With the rapid growth in the city's population, over the years, the busy roads have become busier making it difficult for the emergency services to negotiate congested lanes and bylanes to reach out to the site in case of fire emergcies, especially fire.
The civic body stated categorically that no religious structure, including the Mandir Dargah Baba Shri Peer Ratan Nath Ji Maharaj, was touched or affected during the operation.
An official statement noted that the initiative taken up by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will initially permit tethered flights for four hours daily. However, the ride timings might be extended by the DDA based on the requirements.
The initiative, aimed at raising environmental awareness, is a collaborative effort of the Environment Ministry, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
After heavy rainfall in the national capital, a road caved in near the National Law University in Dwarka Sector-16, New Delhi, on Sunday morning, creating a huge crater that nearly swallowed a vehicle.
In a joint press conference with cabinet ministers, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Imran Hussain on Saturday, Rai said the Delhi government is serious about protecting the people of Delhi from pollution and natural calamities like heat waves and is constantly working on expanding the green belt of Delhi.
The top court was hearing a suo motu contempt case initiated by it against DDA Vice Chairman Subhashish Panda for the felling of large-scale trees in violation of the orders of the court.
The book was launched on Tuesday in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice Manmohan and Justice Navin Chawla among the other dignitaries.
Saxena approved the proposal taking note of the strategic importance of developing an FTZ/SEZ at the Airport hub, after ensuring that DDA gives a go-ahead for the same as per provisions of MPD-2021, the statement said.
The demolition exercise which is still continuing claimed five acres of land yesterday and the demolition of the main building over the remaining land of the farmhouse is going on, it said.
