POLLUTION STATUS OF DELHI : PART 5

PUNJABI BAGH - 2013 : DPCC :

SO2 = 17.9 (less than 50ug/m3), NO2 = 87.26 (more than double of 40 ug/m3), PM10 = 275 (more than 4 times of 60 ug/m3), PM 2.5 = 148 (more than 3 times of 40ug/m3), Ozone = 48.81 ( 100 ), CO = 2.68 ( more than 02 ? )

CIVIL LINES - 2013 : DPCC :

SO2 = 21.1 (less than 50ug/m3), NO2 = 91.69 (more than double of 40 ug/m3), PM10 = 258 (more than 4 times of 60 ug/m3), PM 2.5 = 121 (more than 3 times of 40ug/m3), Ozone = 100.18 (more than 100 ), CO = 3.06 (more than 02 ? ).

continued in Part 6

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POLLUTION STATUS OF DELHI : PART 4

R K PURAM - 2013 : DPCC :

SO2 = 18.1 (less than 50ug/m3), NO2 = 62.23 (more than 40 ug/m3), PM10 = 305 (more than 5 times of 60 ug/m3), PM 2.5 = 152 (nearing 4 times of 40ug/m3), Ozone = 34.03 ( 100 ), CO = 1.61 ( 02 ).

MANDIR MARG - 2013 : DPCC :

SO2 = 20.7 (less than 50ug/m3), NO2 = 78.76 (almost double of 40 ug/m3), PM10 = 275 (more than 4 times of 60 ug/m3), PM 2.5 = 129 (more than 3 times 40ug/m3), Ozone = 36.17 ( 100 ) CO = 1.64 ( 02 )

Continued in Part 5

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POLLUTION STATUS OF DELHI : PART 3

THE REALITY OF DELHI : The Pollution status of Delhi for the year 2013, in comparison of National Ambient Air Quality Standards ( NAAQS ), is as below :

NO2 ( Nitrogen Dioxide ) is on higher sides & even more than double at few locations.  PM10 ( Particulate Matter 10 ) is 3 to 9 times at different locations.  PM2.5 ( Particulate Matter 2.5 ) is also on the higher side & even more than 4 times at few locations.  CO ( Carbon Monoxide ) is on the higher side, at TWO LOCATIONS out of 6 locations.  O3 ( Ozone ) has crossed the Prescribed limits at one location out of 6.

Continued in Part 4

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POLLUTION STATUS OF DELHI : PART 2

On viewing such news reports in various news papers, we mailed many letters & reminders to both Delhi Pollution Control Committee & Central Pollution Control Board for a meeting to understand the issue and the reply was as below : 

Pollution status of Delhi for the last 3 years, that too from 16 locations i.e. 6 locations from Delhi Pollution Control Committee (R K Puram, Mandir marg, Punjabi bagh, Civil lines, IGI Airport and Anand Vihar ), PLUS 10 locations from Central Pollution Control Board (Sarojini nagar, Town hall, Mayapuri Indl area, Pitampura, Shahdara, Shahzada bagh, Nizamuddin, Janakpuri, ITO & Siri Fort), covering SO2, NO2, PM10, PM2.5, Ozone, CO, is being continued in PART 3.

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POLLUTION STATUS OF DELHI : PART 1

Various news papers are presenting a horrifying picture of the Pollution levels of Delhi, stating : 1. Breathing poison : Delhi’s air was deadlier than Beijing this winter.  2. Pollution control plan in limbo as Delhi gasps for breath.  3. Delhi is most polluted city in the world :  WHO  4. Delhi world’s most polluted city, etc. etc.

Press cuttings with thanks : HT & other news papers

Continued : Pollution Status of Delhi : Part 2
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Collector rates in new sectors in Mohali slashed by nearly 20 %

The administration has reduced the collector rate in new sectors in the district by nearly 20% to encourage the realty market. The decision means that the buyer of a property will pay reduced fee as the stamp duty levied on every transaction registered with the office of the sub-registrar. The rate has been left unchanged for the old sectors of the township with the new rates coming into effect from June 30 (Monday).

So, buying property will pinch you less in Sectors 85-92 in the residential areas. In the commercial segment, the reduced rates apply in Sectors 53-56 and Sector 71 onwards. Industrial plots also will attract the slashed collector rate.

From phase-1 to Sector 80, the old localities, the existing rates which range between`24,000 and`28,000, will continue to apply.

The decision is likely to positively impact the property market, which has seen a dip of 15-20% with no major buying or selling taking place in the district for the last three years.

with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK : for detailed news.

New apartment act dumps co-ops

NEW DELHI: Close to 20 lakh people live in Delhi's apartment blocks for whom buying, selling and transferring property or applying for loans against their property is a bureaucratic hurdle with lots of paperwork and corruption. Delhi Apartment Ownership (DAO) 1987 Act had simplified the process for the flat owners by letting the builder or promoter of the flat execute a lease deed, which worked like a sale deed, and spared the owner from paperwork to correctly furnish title of the property and apply for freehold. 

The Act which hasn't been implemented since 1987, when it was notified, is now likely to be scrapped to make way for a new Delhi Apartment Ownership Bill 2013 that is currently being drafted. The new bill, which is among the priorities of the urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu, makes several changes and revisions in the earlier draft which are bound to impact lakhs of apartment owners across the capital. 

One major change is taking out cooperative group housing societies and DDA flats from its purview and retaining only privately developed flats. The new bill will also lay down punitive measures against the builder in case he delays the process of handing over management of the common areas to residents' associations and execute the lease deed. Senior DDA officials say the existing Act, which is being replaced with the new bill, did not have any teeth. 

"We have decided on some punishment, a fixed sum that the builder will have to pay in case he tries to delay the process of formation of associations or is not willing to hand over the common areas, which we will incorporate in the bill. There were also issues like duplication of authority, as the co-operative group housing societies were also covered by Delhi Co-operative Act. So, we decided to exclude them from the purview of this bill. We are also, through participation of local representatives, working to address other issues that were left unclear in the previous act," said Balvinder Kumar, vice-chairperson, DDA. 

with thanks : Times of India : LINK : for detailed news.