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Letters to Editor: I have seen kids, women falling on this 90-day dug up road, writes F block resident I want to draw your attention towards this dug up road of Abul Fazal Enclave F block which connects to Thokar No 4, writes Shaukat Alam in letters to editor. https://youtu.be/rch4OP8adEw It’s been more than 90 days that this road has been this wretched condition. I have seen children falling and women falling on this dug up road. They have made a habit of delayed work which causes problems to the residents. A gentle reminder to the concern authority that kindly…
Youths rob fruit vendor, two arrested Two youths have been arrested for robbing a coconut vendor, said police, adding that they recovered one mobile phone and cash of Rs 500 from them. After receiving a PCR call four days ago, the team immediately rushed to the spot in New Friends’ Colony and met the complainant wherein he stated that while he was selling coconuts, three boys approached and robbed him with his mobile phone and a cash of Rs 500, said the police. After arrest of a youth, a resident of Taimoor Nagar, police said they were able to zero…
29-year-old Jamia Millia alumna dies in road accident Heartbreak for alumni and students f Jamia Millia Islamia after reports surfaced on the social media about the death of a 29-year-old alumna of Jamia in a road accident. A PhD student she died after a speeding truck ran over her in northeast Delhi’s Shastri Park area, police said on Sunday. It was on Saturday when the incident took place around 10.20 pm in Delhi. Jamia alumnus Jawad Hassan, who studied with the deceased, Poonam, at the university, said they were at Jamia and studied TV Hindi journalism in 2012-13 from the…
Illegal hoardings, posters deface Jamia Nagar The menace of illegal hoardings and posters is growing in Jamia Nagar. You can find them at all the busy intersections of the locality whether in Batla House, Zakir Nagar, Abul Fazal Enclave, Ghaffar Manzil, Johri Farm, Noor Nagar and other places in the locality. Even walls of Batla House graveyards are not sparred. Most of these hoardings carry pictures of local leaders or aspiring leaders of different parties. Besides, these posters are also of coaching institutes and business houses with several walls in the locality being plastered and defaced. Surprisingly these posters and…
People falling, kid suffers fracture to his leg while walking on dug-up roads for sewer work Road dug up for laying sewer pipes troubles residents: Residents of J block said road dug up for laying sewer pipes has made their life hell due to slow pace of work. However, contractor said work started on November 15 and they are doing all to finish laying the sewer as fast as possible. https://youtu.be/rch4OP8adEw Dug-up roads in some streets of Abul Fazal Enclave and slow work in laying sewer have turned out to be a major hardship for residents of J and other…
Delhi schools to reopen from Monday Delhi schools will reopen physical classes from November 29, according to announcement made by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. He shared the news via a tweet: “All the schools in Delhi will reopen from 29.11.2021 for all classes,” the notice read. Schools and colleges in Delhi were closed by the city government after air quality worsened. But later on November 24, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said: “Air quality in Delhi is improving now. Schools, colleges, educational institutes to re-open from 29th November in Delhi.” “All the Heads of schools are hereby directed to…
Watch: Chicken fry flying off Shan’s eatery, food lovers line up to grab tempting opening day offer https://youtu.be/DV9JbR-00ds It is 11 pm on Saturday night. The air is nippy as winter has arrived. But in this part of Abul Fazal Enclave, food lovers are lining up at a new shop selling fry chicken. A resident returning from his office said requesting not to be quoted: “I was a bit surprised to see a huge rush at the shop that too at this time of the night. Then I stopped and asked a few people. I was told that the owner…
Entrepreneur Mudassar brings authentic Awadhi food to Okhla, offers 10% discount with free home delivery to OT readers as goodwill gesture Mudassar Abbas, 37, by profession works in a well-known HR firm in Delhi but after Covid lockdown he took a plunge in food business and said he introduced authentic Awadhi food to Okhla by opening his small eatery shop in B-23Abul Fazal Enclave. https://youtu.be/36zGcel94yA Food review by Javed Khan He said he opened the shop realizing that jobs were not so secure as many of his friends lost it. “During the first lockdown, I was thinking about what to…
Heartbreak for Asif Khan’s supporters, ex-Cong MLA of Okhla sent to judicial custody Supporters of former Okhla MLA Asif Md Khan who were expecting bail for him are upset as the Congress leader has been sent to judicial custody. Khan’s close associate Advocate Aarfa Khanam updated on her timeline that Asif Md has been sent to judicial custody and they would apply for bail on Monday now. “Asif has been sent to judicial custody for now. Application will be applied in session for his bail,” she wrote. With this development, Khan is to spend Saturday and Sunday in jail, said…
Poster menace: Drive against hoardings, posters on walls should be welcomed for clean & green Okhla As unauthorised advertisements and posters pasted on the walls affect the beauty of Okhla, it is time said residents, that crackdown against hoardings and posters on walls should be encouraged for clean and green Okhla. Besides illegal vehicle parking, mushrooming workshops and encroachment, Jamia Nagar faces poster menace as the walls in the locality are plastered with advertisements giving the area a dirty look. The situation is such that every open public corner is overcrowded with posters of some coaching institutes, local leaders and…