Tag: Housing

Senior citizens in a group housing society of Dwarka in New Delhi urge the government to save them from dust and noise pollution of extended FAR construction activity. Photo and Campaign by Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service (file photo)
Environment, Human Rights

Stop Lethal FAR Construction, Corruption, and Pollution in Delhi

Senior citizens in a group housing society of Dwarka in New Delhi urge the government to save them from dust pollution, noise pollution, and air pollution of extended FAR construction activity. Photo and Campaign by Rakesh Raman / RMN Foundation
Senior citizens in a group housing society of Dwarka in New Delhi urge the government to save them from dust pollution, noise pollution, and air pollution of extended FAR construction activity. Photo and Campaign by Rakesh Raman / RMN Foundation

Stop Lethal FAR Construction, Corruption, and Pollution in Delhi

Illegal floor area ratio (FAR) construction in Delhi housing societies

🏠 Delhi residents: Take action on civic problems like stray cattle and garbage in your residential colonies by registering your complaint at the “Clean House” community-driven free online service.

Launched in 2017 by journalist Rakesh Raman, Clean House is a free editorial and advisory public service that empowers residents of Delhi to report corruption and government carelessness affecting their housing and civic life. 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
Activities, Research

Process for Residents to File Complaints Against Housing Societies 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

Process for Residents to File Complaints Against Housing Societies in Delhi

“Clean House” runs as a community court to report about crime and corruption happening in Delhi’s cooperative group housing societies.

By Rakesh Raman

Introduction

The cooperative group housing societies (CGHS) of Delhi have become dangerous centres of crime and corruption. The crimes in these housing societies are being committed by the management committee (MC) members or administrators in connivance with the corrupt officials of Registrar Cooperative Societies (RCS) of Delhi Government, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi Police, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), and a few other departments. read more

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
Research

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