Delhi news live: Woman who attempted self-immolation outside Supreme Court dies

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said changes will be made to Delhi's drainage system based on suggestions received from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to resolve the issue of waterlogging in the city. The decision was taken at a meeting held to review the national capital's drainage master plan. The meeting was chaired by Kejriwal, according to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO). Delhi has witnessed massive waterlogging this monsoon season. Many arterial stretches, underpasses and even residential areas were inundated after heavy rains in the city.

An 18-year-old service boy at a restaurant in southwest Delhi's Chhawla area was shot dead by two people, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Aman, alias Gulam Sabir, of JJ colony, Bawana, they said. The Chhawla police station was informed around 7 pm on Monday about two people opening fire at a person inside a restaurant, Heaven On Earth, located on Khaira Road, a senior officer said. The accused had come to the restaurant as customers and were sitting inside after placing their order, he said.

The Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) on Tuesday held a protest against the implementation of the New Education Policy in the varsity. They protested outside the vice-chancellor's office where the Academic Council meeting was underway to discuss the implementation of the policy. The Standing Committee on Academic Matters, in its meeting held on Monday, approved the implementation of the policy from 2022-23, the four-year undergraduate programme and multiple entry and exit options for students.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked authorities concerned to decide the representation seeking to extend the ex-gratia assistance to the family members of Indian citizens who died abroad due to Covid-19, as per law. A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh's direction came while hearing the plea filed by Pravasi legal Cell, a trust, through Advocate M.P. Srivignesh. The Pravasi legal Cell has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Indian Missions abroad to collect and maintain proper data of those Indian citizens who died abroad due to Covid-19 and also to include the children who have lost both parents or surviving parent or legal guardian/adoptive parents due to Covid-19 abroad but who are Indian Citizens under the 'PM-CARES for Children scheme'.

The Delhi High Court was informed on Tuesday that a petition challenging the appointment of Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as Delhi Police Commissioner has also been filed before the Supreme Court. The submission was made in response to the high court's August 18 query on whether any other plea concerning Asthana's appointment is pending before any court. The query was raised while hearing a petition by an advocate challenging Asthana's appointment as Delhi Police Commissioner and extension of his service by one year.

Smog towers may provide immediate relief from air pollution in a small area but they are a costly, quick fix measure with no scientific evidence to back their long-term benefits, several experts said after the first such structure was inaugurated in Delhi. Governments should instead tackle root causes and promote renewable energy to tackle air pollution and reduce emissions, the experts said.

Delhi Jal Board chairman Satyendar Jain on Monday directed officials to work tirelessly in ensuring that clean water reaches Delhiites and develop a robust complaint resolution mechanism through which any complaint should be resolved within 48 hours. The minister passed the directions during a meeting with DJB officials to resolve persisting water-related issues in the capital. Jain also told officials that it was their responsibility to be alert and responsive to people’s issues and complaints. Accompanied by DJB vicechairman Raghav Chadha, Jain stressed on the need to resolve omplaints from the public in the shortest time span.

The minimum temperature rose by a few notches in the national capital on Tuesday to settle at 29.8 degrees Celsius, officials said. The relative humidity in the morning was recorded at 89 per cent, according to the India Meteorological Department. The minimum temperature on Monday had settled at 26.2 degrees Celsius, while the maximum was recorded at 35.2 degrees Celsius.

Delhi High Court on Monday asked Delhi Police to place before it the latest status of cases relating to northeast Delhi riots of 2020 pending before trial courts. “How many cases have been filed? How many chargesheet filed, charges framed, what is the number of witnesses examined, give us all the details,” a bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh said while asking the police to file these details before the next date of hearing on October 8.

Construction of the Dwarka Expressway flyover in Dwarka’s Sector 22-23 has come under judicial scanner with the Supreme Court on Monday agreeing to hear resident associations’ plea alleging that the highways authority was “illegally” building the flyover without obtaining mandatory clearance from the authorities concerned. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah granted an early hearing and listed it for Friday after advocate Anand Varma, who filed the petition on behalf of two group housing societies, alleged that full-fledged construction is going on and irreversible damage to the environment would be done if it is not stayed. The court issued notice to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) seeking its response.

A dedicated Covid care centre is expected to become operational at IGI Airport early next month, with a Memorandum of Understanding signed by airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and Medanta Hospital. The facility, to be set up at Terminal 2 of the airport, will consist of 15 paediatric high dependency unit (HDU) beds, 18 adult HDU beds and 52 isolation wards, officials claimed. The care centre will initially be available to airport staff and their family members, with passengers to be admitted in emergency cases.

A flyover running parallel to an elevated portion of Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway near IFFCO Chowk had to be closed for traffic after one end of the concrete structure holding it collapsed on Monday. The underground sewer line, which is more than 20 years old and was anyway slated for repairs, running below the flyover, burst because of gases trapped inside it and increased flow of water from the recent rain. As the pipe burst, the soil gave away and exposed the sewer line. The retaining wall of the flyover, which holds one end of the structure and is around 7 metres high, too, collapsed under the impact.

The recent heavy rain and reports of increase in cases of vector-borne diseases has forced the civic bodies to increase the frequency of fumigation drives in open sites, parks and public places where chances of waterlogging are high. A South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) official said that usually fumigation was repeated after seven days, but at certain sites workers had been directed to visit after 4-5 days.