Delhi Garbage Crisis

The several strikes by sanitation workers in the national capital in the past have seen the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which runs the government, and the BJP, which heads the civic bodies in Delhi, blaming each other for the mess. But the Supreme Court wants to clear the confusion.

The central government has approved a Rs 300 crore plan for "visible improvement" in solid waste management in the national capital in the face of the serious garbage crisis plaguing the city.

A spot right next to where garbage is dumped in south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh has been Noor Alam's home for some time, a settlement of 74 Rohingya families recognised as refugees by a United Nations body. But Noor Alam, who lives with his family of 12 members, was happy. At least, he says, they didn't have to now worry if they will live through the ni...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today issued notices to major waste generators in the city including 5-star hotels, malls, hospitals, educational institutions with hostels and housing societies which have not complied with Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.

After Arvind Kejriwal's Rs 550 crore loan, it is Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's turn to make a contribution to end the sanitation workers' strike that is stinking up the city. He offered to loan Rs 300 crore to civic bodies today.

Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday blamed corruption in BJP-led civic bodies for the ongoing indefinite strike by sanitation workers that has caused a garbage crisis in Delhi and alleged that the Modi government "wants to impose President's rule in Delhi like Arunachal Pradesh."

Arvind Kejriwal today accused the ruling BJP of instigating the sanitation workers' strike that has caused a massive garbage crisis in Delhi, alleging that the Modi government "wants to impose President's rule in Delhi like Arunachal Pradesh."

The Delhi government has asked Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to direct the Delhi Development Authority to release dues running into crores to the three civic bodies, as doctors and teachers joined the six-day strike by over 60,000 sanitation workers. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation, meanwhile, approached the court, accusing the government of...

Delhi BJP today trashed Aam Aadmi Party's government's special drive to clean the national capital by employing Public Works Department (PWD) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) staff, saying the claims of lifting of garbage were unsubstantiated.

For the third time in less than a year, the sanitation workers in Delhi have gone on a strike demanding timely payment of salaries and sanctioning of work uniforms.

Hundreds of BJP workers today joined the strike by sanitation workers of municipal corporations of Delhi while the Arvind Kejriwal government announced a task force to lift the waste piling in parts of the city and deployed PWD workers to do the job.

With the Delhi Municipal Corporation's sanitation workers on strike, the Delhi government today said it will soon announce a plan for lifting the waste saying hat it will not let people in the national capital live amid piles of garbage.

Thousands municipal corporation sanitation workers today went on strike to press their demands for regular salaries and payment of arrears and held protests at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence and also at Jantar Mantar.

More than 100 trucks have been pressed into service to remove the garbage that had piled up in several parts of East Delhi during the strike by sanitation workers for being removed on an emergency basis.

The AAP today launched a cleanliness drive in the national capital a day after sanitation workers called off a 12-day strike, averting a looming health crisis. The BJP, which has been locked in a bitter tussle with the AAP, promptly followed with its own sanitation drive.

The several strikes by sanitation workers in the national capital in the past have seen the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which runs the government, and the BJP, which heads the civic bodies in Delhi, blaming each other for the mess. But the Supreme Court wants to clear the confusion.

The central government has approved a Rs 300 crore plan for "visible improvement" in solid waste management in the national capital in the face of the serious garbage crisis plaguing the city.

A spot right next to where garbage is dumped in south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh has been Noor Alam's home for some time, a settlement of 74 Rohingya families recognised as refugees by a United Nations body. But Noor Alam, who lives with his family of 12 members, was happy. At least, he says, they didn't have to now worry if they will live through the ni...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today issued notices to major waste generators in the city including 5-star hotels, malls, hospitals, educational institutions with hostels and housing societies which have not complied with Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.

After Arvind Kejriwal's Rs 550 crore loan, it is Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung's turn to make a contribution to end the sanitation workers' strike that is stinking up the city. He offered to loan Rs 300 crore to civic bodies today.

Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday blamed corruption in BJP-led civic bodies for the ongoing indefinite strike by sanitation workers that has caused a garbage crisis in Delhi and alleged that the Modi government "wants to impose President's rule in Delhi like Arunachal Pradesh."

Arvind Kejriwal today accused the ruling BJP of instigating the sanitation workers' strike that has caused a massive garbage crisis in Delhi, alleging that the Modi government "wants to impose President's rule in Delhi like Arunachal Pradesh."

The Delhi government has asked Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung to direct the Delhi Development Authority to release dues running into crores to the three civic bodies, as doctors and teachers joined the six-day strike by over 60,000 sanitation workers. The East Delhi Municipal Corporation, meanwhile, approached the court, accusing the government of...

Delhi BJP today trashed Aam Aadmi Party's government's special drive to clean the national capital by employing Public Works Department (PWD) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) staff, saying the claims of lifting of garbage were unsubstantiated.

For the third time in less than a year, the sanitation workers in Delhi have gone on a strike demanding timely payment of salaries and sanctioning of work uniforms.

Hundreds of BJP workers today joined the strike by sanitation workers of municipal corporations of Delhi while the Arvind Kejriwal government announced a task force to lift the waste piling in parts of the city and deployed PWD workers to do the job.

With the Delhi Municipal Corporation's sanitation workers on strike, the Delhi government today said it will soon announce a plan for lifting the waste saying hat it will not let people in the national capital live amid piles of garbage.

Thousands municipal corporation sanitation workers today went on strike to press their demands for regular salaries and payment of arrears and held protests at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence and also at Jantar Mantar.

More than 100 trucks have been pressed into service to remove the garbage that had piled up in several parts of East Delhi during the strike by sanitation workers for being removed on an emergency basis.

The AAP today launched a cleanliness drive in the national capital a day after sanitation workers called off a 12-day strike, averting a looming health crisis. The BJP, which has been locked in a bitter tussle with the AAP, promptly followed with its own sanitation drive.