Municipal corporations News

In municipal corporations, 1,235 sensitive and 1,151 hypersensitive stations have been identified In municipalities, 1,233 sensitive and 1,169 hypersensitive stations have been identified The counting of votes will be held on March 14

On an earlier date of hearing in the matter, the high court had asked the municipal bodies whether sweepers and on- duty traffic cops have access to toilet facilities.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of the AAP government on a plea seeking a stay on the order of the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB) withdrawing a notice on appointment of 8,914 school teachers.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the three municipal corporations in the city to take disciplinary action against its officials for not ensuring cleanliness in their respective areas of the national capital.  

The issue of lack of solid waste disposal was taken up by the court after it was told that it contributes to breeding of mosquitoes which cause vector borne diseases.

The Congress today promised to provide licences to 5 lakh street vendors and implement the Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending Act, 2014 if it wins the upcoming civic polls.

Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India on wednesday started on radio its campaign for the April 23 polls to the three municipal corporations.

The bench said this after it was informed that salaries for March were not paid to all the employees of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC).

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed civic bodies to pay regular salaries to the sanitation workers on or before 7th of every month for smooth functioning of the corporations.

The Delhi High Court today directed the three municipal corporations here to ensure payment of February salaries to all employees by March 29.

The commissioners of two civic bodies have directed the zonal deputy commissioners and heads of department to ensure that their staff performed duties as salaries have been disbursed.

Employees of Delhi`s civic bodies have been protesting over the non-payment of salaries for the past few months.

Dr R R Gautam, President, Municipal Corporation Doctors Association said they have given a notice to the Commissioner of North Delhi announcing their decision to join the strike.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that if the Centre does not want to accord full statehood to Delhi then it should keep areas under NDMC, its land and police rights with itself.