Cabinet minus Sisodia and Jain
“Practical” considerations are the reason for Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Minister Satyendar Jain’s resignations, the Aam Aadmi Party said, explaining the surprise development on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, for trees that are cut in Delhi, can compensatory afforestation be done in Uttar Pradesh? This was a suggestion by the Northern Railway, which recently applied for forest clearance for a railway terminal in the national capital and proposed to carry out compensatory afforestation in UP. The application has not yet been approved. A senior official of the forest department said it has been returned to the Northern Railway with some shortcomings.
Women at work: Metro station in Delhi’s Dwarka gets a makeover
From a chartered accountant, teacher to an electrical engineer, 12 women from across the country have come together in the capital to paint a wall at Dwarka Sector-14 Metro station on the role the city’s lifeline plays in women’s safety. The theme is ‘City of Women’.
Vedica Foundation, a Delhi-based non-profit organisation focusing on the well-being of women in association with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, helms the project to promote women’s inclusivity ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8. The foundation has hired an all-woman design team called Nori Narrative and an art page on Instagram ‘Chronicle of Colours’ for the project.
