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Late night power outage plunges this part of Okhla into darkness This part of Okhla, Abul Fazal Enclave, has no power. The power cut took place late night thirty minutes ago, said residents of G block in AFE. They said this is not new as late night power goes. Due to high temperature, many residents, who don’t have inverter, said they are unable to sleep. Even those with inverter are facing hardship and they won’t be able to switch on their air condition without which they won’t be able to sleep. With temperature rising, the city has seen peak power…

SDMC’S WASTE TO WONDER PARK BAGS ‘EARTH DAY NETWORK MUNICIPAL LEADERSHIP AWARD’ South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s famous tourist spot Waste to Wonder Park has bagged ‘Earth Day Network Municipal Leadership Award’. The award was given to Mayor  Mukesh Suryan today by office bearers of Earth Day Network India in an event organized at Civic Centre, said the SDMC. On the occasion, Suryan said the SDMC’s Waste to Wonder Park has become the most famous tourist spot of the Capital city. Earth Day Network India has recognised the efforts of the SDMC and has awarded for developing this beautiful park. This…

Freedom fighter fountain at Tikona Park gate A green chowk and a freedom fighter fountain were inaugurated at Okhla gate in Jamia on Wednesday by Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan. The green chowk has come up at the Jamia Millia Islamia metro station. The MLA said he plans to open more such freedom fighter fountain in the locality. https://youtu.be/DOVyfzlxYis Welcoming the development, some residents said they expect more from the MLA to make the area clean and green. “It is a good move, but as you walk ahead you find roads in bad shape. So it should be paved. Also, just nearby…

Okhla’s high-tension wires dangerous, girl hurt in Wednesday event. A small girl was rushed to hospital after she got injured after coming in touch with high tension wire above her house in Abul Fazal Enclave C block today a few hours ago, according to residents. What really happened is not known but Pasha, an eyewitness to the incident, said residents heard sound and rushed to see that the girl was burned and family members crying for help. This is not the first incident in Okhla where several houses are located underneath high tension wire. DEVELOPING STORY

Kejriwal launches monetary scheme for families hit by Covid: Know how to apply Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched the ‘Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojna’, a social security scheme for COVID-19 affected families to provide financial assistance to the families of the earning members who lost their lives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi. Under this scheme, an ex-gratia payment of Rs 50,000 for each death to the family of the deceased and Rs 2,500 monthly to those families who have lost breadwinners. Kejriwal said: “We are all aware of how since the last 1.5…

Video: Meet Ghaffar Manzil-based entrepreneur Fauzia Fauzia Iftikhar is a graphic designer by profession but now she has taken a plunge in food industry by starting her new eatery at Okhla Head with backing from her husband. After doing her MA in Fine Arts from Jamia Millia Islamia, Ghaffar Manzil born and brought up in Okhla, Fauzia said she always loved cooking wanted to try something new. https://youtu.be/Vwb1T6wzahk However, before her marriage she never cooked, she said, adding that it was only after her marriage that she started trying new delicacies which were appreciated by her in-laws. And it was during…

Video: Amanatullah plants saplings at Hari Kothi on Van Mahotsav week to curb pollution Okhla MLA Amanatullha Khan carried out a tree plantation drive to mark the Van Mahotsav at the Hari Kothi divider road in Okhla. The Delhi Government is organising a mega plantation drive under the Van Mahotsav programme from June 26 to July 11 to plant over 33 lakh saplings across the city. YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND SUBSCRIBE IT https://youtu.be/D4UJuH5bBK0 Amanatullah and other MLAs in their areas have lunched the drive in their localities. They urged volunteers to carry out similar…

Get free Covid vaccine in Abul Fazal Enclave tomorrow, location & timing here Confederation of Indian Industries is going to organise a vaccination drive at Milli Model School, Abul Fazal Enclave, Okhla from July 2, according to its representative. “To facilitate maximum vaccination, vaccines will be administered free of cost … from 10 am to 5 pm, thereby enabling everyone to come as per their convenience. “The vaccine will be administered by Manipal Hospitals for ensuring safe vaccination protocols at the vaccination centre,” said the representative.

Sky in Okhla becomes a death trap to birds Calls for bird rescue have increased these days, according to a bird rescuer. He said he gets calls about birds, including eagle, pigeon and other local birds, getting injured. Most of these cases happen due to kite-flying as the season has begun in Jamia Nagar, said bird watchers. https://youtu.be/8m0geTZ504Q Syed Md Kazim, a school teacher at Jamia Millia Islamia, said he regularly sees many birds sitting idle in the field for days after they get hurt. Initially many residents couldn’t understand how the birds were getting their wings injured it was…

Last date of property tax payment extended SDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan stated that for the convenience of property taxpayers, it has been decided to extend the last date of payment of 2021-22 property tax from 30th June, 2021 to 31st July, 2021. He added that the decision has been taken to facilitate the taxpayers to file the current year’s tax with 15 percent rebate if they have missed the deadline of 30th June 2021 due to any unavailable reason. He further exhorted the taxpayers to make payment of their due property tax before the new last date i.e. 31st July,…