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New Delhi, Oct 24 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday said that cloud seeding is essential for the national capital as it could play a key role in controlling rising pollution levels during the winter season. Speaking about a successful test run of the experiment carried out on Thursday, Gupta said, "Cloud seeding is something that has never happened before. We want to carry out this trial over the city as it could help reduce air pollution." "We believe this technology will be suc ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt on Thursday notified its decision to engage women workers at shops and commercial establishments on night shifts with their mandatory written consent.Every employee will be entitled to double pay for overtime and a maximum of 48 hours of weekly duty in accordance with Delhi Shops and Establishment Act 1954. Internal complaints committees will also be formed, govt stated. Lieutenant governor VK Saxena had approved the proposal earlier this year.According to the two additions ...Read More >
New Delhi: In an unprecedented step to combat the city's worsening air quality, the Delhi government is preparing to conduct its first-ever artificial rain experiment on October 29 through cloud seeding. The initiative, led by IIT Kanpur and coordinated with IMD Pune, aims to trigger rainfall that could help cleanse the city's polluted atmosphere following Diwali celebrations. Here's what the government has planned: Announcing the project, Environment Minister Majinder Singh Sirsa said the Rs ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has successfully tested cloud seeding in Burari, paving the way for the maiden run of artificial rain on October 29. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday that all preparations for the full cloud seeding event, aimed at bringing down pollution level in the city, have been completed and the first instance of this exercise will take place on October 29, if conditions are favourable. Gupta said in a tweet, "Preparations have been completed for the first time ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday said the city is set to witness its first-ever artificial rain through cloud seeding as preparations for the ambitious pollution-control initiative have been completed. A successful trial of the project was conducted earlier in the day in the Burari area, Gupta said in a post on X. "For the first time in Delhi, preparations have been completed to induce artificial rain through cloud seeding, marking a significant technologica ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Oct 23 (PTI) Punjab Cabinet minister Aman Arora on Thursday said the state has witnessed 90 per cent decline in stubble burning incidents during the September 15 to October 21 period in comparison to farm fires in corresponding period in 2021. He said the number of stubble burning incidents stood at 415 during September 15 to October 21 as compared to 4,327 in 2021. Arora further said the state saw 62 crop residue burning incidents on October 21 while it was 597 on the same day in ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Lt. Governor V.K. Saxena and Minister of Art, Culture and Languages Kapil Mishra jointly inspected Yamuna's Vasudev Ghat on Thursday, with the Minister announcing that Chhath Puja celebrations will be organised at more than 1,300 ghats this year. L-G Saxena and Minister Mishra issued detailed directions to the concerned officials to ensure that no aspect of the arrangements is left incomplete. Mishra said the Delhi government is working on a war footing ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) AAP on Thursday accused the BJP governments in Delhi and Haryana of diverting water from Uttar Pradesh's Eastern Canal to the Yamuna river to "create an illusion" of cleanliness before the festival, a charge rejected by the ruling party. The BJP, instead, credited Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's government for what it called a "historic turnaround" in the Yamuna's condition within eight months of the chief minister taking office. The political temperatures in Delhi have be ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) The government is making preparations on a war footing to organise Chhath Puja at more than 1,300 ghats across the city, with special arrangements along the Yamuna river, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra said on Thursday. Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena and Culture Minister Mishra inspected the Vasudev Ghat and reviewed the ongoing preparations, according to an official statement. They directed officials to ensure that arrangements related to cleanliness, lighting, security a ...Read More >
Delhi water minister said the equipment, a Watermaster Classic IV, will be used to augment the Yamuna cleaning efforts and enhance the river's water-carrying capacity. Delhi water minister Parvesh Verma on Wednesday said that a state-of-the-art dredging machine from Finland will arrive in the Capital by December to aid in the desilting and dredging of Yamuna and the Najafgarh drain. Sharing a demonstration video on social media, Verma said the equipment, a Watermaster Classic IV, will be used t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) The Delhi government has procured an advanced machine from Finland to undertake large-scale dredging, desilting, and cleaning operations in the Yamuna river, Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Parvesh Verma said on Thursday. The machine, called Amphibious Classic 4 Multipurpose Dredger Machine, will arrive in India before December and will be operational from January, he added. According to officials, capable of operating both on land and in water, the machine "combi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Devotees celebrating the Chhath festival will be able to perform their rituals directly along the Yamuna river after a hiatus of seven to eight years. This will be the first time they will be allowed to stand inside the river. In a bid to ensure a safe, clean and sacred environment, the Delhi government is constructing 17 large model Chhath ghats along the river, which will be open for the first time during the festival. The government has made extensive preparations to facilitate th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 22: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her cabinet colleagues on Wednesday inspected ghats at multiple locations across the national capital to review preparations for the upcoming Chhath Puja. Gupta, who inspected Chhath ghats at Prembadi, Silangpur and Munak Canal, said that while Delhi's Diwali was grand this year, the Chhath festival -- symbolising devotion and faith -- will be "full of divinity". She said the government has made arrangements to ensure devotees can celebra ...Read More >
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday announced that the Delhi government will develop 17 model Chhath ghats along the Yamuna and withdraw all cases filed in previous years against devotees who performed Chhath Puja on the riverbanks. Addressing a press conference at the Delhi Secretariat, Gupta said the government has made extensive arrangements to ensure that this year's Chhath Puja is celebrated with the same devotion and grandeur as Diwali, in a clean, safe, and sacred environment. "Earl ...Read More >
Delhi's air quality data manipulation allegations surface after Diwali. Aam Aadmi Party claims government agencies conspired to alter pollution readings. Meanwhile, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa asserts Diwali's impact is minimal. He accuses AAP of communalizing the issue and scapegoating Hindus. Sirsa presents comparative data to support his claims, highlighting systemic issues over festival celebrations. Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) President Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday al ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The Delhi Government is making all the arrangements for the "grand" Chhath Puja starting on October 25, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has said on Wednesday. "The Delhi Government is continuously making all preparations. Taking this further to a high level, as Chhath approaches, pending works are being expedited. Preparations for a grand Chhath in Delhi are being made," Rekha Gupta told reporters. Also Read | Did Tiger Attack Fisherman's Boat in West Bengal's S ...Read More >
Patiala, Oct 22 (PTI) Punjab Minister Balbir Singh lambasted Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday for his "illogical" criticism of the AAP dispensation in the border state for the haze in the national capital, saying Punjab has recorded a 60-70 per cent reduction in stubble burning incidents. As Delhi remained blanketed by haze with air quality in the "very poor" category, the BJP-led Delhi government blamed Punjab's stubble burning for the situation in the national cap ...Read More >
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced that Diwali celebrations in the capital will be distinct this year under a "sanatani" government. Speaking at a Diwali Milan program, she highlighted initiatives like Yamuna cleaning and the lifting of the green cracker ban, emphasizing the enhanced "divinity and grandness" of the festival. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said that Diwali in the national capital will be different, as it will be celebrated this year under a "sanatani" government. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday said that the cloud seeding operations are ready to take off, with Cessna aircraft and all necessary equipment in place. The pilots are licensed, and authorities are now awaiting the green signal from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to commence operations as soon as clouds form. In an interview with ANI, Sirsa highlighted that the project, which aims to simulate artificial rainfall and r ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of scapegoating Diwali for the capital's rising pollution levels, alleging that the opposition's narrative is a ploy to appease a "particular vote bank" by pushing for a ban on the festival's traditions, including diyas and crackers. "Aam Aadmi Party is fully focused on proving that the pollution here in Delhi is due to Diwali. This is because they have a particular vote bank, whom they wa ...Read More >
The Inland Waterways Authority of India, Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Jal Board, Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation, and the Irrigation and Flood Control Department are the stakeholders in this ambitious project The Delhi government is firming up preparations to launch its ambitious Yamuna cruise project by the last week of November as part of its efforts to rejuvenate the river and enhance recreational activities along its banks, officials said on Tuesday. The proposed ...Read More >
The 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) at 4 pm on Tuesday was 351 (very poor), up from 345 on Monday. As air pollution levels rose the day after Diwali, the Delhi government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had "forced" farmers in Punjab to burn stubble to foul the capital's air. The 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) at 4 pm on Tuesday was 351 (very poor), up from 345 on Monday. At a press conference, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Sin ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa has accused former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of appeasement politics, alleging that he "deliberately banned firecrackers in Delhi to garner the votes of a particular community, to appease them". Addressing a press conference, Sirsa hit out at AAP over its allegations that BJP government was under pressure from cracker manufacturers. "They (AAP) are deliberately bringing Diwali, Sanatana Dharma, and ...Read More >
New Delhi- Delhi recorded its worst post-Diwali air quality in four years on Tuesday, with PM2.5 levels peaking at 675 micrograms per cubic metre late Monday night. The city was enveloped in a thick grey haze as pollution levels surged sharply following Diwali celebrations, while the BJP government blamed stubble burning in Punjab rather than firecrackers. The city's 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) on Diwali reached 345, higher than last year's 330, and remained above 350 for several ho ...Read More >
Delhi witnessed a heavy grey haze, reduced visibility, and 'very poor' air today. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Delhi woke to toxic air after Diwali despite pollution curbs in place * AAP accused BJP Delhi government of failing to control pollution and making excuses * BJP blamed stubble burning in neighbouring states and residents bursting crackers Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: As Delhi woke up to toxic air the morn ...Read More >
Kartavya Path transformed into a mesmerizing wonderland for Deepotsav in Delhi, as 1.51 lakh diyas illuminated the night sky. A dazzling display featuring a Ramayana-inspired drone and laser show captivated the audience, alongside heartfelt Ram Katha recitations. High-ranking ministers graced the occasion, heralding a new chapter in Delhi's public Diwali festivities. The Delhi government on Saturday organised a grand "Deepotsav" programme at Kartavya Path on the occasion of Dhanteras, drawing l ...Read More >
New Delhi: The political battle over cleaning the Yamuna intensified on Sunday as AAP's Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Delhi govt over its claim of cleaning the river. Bharadwaj challenged CM Rekha Gupta and minister Parvesh Verma to "drink a litre of Yamuna water" to prove that the river is now cleaner ahead of Chhath Puja.Responding to him, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor wrote on X: "Mr Saurabh, you are educated too, so please te ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday celebrated Diwali with children at the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Children's Home for Orphaned Boys in Tis Hazari. She spent time with the children, extended her festive greetings, gave them gifts, and interacted warmly, learning about their studies, interests, and dreams. The CM said Diwali is not just about lighting lamps but about spreading light in people's hearts. "The smiles of these children are the greatest gift for me," she added ...Read More >
In her message, the CM said that Diwali, the festival of light, prosperity, and togetherness, should be celebrated in an atmosphere of peace and harmony. Protect the Capital by using green crackers only, said Delhi CM Rekha Gupta on Sunday as she extended the greetings to the people of the city on the occasion of Diwali. She encouraged people to celebrate the festival "in traditional ways by lighting diyas (lamps), making rangoli, and sharing sweets to spread joy and prosperity," read a stateme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 19, (PTI) Under the 'NIOS Project,' an average of 70 per cent of students who took the 10th grade examination have failed in the last four years -- this was revealed by the Delhi's Directorate of Education (DoE) in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by PTI. The project was launched by the Delhi government to reduce the rate of students failing in the 9th and 10th grades and the number of students dropping out of school. Under this project, students who fa ...Read More >
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