New Delhi: The Public Works Department (PWD) has turned its focus to the structural health of ageing flyovers. Consultants have been invited to do detailed audits of the IIT flyover at the Africa Avenue junction, the old RTR flyover, and the Modi Mill flyover on Outer Ring Road.Officials said the move is aimed at ensuring…
Mumbai: More than 30 years after user fees were introduced in public healthcare hospitals, requiring patients to pay for services, the BMC plans to introduce a system that could make hospitalisation a “cashless experience” for patients.Towards this end, BMC has set up the Integrated Patients Healthcare Scheme Assistance System (IPHSA) to link most patients who…
New Delhi: A new Kendriya Vidyalaya is going to be set up in Trans-Yamuna region, CM Rekha Gupta announced on Friday.The school will be established in northeast Delhi’s Khajoori Khas. With construction plans underway, the school is expected to open its doors to students in the 2025-26 academic session, offering families in the region access…
Mumbai: The Sir J.J. School of Arts, Architecture and Design (Deemed-to-be University – De-Novo Category) has a new helmsman. Prof. Him Chatterjee, an artist and academic from the Department of Visual Arts, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, has been appointed its Vice Chancellor for a five-year term, until he turns 70. He takes over the reins…
New Delhi: The Public Works Department (PWD) has invited bids for a high-security jail in Narela at an estimated cost of Rs 145.5 crore. The prison will be modelled on the iconic Cellular Jail on the Andaman and Nicobar islands — a colonial-era structure that is now a national memorial.An official said: “The move comes…
Mumbai: A 28-year-old man was arrested from Karnataka by Borivli police for creating a fake social media profile and posting objectionable videos of a woman he was interested in. Police said this is the second time he has been booked for harassing the same woman.According to the police, the woman is a Borivli resident and…
New Delhi: Hundreds of schools, several hospitals, 42 fire service buildings, 24 DJB offices, 71 MCD buildings and 45 DUSIB offices are among nearly 1,000 Delhi govt buildings identified under the city’s rooftop solarisation programme and will get solar panels in the next four months. They are expected to generate 60MW of green energy, helping…
Pune: Maharashtra is facing a significant backlog in processing Unique Disability ID (UDID) applications, with 1.9 lakh cases still awaiting approval — the second-highest pendency in the country after Uttar Pradesh, as per data shared by the state disability department.According to the latest information, since the scheme’s launch in 2016, the state received 17.56 lakh…
Mumbai: BJP MLA from Mulund Mihir Kotecha has urged the CM to extend the redevelopment policy for cessed buildings south Mumbai to dilapidated and dangerous buildings in the suburbs to give relief to thousands of families.A cessed building pays a cess or tax, which is used as a repair fund. These buildings are owned by…
NEW DELHI: If the Yamuna looked more like a river recently than it has in a long while, it is because of the strong flow caused by excess water released upstream. The river reclaimed its territory and the water cleaned it of the stubborn effluents.The report on the water quality for Sept shows remarkable change…
