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Delhi's Environment Problems Are Not Going To Be Solved, Policy Change Needed To Check Air Pollution

The report on environment accepts that Delhi's air pollution problems are not going to be solved unless major policy-level interventions are made. The city has an estimated 60 lakh vehicles plying on its road and even though the road network has increased considerably in the last few years, the road space per vehicle has come down. A study on auto fuel in 2002 showed that Delhi topped the list of eight major Indian cities with maximum vehicular emissions.

Industries are another major source of air pollution in the capital. The city houses various factories for production of food, textiles, chemicals, metals, rubber and plastic. The report suggests the city's growing population, expected to touch 185 lakh by 2011 and 244 lakh by 2021, is a primary challenge as the government battles to contain the level of pollution.

 

Diesel consumption, which had come down after the conversion of public transport to CNG, has gone up again due to the sharp rise in number of vehicles. Consequently, levels of oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter and respirable particulate matter contributed by roadside dust, auto exhaust and burning of coal, have been much higher than permissible limits. Only sulphur levels have come down, mainly due to less sulphur content in fuel.

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With thanks : source : Times of India

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Sheila Dikshit Favours Increasing Power, Water Tariff To Prevent Wastage

Pitching for serious efforts to conserve scarce resources, chief minister Sheila Dikshit today favoured increasing the tariff on power and water to prevent their wastage.

Dikshit, while speaking at a function to mark the World Environment Day, identified limiting consumption of energy and water as main challenges facing the city and appealed to citizens and government agencies to make serious efforts to conserve them.

Addressing the gathering, IPCC chief RK Pachauri suggested increasing the tariff on power and water to make people understand the value of the scarce resources.

"We will have to take serious efforts to save the environment. We will have to control wastage of water and power. If the solution to limit consumption of water and power lies in increasing the tariff as suggested by Pachauri then we support it," Dikshit said.

The chief minister, who also flagged off a rally featuring battery operated cars, herself drove a Reva car from her 3, Motilal Nehru Marg official residence to the NDMC Commonwealth Garden in Africa Avenue.

The chief minister said the rising population in the city has put a lot of pressure on its scarce resources.

She said 42% of the total water distributed by the Delhi Jal Board goes waste.

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With thanks : source : DNAINDIA

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Get-well-soon SMSes flood MCD's 'sick dept'

The resident welfare association of Lajpat Nagar III in South Delhi has found a unique way to voice its angst against the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

Exasperated by failed attempts to get the civic body to repair two water pumps that supply water to the colony's parks, the residents are now SMSing 'get well soon' messages in bulk to senior officials of the MCD.

"It seems the horticulture department of Lajpat Nagar III is sick. Please send a 'Get Well Soon' SMS to the following phone numbers," the message reads.

MCD's horticulture director SS Khandpal confirmed he'd received the SMS.

"The water level was quite low because of which this happened. We will be getting them (the pumps) repaired within two days," he said.

The association has also been spreading the message among residents of other colonies asking them to forward the SMS to the officials concerned.

On Sunday, mobile phones of a number of MCD officials were flooded with the SMSes bordering on Gandhigiri — unusual and endearing non-violent forms of protest inspired by Hindi movie Munnabhai MBBS.

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with thanks : source : Hindustan Times

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Online directory of RWA's : details awaited from various RWA's of East Delhi District.

If you are from any RWA from Delhi East District and you have not yet mailed us detailed information about your RWA for uploading in the Online RWA Directory, we again request you to please mail us immediately. We require brief details about your RWA alongwith contact address, tel numbers and if possible, details of the office bearers. 

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India Gate To Get A Bath, ASI, CPWD Work Together To Give It A Facelift Before Games

There would be scrubbing, cleaning and also a little shampoo, not to mention the new dressing. No, we are not talking about a person getting a makeover but Delhi's one of the most popular hangouts - the India Gate - being spruced up ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

The 42.35 metre high arch, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and built as a war memorial, is set to get a thorough cleaning soon. The structure, built in the 1920s not just weathers heat, dust and rains, it is also showing signs of deterioration like seepage below the side openings on north and south sides and black marks at certain places due to moss and lichen.

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Hike in petro prices on cards

The government may, from next week, find it easier to decontrol petrol and diesel prices as softening global rates would require fuel costs to be raised by just Rs 3.50 a litre for the purpose.

An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, is scheduled to meet on June 7 to consider a Kirit Parikh Committee report that calls for the freeing of petrol and diesel prices from governmental control, besides steep hikes in LPG and kerosene rates to cut fuel subsidy.

"Earlier, there were doubts if the government would actually free auto fuel prices - particularly that of diesel — as the hike required to make them at par with international rates was over Rs 6 per litre. But the fall in global oil prices has made the task easier," an Oil Ministry official said.

The EGoM will have to raise the price of petrol by Rs 3.35 per litre and that of diesel by Rs 3.49 a litre to free them from government control.

International crude oil prices have shaved off over $10 per barrel to bring them down to $72-74 a barrel. "The hike needed to free auto fuel prices till last week was Rs 6.07 a litre in petrol and Rs 6.38 a litre in diesel. Raising prices, particularly that of diesel by such an amount in one go, was considered politically difficult," he said.

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with thanks : source : Tribune

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Sheila Taxes Us As Crores Go Unspent

The series of tax hikes effected by chief minister Sheila Dikshit to raise money for urban improvement could have been avoided had her government utilised central funds earmarked for infrastructure development.

The midterm appraisal of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission ( JNNURM) accessed by MAIL TODAY shows the state government spent a mere Rs 22 crore of the nearly Rs 6,000 crore committed by the Centre for the fiscal years 2005- 06 to 2009- 10.

As a result, the huge amount was allowed to lapse, leading to a funds crunch for the Capital's urban development.

 

JNNURM funds are used for infrastructure development and creating facilities for the urban poor. The midterm appraisal report is prepared by the Union ministry for urban development.

The state government had only to submit detailed project reports on time. But it did not do this for three consecutive fiscal years 2005- 06 to 2007- 08. In 2008- 09, it got only Rs 22 crore against the sanctioned plans.

In 2009- 10, against its city development plans, that is draft proposals, the Centre sanctioned nearly Rs 5,500 crore.

Shockingly, Delhi bureaucrats yet again failed to prepare detailed project reports - the final project plans that include design details and execution plans - allowing the hefty amount to lapse.

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With thanks : source : Mail Today

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