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Delhi HC slams DDA for ‘negligence’; clears Signature View demolition

The Delhi high court on Monday approved the demolition of Signature View Apartments in Mukherjee Nagar, criticising the Delhi Development Authority for “delinquency and gross negligence” that was “unpardonable” and endangered the lives of hundreds of residents. “The present cases are one of their kinds that bring to the fore shocking facts regarding the apathy displayed by DDA in getting …

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1 week, 6 days ago

500 ex-servicemen deployed in Delhi's Narela amid security concerns

India Today

Amid growing concerns over deteriorating law and order in outer Delhi, particularly in Narela, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has rolled out a series of measures to tighten security and improve civic infrastructure in the area. A key step in this initiative is the deployment of 500 ex-servicemen to provide round-the-clock security for Delhi Development Authority housing societies in Narela. To …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Changes in Delhi slum redevelopment scheme, developers, residents to benefit

India Today

The Delhi Development Authority has taken a significant step towards enhancing the viability of 'original rehabilitation' projects, aimed at providing essential housing solutions for slum dwellers, an official statement said on Thursday. Governor, under the "Jahan Jhuggi Wahin Makaan" scheme, primarily focus on making these projects more attractive for developers, ensuring seamless integration of slum dwellers into the city’s formal …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

DDA approves major overhaul in slum redevelopment policy

The Hindu

The Delhi Development Authority on Thursday approved a slew of major changes in its policy for the redevelopment of slums under its ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahin Makan’ scheme, giving a boost to the in-situ rehabilitation of their residents. The move came a day after Mr. Saxena ordered the DDA to dispose of within a month pending applications for the registration of …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Clear PM-UDAY applications: Delhi L-G tells DDA

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Governor of Delhi VK Saxena on Wednesday directed the Delhi Development Authority to proactively undertake the disposal of pending PM-UDAY applications and to begin the registration and processing of new applications for the regularization of residences in unauthorized colonies across the city. The camps will not only accept new applications but also assist in resolving deficiencies in …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

LG orders DDA to hold camps to regularise housing in unauthorised colonies

Hindustan Times

New Delhi A view of an unauthorised colony that was previously regularised in Delhi. Noting multiple complaints about red tape in the regularisation of unauthorised colonies, lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Wednesday directed the Delhi Development Authority to organise specialised camps in each colony from November 30 to December 31 to expedite the regularisation process, officials aware of the matter …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Desolation in a ghost town in Delhi

Hindustan Times

Standing atop the terrace of a 13-storey tower in sector G7 in Narela – a vast expanse of seemingly endless rows of residential high-rises – a sense of desolation and melancholy is inescapable. As the sun sets, the solitary lives of a few residents becomes glaringly visible with one or two isolated windows glowing with dim white light – a …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Pay over ₹11 lakh to kin of man who died in balcony collapse: Delhi HC to DDA

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has awarded over ₹11 lakh as compensation to the family of a 45-year-old man who died after the balcony of their second-floor DDA apartment collapsed in July 2000. Pay over ₹ 11 lakh to kin of man who died in balcony collapse: Delhi HC to DDA Justice Dharmesh Sharma observed that negligence of the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi HC Orders DDA To Pay ₹11 Lakh To Family Of Man Who Died In Balcony Collapse, Flags Structural Failures & Negligence In Maintenance

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Development Authority to pay compensation of over Rs. 11 lakh to a woman and her minor sons, after her husband died after a balcony in their DDA flat collapsed 24 years ago. Justice Dharmesh Sharma pulled up the DDA for negligence and said that it had a "continuing obligation" to ensure the …

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AAP's Somnath Bharti Accuses BJP Of Using Police, DDA To Stop Chhath Celebrations In Delhi, Party Reacts

ABP News

Senior AAP leader Somnath Bharti on Thursday accused the BJP of using the police and the Delhi Development Authority to stop Purvanchalis from celebrating Chhath Puja in the national capital. "The anti-Purvanchali face of the BJP has been exposed after it stopped people from the Hauz Khas village from celebrating Chhath at the place where it used to be held …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

DDA approves launch of three new housing schemes

Hindustan Times

New Delhi DDA extended the time till December 2025 for completing construction on residential, commercial, industrial and institutional plots allotted by it. The Delhi Development Authority on Tuesday approved the launch of three new housing schemes in multiple categories, ranging from HIG units in Dwarka to EWS flats in Narela, under which 39,573 flats will be made available, officials aware …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi's Rajendra Nagar and genesis of the IAS

Hindustan Times

As one approaches Old Rajendra Nagar, located just 4.5km west of Connaught Place, it would appear that the existence of the entire neighbourhood is dependent on producing the next batch of civil servants for the country. The Rajendra Nagar story Divided as Old and New by Shankar Road, Rajendra Nagar was one of the 16 rehabilitation colonies set up in …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Why is DDA conducting demolition drive in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila?

Hindustan Times

The Delhi Development Authority will be conducting a demolition drive in the Majnu Ka Tila locality on July 13 and 14 against the encroachment on the Yamuna flood plain near the South of Gurdwara. Residents of the area protest the DDA demolition drive at Majnu Ka Tila in north Delhi. The encroachment drive is being carried out to remove the …

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5 months, 1 week ago

A year on, memories of 2023 floods linger

Hindustan Times

Standing on top of the Signature Bridge in northeast Delhi, Rajkumar Sharma, 49, can see the muddy waters of the Yamuna flowing downstream from the Wazirabad barrage, mingling with black sludge and sewage that enters the river from the Najafgarh drain. Garhi Mandu One of the first areas in Delhi to be evacuated after the 2023 floods, Garhi Mandu’s lanes …

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5 months, 1 week ago

‘We spent night on roads with no food or power’: Bawana residents hit by canal breach

Hindustan Times

New Delhi People scramble to reach higher elevation. Over 2,000 families living along the periphery of the Munak Canal in Bawana woke up around midnight to loud noises and cries for help as water from a 50-foot-wide breach in the canal channel — that carries over a third of Delhi’s water supply — gushed into their localities. Those on upper …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Southeast Delhi residents fearful of heavy rains causing recurrence of sewage backflow into homes

Hindustan Times

New Delhi Workers clean the Taimoor Nagar drain, with encroachments on both sides narrowing the width at multiple points. As a sudden downpour once again crippled the infrastructure in the Capital last week, a kilometre-long stretch of the Taimoor Nagar drain became the single source of torment for residents of thousands of houses across south and southeast Delhi, pushing sewage-mixed …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Signature View needs to be demolished, Delhi high court told

Hindustan Times

The Union ministry of housing and urban affairs has submitted an affidavit in the Delhi high court which states that the towers of Signature View Apartment in Mukherjee Nagar — a residential complex that was declared unfit for habitation in November 2022 — are irreparable and need to be demolished. The MoHUA affidavit, based on a report prepared by a …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ration card is not address proof: Delhi HC

Hindustan Times

The Delhi high court has said that ration cards cannot be considered a reliable source of proof of address, as they exist only to ensure the provision of food grains at a reasonable price to citizens. This policy delineates the eligibility criteria for the allotment of alternative dwelling units to rehabilitate and relocate JJ colony dwellers, and states that a …

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1 year ago

Eviction notice at Delhi’s Signature View

Hindustan Times

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Thursday served eviction notices to all flat owners in Signature View Apartment in Mukherjee Nagar, asking residents to vacate the premises within a week. A structural audit of Signature View Apartment in Mukherjee Nagar in north Delhi by an IIT-Delhi team in November last year declared the premises unsafe and the buildings “weak and …

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1 year ago

Raze the weakest towers for now, say Delhi’s Signature View residents

Hindustan Times

The resident welfare association of Signature View Apartment in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar met officials from the Delhi Development Authority on Saturday and asked for at least two towers that are structurally the weakest to be immediately dismantled and that the body begin paying rent to the residents of those towers. A senior DDA official, requesting anonymity, said that the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Will Signature View apartments go down like Noida towers?

Hindustan Times

A controlled implosion may be the only way to safely pull down the crumbling Signature View towers in Mukherjee Nagar, officials of the Delhi Development Authority said on Wednesday, underlining that the final plan will be rubber-stamped only after consultations with experts. READ | Signature View Apartment: Stories of fear, damage and loss So far, the best possible choice seems …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Signature View residents in Delhi ‘agree’ with DDA’s deal

Hindustan Times

A general body meeting of the members of the Residents’ Welfare Association of Signature View Apartments in north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar was held on Sunday to reach an agreement on the options presented to them by the Delhi Development Authority. Second, the new structure will be stronger, with more facilities such as a clubhouse, which we did not have,” said …

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1 year, 7 months ago

NGT’s nod to lighthouse on Yamuna floodplains in Delhi

Hindustan Times

The National Green Tribunal has given its in-principle approval to the Delhi Development Authority for the construction of a lighthouse in the greenway of the Yamuna floodplains for surveillance and security of the area. “.We are of the view that on principle, there can be no objection to the proposal if its approved by the HLC and is meant for …

Delhi Order Area Ngt River Lighthouse Dda

1 year, 8 months ago

Even after L-G intervention, residents continue to live in buildings declared unsafe

The Hindu

: Gaurav Pandey, residents’ welfare association secretary of Signature View Apartments in north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar, points towards the exposed beams on the ceiling of his apartment’s washroom and the cracks in his kitchen that have emerged over time. Bhupinder Chaudhary, a resident, says, “People here walk with caution, as they fear that a portion of the towers may crumble …

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Delhi HC slams DDA for ‘negligence’; clears Signature View demolition

500 ex-servicemen deployed in Delhi's Narela amid security concerns

Changes in Delhi slum redevelopment scheme, developers, residents to benefit

DDA approves major overhaul in slum redevelopment policy

Clear PM-UDAY applications: Delhi L-G tells DDA

LG orders DDA to hold camps to regularise housing in unauthorised colonies

Desolation in a ghost town in Delhi

Pay over ₹11 lakh to kin of man who died in balcony collapse: Delhi HC to DDA

Delhi HC Orders DDA To Pay ₹11 Lakh To Family Of Man Who Died In Balcony Collapse, Flags Structural Failures & Negligence In Maintenance

AAP's Somnath Bharti Accuses BJP Of Using Police, DDA To Stop Chhath Celebrations In Delhi, Party Reacts

DDA approves launch of three new housing schemes

Delhi's Rajendra Nagar and genesis of the IAS

Why is DDA conducting demolition drive in Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila?

A year on, memories of 2023 floods linger

‘We spent night on roads with no food or power’: Bawana residents hit by canal breach

Southeast Delhi residents fearful of heavy rains causing recurrence of sewage backflow into homes

Signature View needs to be demolished, Delhi high court told

Ration card is not address proof: Delhi HC

Eviction notice at Delhi’s Signature View

Raze the weakest towers for now, say Delhi’s Signature View residents

Will Signature View apartments go down like Noida towers?

Signature View residents in Delhi ‘agree’ with DDA’s deal

NGT’s nod to lighthouse on Yamuna floodplains in Delhi

Even after L-G intervention, residents continue to live in buildings declared unsafe