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Nikhil Babu

New Delhi

Reporter at The Hindu

Storyteller | Journalist with The Hindu | Writes on environment, governance & politics | Ex Hindustan Times, IANS | Tweets without @the_hindu are personal views

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  • Heat action plan to focus on cooling public spaces

    3 days ago | thehindu.com | Nikhil Babu

    Amid early spells of intense heat with temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is set to announce this year’s heat action plan on Monday. The plan will include deploying cool roof technology at high footfall areas besides creating ‘cool rooms’ in government hospitals, a senior official told The Hindu.

  • No announcement yet on summer action plan as Delhi reels from heat

    2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Nikhil Babu

    Delhi is experiencing heatwave conditions with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, but this year’s heat action plan, which outlines steps to mitigate the impact of extreme bouts of heat and humidity, has yet to be announced by the government. Delhi recorded its first heatwave of the season on Monday, with the maximum temperature touching 40.2 degrees Celsius and inching up to 41 degrees Celsius the next day.

  • Delhi’s fiscal deficit increases by nearly 900%; not a major worry, says expert

    4 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Nikhil Babu

    Even as the total outlay of the annual budget increased by 43.8% to ₹1 lakh crore in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s first budget after coming to power, the fiscal deficit of the Delhi government is expected to rise by 899.67% compared to last year, as per budget documents. A fiscal deficit is the shortfall between the government’s total spending and earnings and a chief measure of the health of the state’s finances. A lower fiscal deficit is linked with better financial health.

  • Trees axed for Kanwar Yatra route by U.P. Govt. without final approval, FSI tells NGT

    1 month ago | thehindu.com | Nikhil Babu

    Thousands of trees were axed in Uttar Pradesh to make way for a new Kanwar Yatra route “not as per rules” and without “final approval”, according to a report submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by the Forest Survey of lndia (FSI). A total of 17,607 trees have been cut in Ghaziabad, Meerut, and Muzaffarnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh to make way for the new 111-km Kanwar Yatra route, as per data provided by the Public Works Department of the U.P. government.

  • Will try to give first free LPG cylinder by Holi: Manjinder Singh Sirsa

    2 months ago | thehindu.com | Nikhil Babu

    A day after taking oath, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and other ministers held a series of meetings in the Delhi Secretariat with different departments including the Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), and Women and Child Development (WCD) Department.

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