Civic Paralysis

With municipal polls in Delhi coming up later this year, garbage politics stinks up the city

The AAP-led state government is tradeing barbs with BJP-led Delhi municipal corporations.

Abhishek Dey
· Jan 11, 2017 · 07:30 am
A crowd makes way for an ambulance. The video goes viral. That says everything

More than a million people have watched a group of Indians clearing the road for an ambulance. It's a rare sight.

Scroll Staff
· Sep 19, 2016 · 07:00 pm
Garbage crisis: Why Delhi’s many municipal bodies must be merged

One big unit tasked with only urban management will allow poorer areas to benefit from revenue of well-off ones.

Mohan Guruswamy
· Feb 08, 2016 · 04:30 pm

Arvind Kejriwal says he supports strike by Delhi civic employees

The chief minister said on Twitter that he believed the workers should get their full salaries, and also urged AAP volunteers to help clear the city of garbage.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 31, 2016 · 10:39 am
Engineers and doctors to join Delhi civic employees' indefinite strike

The AAP government has alleged a salary scam in the three BJP-led municipal corporations, and said if workers do not return, the state will find other ways to clean the capital.

Scroll Staff
· Jan 30, 2016 · 09:38 am
Some unanticipated results of Delhi state's political limbo: potholes, no new streetlights

The Lieutenant Governor needs to sign off on many civic decisions. But getting a meeting with him isn't easy.

Shibaji Roychoudhury
· Oct 30, 2014 · 04:30 pm

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With municipal polls in Delhi coming up later this year, garbage politics stinks up the city

The AAP-led state government is tradeing barbs with BJP-led Delhi municipal corporations.

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A crowd makes way for an ambulance. The video goes viral. That says everything

More than a million people have watched a group of Indians clearing the road for an ambulance. It's a rare sight.

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Garbage crisis: Why Delhi’s many municipal bodies must be merged

One big unit tasked with only urban management will allow poorer areas to benefit from revenue of well-off ones.

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