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Footpaths turn to front yards, parking lots in Gulmohar Park, Neeti Bagh

Lush green plants, towering like small trees, overflow the boundary walls of a house. At first glance, it looks more like a garden than a home. However, this is no ordinary yard but a case of private encroachment onto public footpaths in one of Delhi’s most exclusive neighbourhoods: Gulmohar Park.

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Aaj Ka AQI: DDA’s failed green efforts in Delhi

The Delhi Development Authority had aimed to plant over one crore saplings across Delhi to make the city greener in 2024-2025. But it met zero percent of the target.

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Yamuna: Fair to evict farmers from floodplains?

Despite National Green Tribunal’s strict guidelines prohibiting construction on the Yamuna floodplain, the Delhi Development Authority has been increasingly concretising several areas adjacent to the river, as reported previously by Newslaundry.

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"Cheap politics" Delhi CM Atishi remarks for DDA

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday for engaging in "cheap politics," alleging that the Delhi Development Authority. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Delhi HC criticized civic agencies concerning death of woman, child in waterlogged drain in Ghazipur

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed strong dissatisfaction with the functioning of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and its officials concerning a tragic incident in East Delhi's Ghazipur area where a mother and child died after falling into an uncovered drain.

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Delhi tree-felling case: DDA changed road alignment to ‘favour’ farmhouses

The Delhi Development Authority, which is facing contempt proceedings in the Supreme Court over the “illegal” felling of around 1,100 trees in South Delhi’s Satbari area, has now to contend with a new allegation.

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Farmhouses, unacquired land, ‘alternate route’: On the road to DDA’s green cover blunder

The Delhi Development Authority as well the Lieutenant Governor’s office are under fire from the Supreme Court over the hacking of around 1,100 trees for the widening of a 2.2-km stretch – part of the road from Chattarpur Main Road towards Fatehpur Beri.

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DDA action in Mehrauli: 600-year-old mosque demolished, orphans displaced

On January 30, the Delhi Development Authority demolished the Akhoondji Mosque and the Bahar Uloom Madrasa located inside Sanjay Van in Delhi’s Mehrauli, calling the structures “illegal encroachment”.

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Delhi HC favours reopening historic Roshanara Club sealed by DDA

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday expressed support for the possibility of reopening the historic Roshanara Club, which has been closed to its members.

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‘Where should we go?’: 150 families homeless after Delhi’s Badarpur demolition drive

Ahead of the G20 summit, the Delhi Development Authority has demolished another slum in the capital city. On Thursday, the DDA bulldozed around 150 homes at a slum in Badarpur village in Delhi.

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