Abhishek Behl is principal correspondent, Hindustan Times in Gurgaon Bureau. He covers infrastructure, planning and civic agencies in the city. He has been covering Gurgaon as correspondent for the last 10 years, and has written extensively on the city.
Articles by Abhishek Behl
GMDA to begin work on master sector road by end of March
Gurugram: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) on Monday said work on a crucial stretch of master sector dividing road passing through sectors 77, 78-78A and 79-79A will commence in the next 15 days
Published on Mar 07, 2023 01:13 AM IST
Health dept, Ggm police make arrangements for a safe Holi
Gurugram: The health department on Monday said that it has directed hospitals across Gurugram to ensure they are ready to meet any emergency situation on the occasion of Holi
Published on Mar 07, 2023 12:44 AM IST
DTCP warns property owners about fake notices
Gurugram: Officials of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) on Thursday asked all property owners to verify with the department if they receive notices regarding violation of allotment conditions
Published on Mar 02, 2023 11:16 PM IST
India recovered US $180 bn from economic offenders in 5 years: Union minister
The minister, who was briefing the media after the inaugural session of the G20 workshop, said the objective of the event is to collaborate with partner countries and agencies and develop a framework to curb corruption, and prevent people from siphoning off public money
Published on Mar 02, 2023 01:33 AM IST
Abhishek Behl and Leena Dhankhar
G20 workshop to discuss impact of corruption on women’s lives, chalk out solutions
For the first time, India has initiated a study on the impact of corruption on women in society, and that aspect will be actively discussed during the G20 workshop on anti-corruption, which got underway in Gurugram on Wednesday
Published on Mar 02, 2023 12:29 AM IST
Leena Dhankhar and Abhishek Behl
Gurugram authority cuts water supply to 3 residential areas over dues
Resident of the areas alleged that they have not received water for the last two days as the supply connections have been severed
Published on Mar 01, 2023 02:56 AM IST
Chief secy reviews preparations for G20 meeting on March 1
Haryana chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on Monday held a meeting in Gurugram and reviewed the preparations for the G20 workshop to commence in the city from March 1 to 4
Published on Feb 28, 2023 12:01 AM IST
Abhishek Behl and Debashish Karmakar, Gurugram
DTCP asks former minister to vacate govt land in Gurugram
Gurugram: The enforcement wing of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) on Saturday said it has issued a notice to a former minister and four others for vacating a 3
Published on Feb 27, 2023 02:56 AM IST
‘Run for G20’ held in Gurugram
In the run up to the G 20 summit meeting of the anti-corruption working group to be held in the city from March 1 to March 4 are going on in full swing and a run for G 20 was organised on Sunday
Published on Feb 27, 2023 02:24 AM IST
Permissions for building 4th floor on hold in Haryana
Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced in the state assembly that the government will not entertain new applications or building plan maps for stilt plus four-storey structures
Published on Feb 24, 2023 01:51 AM IST
Work on 3 new Metro links in Gurugram from this year: Khattar
The proposed Metro extension project will cover a distance of 28.5km from Huda City Centre to Cyber City, via Subash Chowk, Krishna Chowk and Sector 22.
Updated on Feb 24, 2023 01:57 AM IST
Towers E and F of Chintels Paradiso must be vacated immediately, DTCP tells residents
The department of town and country planning on Thursday issued directions to Chintels India Limited to get towers E and F of the condominium in Sector 109 evacuated at the earliest, as both structures have been declared unsafe for habitation in the structural audit report submitted by Indian Institute of Technolgy (IIT), Delhi, in January
Published on Feb 17, 2023 12:28 AM IST
Abhishek Behl, Gurugram
It’s a smooth ride on Delhi-Mumbai e-way on Day One of toll operations
According to the notification issued by NHAI, the toll fee on the highway is based on the kilometre travelled. Vehicles entering from Sohna will have to pay a toll tax at Khalilpur, which is around 12km from Alipur, the zero point of the expressway
Updated on Feb 17, 2023 06:04 PM IST
Delhi to Dausa: Smooth in most parts, and some bugs
The gleaming 246-km section, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on Sunday, will cut travel time between Delhi and Jaipur by two hours, despite bottlenecks on the Agra-Jaipur highway
Updated on Feb 15, 2023 04:55 AM IST
Towers E and F of Chintels also deemed unsafe, to be vacated
The structural audit reports of towers E and F of Chintels Paradiso condominium, prepared by IIT-Delhi, have deemed the towers structurally unsafe, the district administration said on Tuesday, adding that residents in both towers will have to vacate their homes and they will be rehabilitated as per rules
Updated on Feb 15, 2023 12:17 AM IST
Abhishek Behl, Gurugram
Intelligent traffic system to ensure help is just 10 minutes away on Delhi-Mumbai e-way
The 246km Sohna-Dausa stretch of the expressway was inaugurated on Sunday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the highway is expected to open to traffic on February 15, said officials. Final touches are being given to the road to ensure that it is absolutely safe for motorists, they said
Published on Feb 13, 2023 11:36 PM IST
PM inaugurates first leg of Delhi-Mumbai e-way
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Sohna-Dausa stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway, one of the marquee infrastructure projects of the central government, and hit out at the Congress government in Rajasthan, which he said will benefit from his Bharatiya Janata Party’s push on development
Published on Feb 12, 2023 11:57 PM IST
Sachin Saini and Abhishek Behl, Jaipur/gurugram
Opening this Sunday: New expressway stretch to Jaipur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to open the Sohna-Dausa stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Sunday, a highway stretch that is set to cut travel time between Delhi and Jaipur from the current five hours to 2
Updated on Feb 11, 2023 05:01 AM IST
District admin to write for reconstruction; Chintels residents hold protest
Six floors of Tower D of Chintels Paradiso in Sector 109 had partially collapsed a year ago, on February 10, killing two women. On Friday, to mark a year of the tragedy, flat owners of Tower D and other towers held a protest at the condominium and later at the mini-secretariat, demanding early compensation and action against the developer
Updated on Feb 11, 2023 05:15 PM IST
After dust and debris, Chintels Paradiso residents fight uncertainty
The incident rendered 36 families homeless as they were forced to evacuate Tower D for fear of the building collapsing completely
Updated on Feb 11, 2023 02:16 PM IST
Leena Dhankhar and Abhishek Behl
Probes go on as Chintels Paradiso residents seek early end
The ceiling collapse in Tower D of Chintels Paradiso on Feb 10, 2022 left 36 families homeless. A year on, residents grapple with authorities to seek compensation and justice
Published on Feb 10, 2023 12:04 AM IST
Leena Dhankhar and Abhishek Behl
In aftermath of Chintels Paradiso collapse, structural audits in other condos
The structural audits began in September 2022 and the reports were submitted to the DTCP and district administration in the first week of December.
Updated on Feb 10, 2023 04:46 AM IST
CBI seeks documents, details of Chintels Paradiso collapse from administration
It may be noted that the committee under the ADC has played a key role in investigating the matter, getting the structural audit done by IIT-Delhi and it was this committee only, which on the recommendations of experts, that deemed Tower D (where the collapse took place) as unsafe for habitation last November
Published on Feb 07, 2023 12:24 AM IST
H-Rera Gurugram completes five years; outgoing chief says it solved 7k plaints
Dr KK Khandelwal, chairman of H-Rera’s Gurugram bench, who also completed his five-year term on Saturday, said that the authority ensured that an effective grievance redressal mechanism was set up for homebuyers and a regulatory framework was also created to ensure that developers were not diverting funds and delivered properties on promised timelines
Published on Feb 04, 2023 11:56 PM IST
Land transfer for AIIMS completed, says Union health minister
Gurugram: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that land for construction of AIIMS hospital at Majra village in Rewari has been handed over to the health ministry, and the process for tendering the project has been initiated
Published on Feb 04, 2023 11:32 PM IST
Budget to focus on jobs, export promotion in budget, says Khattar
Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said the state government will focus on creating better infrastructure to boost industries and provide support to sectors for maximising employment generation and exports
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 08:52 AM IST
Abhishek Behl, Gurugram
GMDA to overhaul sewage network for ₹15.50 crore
Gurugram: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) plans to strengthen the master sewer network in sectors 21, 22 and 23 with cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) technology at a cost of ₹15
Published on Jan 27, 2023 12:00 AM IST
After multi-crore fraud is detected, HSVP to audit plot transactions of past 10 years
An HSVP official said the authority has sold property worth ₹20,000 crore in the past three years through e-auction, and payments have been made on the PPM system online
Published on Jan 25, 2023 11:17 PM IST
Abhishek Behl, Gururgram
Chintels Paradiso developer opposes revision in compensation rate
The developer has written to the district administration in this regard on Tuesday, asking authorities to ensure a “fair rate of compensation”
Published on Jan 25, 2023 11:11 PM IST
Abhishek Behl, Gurugram
H-Rera restrains bank from e-auctioning of commercial project
Gurugram: The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (H-Rera), Gurugram, on Monday restrained a public sector bank from proceeding with the e-auction of a commercial real estate project that was scheduled on January 24
Published on Jan 24, 2023 12:46 AM IST
