-Outlook Delhi today registered the highest number of dengue cases this season with 34 people being detected with the disease, taking the total number of such cases past the 500-mark. Most of the 12 zones that come under three Municipal Corporations reported dengue cases today with the maximum being reported from Shah (North) and Shah (South zones). While 31 fresh cases today were reported from three Municipal Corporations areas, two were reported from...
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31 fresh cases of dengue reported in Delhi
-PTI New Delhi: Thirty-one fresh cases of dengue were reported on Monday in the national capital, taking the total number of those affected to 233 this season. While one case was reported from VIP areas of the capital, the rest were from South, East and North Delhi Municipal Corporations. All the 12 zones, except Sadar Paharganj zone, in the jurisdiction of South, North and East Delhi municipalities recorded dengue cases, a statement issued...
More »North Delhi water not fit to drink: Survey
-The Hindustan Times Fifty per cent of drinking water supplied to north Delhi is not fit for consumption and is a carrier of cholera, typhoid and jaundice, surveys conducted by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation have found. On the other hand, people in south Delhi get clean, drinkable water, said a recent survey by the civic body’s south arm and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The north Delhi corporation said that of...
More »It wasn’t my election to win, says Sheila-Atul Mathur
-The Hindustan Times Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has said she is not to be blamed for the Congress’s defeat in the MCD elections and that there was a wave against the party in the Capital. “These weren’t my (Delhi government) elections. I wasn’t contesting them. The outcome is not my responsibility solely. I worked in these elections as a party worker. It is unfair (to blame me),” Dikshit told HT...
More »Open manhole claims 7-year-old, govt agencies blame each other
-The Indian Express A seven-year-old girl drowned in East Delhi on Tuesday after she fell into an underground water tank whose manhole cover had been left open. The tank in Patparganj is used by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS). Sheeba was on her way to a park when she fell into the tank, her mother said. Immediately after the incident, a blame game began with government agencies pointing fingers at each other. The DFS said...
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