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Painting on walls to aware residents about Swachh Survekshan In a unique initiative, SDMC made more than 300 wall paintings on walls in all four zones, it said. These paintings were drawn mainly on Dhalaos and on walls of Municipal Buildings/Offices. The motive behind making paintings is to make people aware about Swachh Survekshan-2021 to ensure cleanliness of their locality and to beautify walls of Dhalaos and Municipal Buildings, it said. In today’s initiative, paintings were done on walls of Dhalaos and buildings located at Giri Nagar, Delhi Gate, JE Store Nizamuddin East, Compost Pit Sunder Nagar, Dwarka Underpass, Staguru…

Man like Sir Syed born in centuries: Ex-Aligarh MLA Bansal The 13th National Seminar on Sir Syed: Social Service and Pandemic was organised by Sir Syed Awareness Forum (SAF) at Muktakash Manch, Exhibition Ground, Aligarh. Presiding over the seminar, Mohammad Furqan, Mayor, Aligarh said Sir Syed was a social worker and he has helped Indians a lot by establishing the prestigious Aligarh Muslim University. He further stated that Sir Syed treated everyone equally, irrespective of their religion. In his eyes everyone was an Indian first. He congratulated Prof Shakeel Samdani for continuously organising this seminar on Sir Syed for the…

Okhla diary: Honesty still alive! This story will warm your heart The traffic was moving as usual on Wednesday afternoon at 1:29 pm on Abul Fazal Enclave-Kalindi Kunj road until a sudden woman passenger shriek on an e-rickshaw grabbed passengers attention. After the woman shouted: Where is the mobile? the e-rickshaw driver stopped the vehicle by taking right and in the process the vehicles coming from back came to a screeching halt, a minor mistake could have caused accident as a biker passing by uttered expletives, berating the driver for taking to right suddenly. After the vehicles stopped the story…

SDMC Mayor Anamika today said in order to provide relief to the citizens, SDMC has extended the last date of all two amnesty schemes for the payment of property tax up to 31.03.2021. She said SDMC has decided to extend the date of general amnesty scheme for payment of outstanding dues for all types of properties without any interest or penalty of all the categories under its jurisdiction till 31st March . Under this Amnesty Scheme those property holders will become entitled for 100% waiver of interest and penalty on making up-to-date payment of outstanding dues by 31.03.2021. Chairman ,Standing…

Drive against posters, banners continue; 500 removed, team reaches Sarita Vihar SDMC today carried a massive sanitation drive under which garbage/waste were removed from over 100 markets in Najafgarh Zone, South Zone, Central Zone and West Zone. A large number of traders, shopkeepers, SDMC safai sainiks and local people participated in the drive. A message to avoid ‘use of plastic’ was also spread through the drive. Litter Picker machines were also used to remove garbage from these markets. Besides this, 500 posters and banners were also removed from these markets. Nodal Officer of Swachh Bharat Mission Rajiv Jain said SDMC…

Beggar menace plagues Okhla Beggars have become a nuisance in Jamia Nagar localities these days with many residents complaining that they can be spotted outside shops, eateries and will come to you urging alms to the annoyance of many. A resident said at times they pester a lot and continue insisting on money until you don’t give them alms. These days the locality has seen rise in number of women beggars, he said. “The other day I was at a shop and a man arrived requesting for money. I didn’t give alms but bought 2 kilogram rice for him. They…

NTPC, NHPC sail through at T-20 Power Cup 2021 at Jamia The NTPC won its match at the second round of league matches of Power Cup 2021 (Delhi) T-20 cricket tournament played at Jamia Millia Islamia on Saturday. The NTPC defeated REC by 6 wickets. Batting first the REC set a target of 111 for 8 wickets which turned out to be a cakewalk for the NTPC as it scored the required runs by losing just four wickets. In the second match NHPC won against EESL by 9 runs after scoring 109 for 8 wickets and bowling out EESL for…

2,000 posters removed from public places, metro pillars and markets: SDMC In view of Swachh Survekshan-2021, South Delhi Municipal Corporation today carried a sanitation and poster removal drive in all its zones. Under the drive, posters were removed from public places, markets, metro pillars, roads, key places, etc. Nearly 2,000 posters, banners and hoardings were removed, said the SDMC, adding that the drive will be continued till March 2. Nodal Officer of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Rajiv Jain said in order to improve ranking in Swachh Survekshan-2021, theme based sanitation drives are being carried  in area under jurisdiction of South MCD…

Some beg on Okhla streets with placard ‘Syria, I want help’ A young woman with her small kid was seen sitting at the gate of a mosque in Jamia Nagar during Friday prayer, said a resident, adding that a man was also standing nearby. Both of them were holding a placard written: “Syria, I want help.” Many people were seen giving them alms. Residents said two weeks ago they saw a hijab-clad woman holding a placard with Syria written on it. The OT couldn’t verify whether they were from Syria or India or just using the Syria placard to earn…

Jamia Metro station gets e-rickshaws for last mile connectivity, know the fares To increase last mile connectivity for Metro commuters, the DMRC has flagged off a fleet of 25 e-rickshaws, called ETO from Jamia Millia Islamia Metro station of Magenta Line. These e-rickshaws will be plying from 6 am to 11 pm daily providing last mile connectivity to nearby localities like, Batla House, Gaffar Manzil, Okhla Vihar, Zakir Nagar, Haji Colony and Noor Nagar etc. The fares have been kept very nominal at a base price of Rs 10 for first 2 kms and Rs 5 for subsequent km. The…