UP, Delhi to work on development of border areas

This was decided after a meeting between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and the Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung in the Union capital on Tuesday.

An official said that it was decided to have encroachment free and planned development in the Yamuna region. The official also said that land allotment for extension of educational institution campuses was also discussed by the Delhi government.

A consensus was arrived at the meeting that chief secretaries of both the governments would survey land records and take a decision on land utilization.

Source: Chhattisgarh News in Hindi and MP News in Hindi

Dwarka water crisis: HC directs Haryana to release water

A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul asked the Haryana government to release the water to the Munak CLC - which is cement-lined - instead of the unlined (kachcha) canal, because of which water is being lost every day. The court had earlier noted that over 80 MGD of water is being lost every day because of seepage as the water is being transported through a unline canal instead of the concrete Munak canal.The court's direction came on a PIL asking for commissioning of the new Munak canal.

The PIL filed by housing societies in Dwarka sought direction to the Delhi Jal Board and the government to solve the water crisis faced by them.The Munak canal-Haidarpur pipeline was expected to meet the needs of the area by supplying raw water for treatment which would then be supplied to the parched area.

The canal, constructed to stop loss of water through leakages in various existing canals, was built by Haryana with financial assistance of around Rs.400 crore from the Delhi government on the condition that the national capital will be supplied water from it. Haryana has opposed any water-sharing, saying it has been generously providing water to its neighbour even though the demand in the state has gone up in recent years.Construction work on the 102-km canal between Munak on the Haryana border and Haiderpur in Delhi has been almost completed.

Source: Chhattisgarh News in Hindi and MP News in Hindi 

Centre may opt for fresh polls in Delhi

"If no government formation takes place, we will have no option but to hold elections. We will take a quick decision according to the suggestion of the Lt Governor," the government functionary said.
  
The NDA government nor the BJP was interested in doing anything "undemocratic" that will bring "disrepute" to the party as well as the government ahead of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand, he said.
  
By-elections for three assembly seats in Delhi are also to be held next month.
  
The Centre, on Tuesday, told the Supreme Court that the President has given his consent to the Lt Governor's proposal to invite BJP to form government.
  
Rapping the Centre and the LG over the delay, the apex court said that in a democracy President's Rule cannot go on forever and questioned why the authorities failed to act expeditiously.
  
At present, BJP and ally Akali Dal with one MLA, account for 29 legislators and will require the support of five more MLAs to prove majority in a House of 67 if it decides to form the government. The party is hoping of getting the support of expelled AAP MLA Vinod Kumar Binny and Independent MLA from Mundka Ramvir Shokeen.
  
The total strength of the Delhi Assembly is 70 and the three vacancies it has to be filled in by-elections late next month.
  
AAP had formed the government in Delhi with the support of Congress. The government led by Arvind Kejriwal had resigned on February 14 after the party's pet project, Janlokpal Bill, could not be passed due to opposition from BJP and Congress.
  
President's Rule was imposed in Delhi on February 17.
  
Jung had not favoured dissolution of the Delhi Assembly as recommended by the council of ministers headed by Kejriwal and kept the Assembly in suspended animation.

Source: MP News in Hindi and Chhattisgarh Hindi News