Delhi NCR Discussions

[ausguy]

East Nizamuddin ? one of the largest slum areas in South Delhi near the main commonwealth games stadium.

Or I am running late here, Did the Government removed them all. IR give us some updates.

[zenith_suv]

Originally Posted by ausguy

East Nizamuddin ? one of the largest slum areas in South Delhi near the main commonwealth games stadium.

Or I am running late here, Did the Government removed them all. IR give us some updates.

It's work in progress, some are being relocated to Bawana which is near Rohini in West Delhi which is a slum rehab colony and the rest which have been recently encroached upon are being demolished.

150 huts razed in Nizamuddin
By Indo Asian News Service | 15 April 2010 | 2:55pm 0 Comment

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) About 150 huts in a slum area were Thursday bulldozed for construction of a flyover near the Nizamuddin railway station in the capital, police said.

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) About 150 huts in a slum area were Thursday bulldozed for construction of a flyover near the Nizamuddin railway station in the capital, police said.

The drive was carried out on the directions of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), they added.


A police team supervised the demolition operation near the Nizamuddin railway station in southeast Delhi.


'Residents were issued notice in advance to vacate the area and many huts were unoccupied. There was no resistance from the people,' a police officer said.

http://www.india-forums.com/news/article.asp?id=241716

[barrykul]

Delhi Civic Center... claim is the tallest building in Delhi ????

A newly-constructed Civic Centre building in the heart of the capital which houses the headquarters of Municipal Corporation of Delhi was unveiled on Thursday. The 28-storeyed 112-metre landmark building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 650 crore. Spread over an area of 12 acres, the headquarters of the civic body has four six-storey blocks, one 28-storey tower block in addition to services block, water treatment plant and sewage treatment plant.

Expected to cater to 16,000 people per day, it will also have waiting areas, fountains, an open-air theatre, three halls for holding MCD House and Standing Committee meetings as well as a separate media centre.

The Civic Centre has an auditorium with capacity of 1,000 seats beside an art gallery and a restaurant. It will have a 33KV sub-station for dedicated and interrupted power supply.

The building is provided with rain water harvesting, energy efficient lighting and day light sensor systems. Water conservation will be ascertained through flow sensors and self-closing taps.

[Abhishek901]

Yes it is.

[KuwarOnline]

I saw news today....saying its burj khalifa...of delhi.....lol....really....it is..yes it is....but just cant understand....why so noise about it....it just 28flr/~101mt building.... why they dont make noise....when other part of india....let say...kolkata.....builts 35(current) 40+flr (u/c)....mumbai builts..60-80+flr,,,banglore 35+...etc.. i didnt even saw any news about them...

[Abhishek901]

coz it's a govt building. Govt will obviously make some noise for any significant or insignificant thing.

[KuwarOnline]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

coz it's a govt building. Govt will obviously make some noise for any significant or insignificant thing.

oops...got u bro....rightly said.... anyways the building is really nice...to see.. i saw myself few months back....it really looks huge...hope to see...our capital...dominated by these kinda building...

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by KuwarOnline

oops...got u bro....rightly said.... anyways the building is really nice...to see.. i saw myself few months back....it really looks huge...hope to see...our capital...dominated by these kinda building...

I would love to see "actually" taller buildings. This one is just a tad taller than second tallest (88 m). A building like this will not have any major effect on skyline. Either few very tall buildings or MANY equivalent buildings will be needed to have a really good skyline. CP's skyline looks good when compared within the country but when you compare with outside then

[IchimaruGin1]

well coming from Mumbai 28 floors is not that big....

but this one looks very well designed. (ie is not ugly designed) and looks good.(aesthetically pleasing)

I would rather take a good looking shorter building than one of Hafeez Contractors ugly taller buildings.

If given a choice my priority would be

1. Looks
2. Tall

[Anshul]

Originally Posted by IchimaruGin1

well coming from Mumbai 28 floors is not that big....

but this one looks very well designed. (ie is not ugly designed) and looks good.(aesthetically pleasing)

I would rather take a good looking shorter building than one of Hafeez Contractors ugly taller buildings.

If given a choice my priority would be

1. Looks
2. Tall

I second that.

[kp.muthu99]

Supposed to be holiest river is now just a gutter ,slums on its banks , all drains comming to it , some thing must be done from grass root level ..


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I...ow/5934774.cms

[kp.muthu99]

just cant imagine if our near and dear one travelling to such trains , these people will just crush ... no manner , no patience , no courtesy ..
why a lady and kid only died , coz pan and gutka people crushed them to enter the train ... sad ,delhi becomes patna


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5937159.cms

2 killed, 15 injured in stampede at New Delhi railway station
Two persons were on Sunday killed and at least 15 passengers injured when a last minute change of platform for a Patna-bound train triggered a stampede

[bharatiya]

Originally Posted by kp.muthu99

Supposed to be holiest river is now just a gutter ,slums on its banks , all drains comming to it , some thing must be done from grass root level ..


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I...ow/5934774.cms

this is prob the most important issue in the country right now. if we run out of water within the next century, theres nothing we can do. this has to be our priority before we can think of infrastructure projects etc.

[zenith_suv]

water harvesting should be a priority for all new and existing structures of Delhi NCR , if it can solve the water issues of Tamil Nadu then why no Delhi and Mumbai, nature gives us more than enough water to survive.

[bains1971]

I am trying to find the what building existed before 1857 any where i can go i heard their were buildings that made the Taj Mahal look ordinary in delhi around that period but all destroyed after the war by the british.

[flyinfishjoe]

Many buildings in the Red Fort were demolished by the British after 1857. They built barracks in their place.

[kronik]

Originally Posted by bharatiya

this is prob the most important issue in the country right now. if we run out of water within the next century, theres nothing we can do. this has to be our priority before we can think of infrastructure projects etc.

Unfortunately this country as a whole only thinks about an issue when it becomes a deep threat. So I do not expect this country to take water conservation as a national mission till most of it is polluted or has disappeared.

You can apply the same to terrorism and a host of other issues.

[bharatiya]

:'( please india?

[KuwarOnline]

The country’s financial hub, Mumbai, and the National Capital New Delhi are among the world’s 10 most expensive cities for expatriates to live in, says a survey by global HR consultancy Mercer.

Mumbai has been ranked as the world’s fourth most expensive city in terms of rental property for expatriates, while New Delhi is eighth, the survey for February 2009 said.

Mumbai has moved up by one notch from its fifth position in the September 2008 survey, while New Delhi has fallen two places from its sixth place in the previous ranking.

Russia’s Moscow has topped the list of world’s most expensive cities and is followed by Tokyo (second), Hong Kong (3rd), Mumbai (4th) and New York City (5th) as the five most expensive cities across the globe for expats to live in.

The survey highlighted that Asian cities have dominated the list of the world’s costliest locations for expats living there, with as many as six locations from the region being among the world’s top 10.

Moscow is the world’s most expensive city to live in.
In second place - in terms of most expensive city to live in - is Tokyo.
Hong Kong is in the third place.
Mumbai, as stated earlier, is the world’s 4th most expensive city to live in.
New York City is fifth most expensive.
In sixth place is Beijing.
Geneva is the world’s seventh most expensive city to live in.
New Delhi is the 8th most expensive city to live in.
London is the ninth most expensive city to live in.
Singapore is the 10th most expensive city to live in.
Shanghai is the 11th most expensive city to live in.

source
http://www.hobugobu.com/2009/04/worl...tliest-cities/
http://www.finfacts.ie/costofliving.htm

[ausguy]

Originally Posted by zenith_suv

It's work in progress, some are being relocated to Bawana which is near Rohini in West Delhi which is a slum rehab colony and the rest which have been recently encroached upon are being demolished.

Thanks zenith.