Delhi

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PWD’s SIDEWAlK FURNITURE TO BEAUTIFY DElHI

  • Seeking to provide facilities to pedestrians and motorists and lend greater aesthetic appeal to the city, the Government is planning to install sidewalk furniture. As per plan, street furniture — installations of benches, dustbins, information boards, toilets, information boards, vending kiosks — will be set up along all the 1,200 km roads of the Public Works Department (PWD). Government would soon identify locations where the street furniture will be installed. “Government will give priority to such locations, including tourist destinations, main markets and places of high footfall,” a senior Government official said. The move seeks to not only beautify the Capital’s roads, but also provide facilities to pedestrians and motorists.

AAP SHOWS ITS GREEN THUMB with 14l saplings

  • Delhi Government will plant as many as 14 lakh saplings across the Capital during 2015-16 in its bid to improve the green cover in the city amidst concerns raised over its air quality and calls for concerted action for combating pollution. As part of an action plan to make the city green and clean, the Government agencies concerned have also been asked to fulfil their outstanding plantation targets for last year. The above was decided at a meeting chaired by Delhi Environment Minister Asim Ahmed Khan and featuring the representatives of other Government departments, the three municipal corporations, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and Delhi Parks and Gardens Society.

OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH OPPORTUNISTS: kishan

  • Former Congress MlA Jai Kishan on Tuesday celebrated BR Ambedkar Jayanti at his Sultanpuri constituency. He is the only former Congress MlA who celebrated Ambedkar Jayani at his constituency every year. Jai Kishan urged Dalits to join Sonia Gandhi to teach a lesson to opportunists in Delhi.