The North Delhi Municipal Corporation, among all the three municipal corporations, is the most affected by the problem of polluted water supply.

Haryana has agreed to release more raw water to Delhi from Tajewala out of the share of Uttar Pradesh in the Yamuna and this would help the Capital city in generation of more water at its Sonia Vih

Suicide rates among Indian farmers were a chilling 47 per cent higher than they were for the rest of the population in 2011.

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Welspun Energy, on Thursday, said it had achieved financial closure of its 20 MW wind power project in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.

`Welspun Energy has achieved financial closure of its 20 MW wind power project at Jaisalmer. The company has received a sanction exceeding Rs.120 crore as against a debt requirement of Rs.88 crore,” the company said in a statement here.

Chinese authorities have granted approval for an environmental assessment of a controversial 2 GW dam project — slated to be the country’s tallest dam — despite concerns voiced by a number of environmental groups.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection this week said it had approved a year-long assessment of the Shuangjiangkou project on the Dadu river in the southwestern Sichuan province.

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There are 11 mobile towers illegally built on schools and nursing homes under the East Delhi Municipal Corporation. Of the 11, seven have been erected atop educational institutions and four on nursing homes located in Shahdara . These facts were part of the answers given to queries raised by Sanjay Kaushik, Deputy Chairman Standing Committee of the Corporation, on Thursday.

The Madurai Corporation is planning a complete ban on plastic cups and carry bags in the city. This issue is likely to be taken up for discussion at the Council meeting to be held on Friday.

Based on a report prepared by an expert team, the Corporation is mulling the ban, and a final decision will be taken based on the response from the Councillors.

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The world has entered a “new danger zone” with levels of Earth-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere never experienced by humankind, the United Nations (U.N.) climate chief warned on Monday.