The Delhi government is undertaking large-scale development projects to improve the quality of life of lakhs of people living in JJ clusters across the city.
The meeting decided that the residents of all eligible slum clusters established in Delhi up to January 1, 2025, will be entitled to rehabilitation benefits.
The Delhi Police have filed an FIR based on a formal complaint filed by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) against misinformation about demolition drives allegedly being spread by anti-social elements.
Delhi woke up to a blanket of dense fog on Wednesday, as a cold wave swept across the city, bringing a sharp drop in temperatures along with chilly winds, resulting in reduced visibility.
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has expressed strong displeasure over the “lackadaisical” approach of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) under the Delhi government in not revising the ground rent of its land and properties, thereby causing huge losses to the public exchequer.
Gupta was speaking after a surprise inspection of a public utility centre at a slum in Krishna Nagar Assembly constituency in East Delhi.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended a legal officer of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) of the state government for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh.
Union Minister Harsh Malhotra, former Delhi minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, and BJP MLA Anil Bajpai, in a joint statement on Sunday, held the Delhi government’s negligence responsible for the eviction orders issued to the slum residents of Gandhi Nagar.
“Bipin Kumar Rai has been performing the role of expert member for the last nine years and Amrendra Kumar was appointed as non-official member on 9th March, 2022. Both of them were drawing hefty remuneration in contravention of the law,” it said.
Had the Delhi government improved the condition of the night shelters, the homeless would not have been forced to sleep on the road dividers, said DPCC president.
