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Long-term construction and repair work in occupied housing societies is a major cause of increasing coronavirus in India’s capital New Delhi. Photo: RMN News Service

Stop Coronavirus in Delhi Housing Societies

Long-term construction and repair work in occupied housing societies is a major cause of increasing coronavirus in India’s capital New Delhi. Photo: RMN News Service
Long-term construction and repair work in occupied housing societies is a major cause of increasing coronavirus in India’s capital New Delhi. Photo: RMN News Service

It is being observed that the risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) is increasing rapidly in India. While the government does not have proper hospitals and healthcare infrastructure to test and count the coronavirus cases and casualties, it is giving some random, off-the-cuff numbers about the disease. Actually, the number of coronavirus patients and deaths in India is far higher – probably in thousands – than what is being reported.

Meanwhile, a report focuses on coronavirus in Delhi’s housing societies where millions of people live. The government is not taking proper steps to stop non-essential, long-term construction projects in the occupied housing societies where men, women, and children are already living. This has increased the probability of coronavirus contagion in the entire city, and eventually it will bring dire consequences for the entire world.  read more

The illegal construction racket is being run by housing societies, corrupt bureaucrats, and dishonest politicians in connivance with the builders’ mafia. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

Corrupt Bureaucrats and Careless Courts Allow Illegal Construction in Delhi

The illegal construction racket is being run by housing societies, corrupt bureaucrats, and dishonest politicians in connivance with the builders’ mafia. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service
The illegal construction racket is being run by housing societies, corrupt bureaucrats, and dishonest politicians in connivance with the builders’ mafia. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

Corrupt Bureaucrats and Careless Courts Allow Illegal Construction in Delhi

Today, hundreds of group housing societies in Delhi are carrying out illegal extended construction [ a.k.a. Floor area ratio (FAR) construction ] which is spreading lethal dust and noise pollution in the entire city.

The illegal construction racket is being run by housing societies, corrupt bureaucrats, and dishonest politicians in connivance with the builders’ mafia. 

Although many residents who oppose FAR construction have been going to the courts to get it stopped, unfortunately the courts are not quite willing to stop this crime and corruption scandal that is causing extreme health hazards among millions of Delhi residents. read more

Office of the Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS) of Delhi Government, which is among the most corrupt departments of India. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

How to Stop Crimes and Corruption in Delhi

Office of the Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS) of Delhi Government, which is among the most corrupt departments of India. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service
Office of the Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS) of Delhi Government, which is among the most corrupt departments of India. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

How to Stop Crimes and Corruption in Delhi

Today, crimes and corruption in Delhi’s cooperative group housing societies (CGHS) are increasingly rapidly, while the existing laws for these societies are ineffective. The Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS) office of Delhi Government, which is supposed to regulate the CGHS affairs, has completely failed in its responsibility to ensure smooth and transparent functioning in the housing societies.

Therefore, there is an immediate need to formulate new laws and implement an effective administrative model to safeguard the rights and interests of millions of people who live in these housing societies. read more