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HIT squads, sniffer dogs, beautification: Delhi gets ready for G20 Summit

The HIT squad will play a key role in the G20 security apparatus and will be strategically placed inside hotel buildings to counter hostage situations or lone-wolf attacks

Tata Power Delhi Distribution exceeds renewable purchase target for FY23

Tata Power Delhi Distribution on Thursday said it has fulfilled the renewable purchase obligation for the third year in a row and bought 26 per cent of electricity from clean energy sources in 2022-23. Under the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO), discoms are required to source a fixed percentage of their total power purchase from renewable energy sources. "Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd has fulfilled the RPO for the third consecutive year, a unique feat for any discom in the country," a company statement said. The company, which supplies electricity to 70 lakh people in north and northwest Delhi, sourced 2,600 million units of green power in 2022-23 from various sources of renewable energy, including solar, wind, and hydro, it said. Renewable power constituted more than 26 per cent of the total units sold by the company to its consumers, it added. The RPO percentage varies from state to state and is fixed by the respective electricity regulatory commission. For the national .

DDA flats 2023: All Dwarka units sold out in the first few hours of booking

Under the DDA scheme, 1-BHK flats are on offer in Narela, Siraspur, Rohini, and Loknayak Puram, and 2-BHK flats are in Narela and Dwarka. 3-BHK flats are located in Jasola

5,500 flats in Delhi up for grabs in DDA's fourth phase housing scheme

DDA housing scheme: Interested buyers will be provided with a 4-5 day-window to see the sample flats at the location

DDA gives nod to sell 40 HIG flats to Delhi's PWD, says officials

The highest decision-making body of the Delhi Development Authority on Wednesday gave its nod to sell 40 HIG flats of the DDA to the city's Public Works Department (PWD), officials said. In a meeting of the authority, chaired by Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena, who is also DDA's chairman, it also approved the change of land use of land for the construction of a five-lane toll plaza (RFID system) at Ghazipur's old location. "Realising the ample facilities provided by the DDA at very attractive rates, the department has offered to buy 40 HIG flats at Jasola for use by its officials, as residential staff quarters," the DDA said in a statement. "Such bulk allotments to government's departments afford a golden opportunity to purchase readymade flats without going through the hassle of undertaking construction," it said. Also, to ensure a smooth flow of traffic at Delhi border points and help in maintaining road infrastructure in the national capital, the authority has approved the change o

PWD set to hire consultant for mega infra push of 1,400 km roads of Delhi

A Delhi government project to upgrade 1,400 km of roads is picking up pace with the PWD set to hire a consultant to frame bid documents for the mega infrastructure push, officials said Friday. The Delhi Public Works Department has already floated a tender to hire the consultant, who will hired for four months. The tender requires the consultant to be empanelled with the National Highways Authority of India or any central or state government ministries or departments. The consultant should have also carried out similar consultancy services or transaction advisory services for infrastructure project including highways, water supply, urban infrastructure projects costing at least Rs 500 crore on Public-Private-Partnership or Engineering-Procurement-and-Construction or Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM), according to official documents. The consultant will be responsible for framing bid documents for two projects. One pertains to construction and repair of all components of roads except main .

DDA asks CBI to probe erring officials over poor construction of apartments

The apartments were built during 2007-2009 and allotted to the residents in 2011-2012. But in just a few years, the building complex has become structurally unsafe

DDA begins its demolition drive in Mehrauli amid tight police security

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) started a demolition drive on Friday in the Mehrauli area amid police security. Locals claimed that the drive that started in the morning was demolishing two and three-storeyed buildings near Aulia Masjid at Andehria More along with shanties. The land on which the alleged encroachment was done belonged to multiple agencies including DDA, Waqf Board, and ASI, they claimed. "A demolition drive is being carried out by the Horticulture Department of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority. Police personnel have been deployed on the spot as preventive protection for DDA officials to carry out their duties and also to maintain law and order in the locality. Initially, the localities had staged a protest against the demolition but the situation was later brought under control," said a senior police official. According to the demolition notice, the land on which the demolition is being carried out is a part of the Mehrauli Archaeological Park and the .

Santosh Yadav appointed NHAI chief, Subhasish Panda to be DDA's VC

Senior bureaucrats Santosh Kumar Yadav was on Monday appointed as chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), according to a Personnel ministry order. Yadav, a 1995-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is currently additional secretary in the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education. He has been appointed as NHAI chairman, the order said. Subhasish Panda, a 1997-batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as Delhi Development Authority (DDA) vice chairman. Ganji Kamala V Rao has been named Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Rao, a 1990-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, is currenty the managing director of the India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. Hitesh Kumar S Makwana has been named as Additional Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs. Rajneesh, a 1997-batch IAS officer of the Himachal

Delhi: PM Modi to inaugurate 3024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji

The Delhi Development Authority has undertaken three such projects at Kalkaji Extension, Jailorwala Bagh, and Kathputli Colony.

All you need to know about DDA's new housing scheme in Narela

The DDA, on Monday, announced that it has now done away with the individual income criteria for EWS

Realty firm Omaxe to invest Rs 2,100 crore to build sports, retail complex

Realty firm Omaxe has bagged a project from DDA to develop a sports complex and retail project at Dwarka in the national capital at a cost of Rs 2,100 crore. The company has secured this 50-acre project from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) under the "Design Build Finance and Operate" model. It will build both outdoor and indoor sports facilities. A large cricket-cum-football stadium is also being planned, besides a retail area. The total investment is estimated at about Rs 2,100 crore, of which Rs 1,300 -1,400 crore will be on sports complex and the rest on retail area. Omaxe Ltd Chairman Rohtas Goel said: "We have bagged a project from DDA, located in Dwarka, New Delhi." It will be the first sports facility to be developed by the DDA in PPP (Public Private Partnership) model. "We will develop a world-class cricket stadium and sports complex in this project. It will be a marquee project facilitating the sports infrastructure at par with global standards," Goel said. The ret

Housing Scheme 2021: DDA plans 'mini draw' of waitlisted applicants in Sept

The DDA on April 18 had conducted a draw of lots for the its Special Housing Scheme, 2021 for applicants

City development agencies must register projects with RERA: Delhi chairman

If they do not get registered with us then we have got enough of more power to take action against them under section 59 and 61 of the Act.

20 yrs of privatised Delhi discoms: Leap in tech but feet tied in populism

Delhi's power purchase cost has risen by 300% since 2014 but the tariff has only risen by 90%

DDA, WWF partner for nature-based activities at Delhi's Sanjay Van

Sanjay Van, spread over nearly 783 acres, is an integral part of the South-Central Ridge and is a notified "Reserved Forest", the DDA said.

DDA allots 679 households to Jhuggi Jhopri dwellers of Bhumiheen Camp

Out of 2,700 households of Bhumiheen Camp, the eligibility in respect of 679 households has been decided in respect of Jhuggi Jhopri (JJ) dwellers whose documents were found complete

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: DDA to hold sand art workshop, nature walk

A sand art work, nature walk are among the host of activities that the Delhi Development Authority has planned in the coming days to mark 75th year of the country's Independence

Delhi one step closer to data on real-time pollution sources: Kejriwal

A project to identify real-time sources of pollution in Delhi has moved one step closer towards operationalisation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday. Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and Environment Department of Delhi government on Tuesday held the second review meeting of the project Real-time source apportionment study and pollution forecasting' with the team from IIT Kanpur and other partner organisations, the government said in a statement. The project was approved by the Delhi cabinet and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in October last year. A team of IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali will execute the study in the national capital. Delhi government's DPCC has been authorised to act as the nodal agency for executing the study with IIT Kanpur. We are extremely glad that IIT Kanpur study is progressing well on time despite the occasional ...

DDA launches special housing scheme with over 18k flats from old inventory

As per the DDA brochure, the maximum price of a flat is about Rs 2.14 crore in HIG category in Jasola