Officials said the fee was so far levied in the areas under the erstwhile north corporation, and since the unification of the three civic bodies, there was a constant demand for its implementation across the MCD jurisdiction.
In its order made available on Monday, the Supreme Court on October 18 pulled up the authorities for the delay in notifying the Master Plan for Delhi 2041 | Latest News India
By it's order today, the Supreme Court has clarified that till a building breaches 17.5 meters with stents height in Delhi, it would not come under the category of "high-rise" and violate Delhi Fire Service Rules
Delhi’s 2041 master plan is an opportunity to make the city more inclusive for informal workers
With workers facing an economic freefall, it is vital the plan reimagines the city with their voices at the forefront. The pandemic has revealed the depths of workers’ exclusion in Delhi. | Jewel Samad / AFP
A walk through the streets of Delhi reveals a diverse, bustling workforce – the vendor that sells fresh flowers outside the temple, the tailor under the tree who darns and repairs old clothes, the woman who makes homemade spices and pickles in the shanty town nearby.
These informal workers feed the economic engine of the city and yet their contributions largely go unrecognised. They remain missing from the imagination of the city, and the absence of their voice in planning and policy has left them constantly excluded and penalised. Now, at the dawn of a new Delhi master plan, in the midst of a global pandemic, workers must have a chance to claim their st