Students seen attending classes after the Delhi government decided to reopen junior schools, on Monday. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)Delhi Live News: Delhi on Monday recorded 586 fresh Covid-19 cases and 4 deaths, according to the city’s health department. The positivity rate came down to 1.37 percent.
Meanwhile, almost two years of closure and a few stuttered reopening attempts later, pre-primary, primary and middle schools reopened on Monday.
The Delhi High Court Monday directed the Delhi Police to file a status report on the Shahdara rape-assault case in response to a petition filed by NGO United Sikhs alleging that it has been denied permission to visit the victim and her family.
In other news, the salaries of resident doctors from the central government-run Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) and the two associated hospitals were deducted for the time they were on strike in December. Resident doctors from the medical college wrote to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to ensure that the payments are made.
A proposal from the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) to change land use on the floodplains of the Yamuna to set up a solid waste processing facility has been rejected.
The EDMC had sought approval to set up the solid waste processing and disposal facility on around 31 acres at Ghonda Gujran in East Delhi. The proposal was rejected by the Principal Committee constituted on the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to monitor the rejuvenation of the Yamuna. It has recommended that the EDMC look for other ways to manage waste, and the land that was to be used for the waste processing facility may be retrieved for the riverfront development project being implemented by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Read more
As Covid-19 cases and positivity rate declined steadily across the city, the Service Department of the Delhi Government has withdrawn the “Cancellation of Leave” order issued on January 5 to manage the coronavirus pandemic situation.
When Omicron cases increased and crossed the 1,000 mark, the Delhi Government on January 5 cancelled all granted leaves for all the officers, officials and staff deployed in its departments and schools. The order was issued to manage the Covid situation and arrangements such as vaccination, testings, oxygen, hospitals and others things related to the pandemic in the city. Read more
Delhi on Monday recorded 586 fresh Covid-19 cases and 4 deaths, according to the city’s health department. The positivity rate came down to 1.37 percent.
Delhi Police has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly raping and assaulting a 87-year-old woman inside her home in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar.
Delhi’s roads will soon see electric autos as the transport department Monday held a computerised draw of lots for allotment of 4,261 vehicles. It will soon start the process of issuing a Letter of Intent (LOI) to all successful applicants.
According to officials from the transport department, the main aim behind introducing e-autos in was to curb pollution and boost last-mile connectivity. The scheme was launched last October and the department had invited online applications for registration of 4,261 e-autos. Read more
In an effort to make markets a plastic waste-free zone, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, in collaboration with the Indian Pollution Control Association, has started an awareness campaign.
This campaign will be run for a month under which plastic exchange-kiosks will be installed at different locations in different markets of East Delhi.
“In these kiosks, local people and shopkeepers will be given cloth bags in exchange of plastic waste and citizens will also be educated about the plastic waste management,” said a senior official of East Delhi Municipal Corporation. Read more