<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahesh Chandra Saxena Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 24/04/2024.</p> <p>The matter related to rain water harvesting systems
This report summarizes the activities associated with the FTA Mission to India conducted in September 2007. The mission provided the U.S. delegation with the opportunity to meet with senior Indian transportation officials, and to gain first-hand knowledge of India's current plans for transportation infrastructure improvements. The tour was also designed to identify any lessons learned for the U.S. transit industry, particularly in relation to the implementation and operation of Bus Rapid Transit systems, and to identify opportunities for U.S.
Government of NCT of Delhi had identified high capacity buss system (HSBS) as the appropriate road-based public transport system for Delhi. High capacity bus systems were to run on a dedicated lane, which was to be carved out of the existing road network in Delhi. These dedicated lanes are referred to as the Bus Rapid Transport Corridor (BRTC).
Educationists believe that children can often help adults see the road ahead. Climate change is one cause they hope children will take up. So when the British Council organised the first ever "Climate Change Champions' programme under the its "Low Carbon Futures Project', it school students it turned to. The project operates at two levels: working with selected networks to influence action at the corporate level and secondly working with a wider young audience to bring about extensive action. Twenty participants in the age group of 16-18 years were short-listed from over 500 applications received form across the four regions of India. Says Dr GS Gujral, Head Science, British Council, "This programme is meant to motivate the youth to play a key role in mitigating the effects that climate change is causing in India and worldwide. The 20 winners will engage in awareness programes at a local level, perhaps by organising a school network, set up an eco project or talk to important people in their community about bigger plans.' Of the 20 participants, three have been selected to represent India at the G8+5 summit at Kobe, Japan in May. Their role would be to interact with world leaders and thinkers and make them aware of the problem of climate change. Nidhi Patel of Vadodara, one of the three, believes that the possible solutions to climate change are by involving people at the grassroots level. "We need to realise that we are destroying our planet and if we do not react now, we will not be able to save it from destruction. The policymakers should be careful that the policies should percolate down to the lowest levels.' Jaswanth Madhavan from Chennai, another finalist, has already participated in many inter-school climate change competitions and believes that the inverted pyramid approach is the best way forward. "Every individual must try and make changes at a personal level and then think of educating the others,' says Madhavan. He practises rainwater harvesting at home and also has a passion for weather forecasting.
The high rate of population growth and high level of urbanization in NCT, Delhi has resulted in over-development of ground water resources. Thus in about 75% area of NCT, Delhi ground water levels are declining at an alarming rate of 0.20 m per annum.
Data generated by CPCB of ambient air quality in various cities and towns of India under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) have been analyzed. A decreasing trends has been obseved in ambient sulphur dioxide levels in many cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai etc. This may be due to various interventions like reduction of sulphur in diesel, use of CNG as the vehicular fuel in Delhi and Mumbai etc.
The problems relating to mounting solid waste are fast acquiring gigantic proportions in the developing countries of Asia. Most of the countries, nevertheless, continue to primarily focus on achieving high economic growth and pay scant attention to waste management. This article takes a detailed look at the inadequacies of waste management in Asia and underscores the need for greater international engagement in tackling the menace.
High capacity bus corridors that promise to put the Indian Capital's public transport system in league with world-class cities like Beijing and Taipei will be thrown open to the public in June this year. Also called bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, the first such pathway on the 14.5-km long Ambedkar Nagar-Delhi Gate stretch will be made operational by June 2008. The corridor is a set of roads elevated to form a pathway for high capacity bus systems. With BRT, the city will join cities like Beijing, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Bogot
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Haryana has cut the supply from 600 cusecs to 500 cusecs from February 15 It has badly affected Central Delhi that houses VIPs including the President and the PM Water production at Chandrawal and Wazirabad plants has come down by 20 to 30 per cent NEW DELHI: Water woes have re-surfaced in the Capital with Haryana slashing the supply by about 100 cusecs. The reduction in water being released for Delhi has badly affected the New Delhi Municipal Council areas that house residences of VIPs, including the President and the Prime Minister. According to Delhi Jal Board sources, Haryana has cut the supply of water from 600 cusecs to 500 cusecs from February 15. Consequently the minimum level of water in the Yamuna has fallen to 673 metres from the mandatory 674.5 metres. Sources have also said the production of water at the Chandrawal and Wazirabad water treatment plants had come down by 20 to 30 per cent. "Production of water has been affected in the Chandrawal plant, which has on its command area the VIP areas and large parts of Central Delhi. To mitigate the effect and ensure there is equitable supply of water, we have reduced production of water at Wazirabad,' said a Delhi Jal Board official. Blaming Haryana for reducing the supply of water "without any prior intimation', the official said: "We have been issuing communiqu
Bird flu has hit hard India's Rs 36,000-crore poultry industry, already smarting under a steep rise in essential feed prices. Although the flu is restricted to West Bengal, crashing wholesale prices
