Delhi-NCR Latest Updates: Entry, exit gates of four metro stations closed

Entry and exit gates of Brigadier Hoshiar Singh, Bahadurgarh City, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma and Tikri Border metro stations are closed, tweets Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Traffic will remain affected on Road no. 56 from ISBT Anand Vihar to Ghazipur due to closed border, said Delhi Traffic Police.

Delhi's air quality in 'very poor' category, with overall AQI standing at 331, said System of Air Quality & Weather Forecasting & Research (SAFAR).

Nine trains are running late on Monday due to low visibility and other operational reasons, said chief public relations officer (CPRO), Northern Railway.

At UP Gate, the profile of protesters has changed over the past couple of days. From an agitation dominated by Sikhs from Punjab and the Terai region, it’s now a Jat-majority protest at the Ghazipur border. This is because Jats from western UP and Haryana have mostly responded to the emotional call made by Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait to join the protest at the gate and keep the agitation alive. Read full story

MoS finance Anurag Thakur has offered prayers at his Delhi residence ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget 2021-22 in the Parliament today.

Vehicular traffic has been diverted at Akshardham toward Noida due to farmers' protest at Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) border.

Delhi government has revised the capping on the maximum number of people gathering for social/religious/cultural events or weddings and funerals. Not more than 200 people are allowed if it is a closed hall. No capping on the maximum limit, if it is an open space.

The three municipal corporations in the city are targeting to flatten its main garbage dumps by September 2024. The civic bodies will clear one landfill each in the next three years, claims a report submitted by the corporations. According to the timelines submitted by the civic bodies, North Delhi Municipal Corporation intends to clear the Bhalswa landfill by June 2022 and South Delhi Municipal Corporation has submitted a target of March 31, 2023. East Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Ghazipur landfill site — which contains almost double the amount of legacy garbage as compared to other two dumpsites — is expected to be cleared by September 30, 2024, the submission states. Read full story

With a majority of sanitation workers resuming work, garbage lifting has begun in North Delhi Municipal Corporation and over 15,000 metric tonnes of waste has been cleared so far, civic functionaries claim. However, the piled up garbage of the past two weeks will have to be cleared with additional resources and the mayor is overseeing the operations by visiting key sites. Click here to read the complete story

The New Year started with the mercury plummeting to as low as 1.1 degrees Celsius. Ever since Delhi has recorded seven “cold wave” days this January, the most since the same month in 2008 when 12 such days were notified in the region, IMD data showed. January 2019 and 2020 had just one “cold wave” day each. Read full story

The capital reported 140 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. The number of active novel coronavirus cases in Delhi, meanwhile, came down to 1,361 on Sunday. The last time that the number of active cases in the city was lower was on April 12 — 294 days ago, when the figure was 1,154. Read full story

Cinema halls, which have been operating with a 50% cap on seating, will run at full capacity from Monday. Delhiites will also be able to use swimming pools. This was allowed in an order issued by Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Sunday, which also permits trade exhibitions and opening of stadia for sports events. While usage of these facilities in full capacity has been allowed due to the drop in Covid-19 cases over the past two months, strict safety norms have also been put in place, apart from the usual Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, like maintaining social distancing, not spitting, sneezing or coughing in the elbow, safe disposal of used masks, etc. Read full story here