They have also been innovative in their approach and hence, have performed well,” the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE’s) programme … READ FULL STORY
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), on May 24, 2018, claimed that it had become the first civic body in the country to generate solar energy from rooftop panels and earning income, by selling … READ FULL STORY
The Delhi urban development department has not set up any mechanism of coordination among multiple agencies, to prepare a plan for developing road networks, resulting in hindrance in the works required for coping up … READ FULL STORY
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), on March 12, 2018, extended the ambit of an amnesty scheme to provide substantial relief in property tax, to residents of all types of colonies, officials said. The … READ FULL STORY
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has announced an amnesty scheme, wherein property owners in unauthorised colonies will become entitled to 100 per cent remission of the amount relating to interest and penalty, on … READ FULL STORY
Acknowledging that the number of vehicles in Dwarka sub-city was increasing, South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s mayor said that the civic body was ‘keen to set up multi-level automated stack parking in order to provide … READ FULL STORY
