Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
CHENNAI:It has been 10 days since the oil spill played havoc in the bay. The Coast Guard on Tuesday claimed that the clean-up has entered the final lap and Dornier aircraft were deployed to ensure there are no traces of oil in the sea. However, ecological concerns still loom large. …
The ambitious project aims to provide employment to 30,000 women.The ambitious project aims to provide employment to 30,000 women. UDAIPUR: Dungarpur is going to have the first locally-owned Solar Module Manufacturing Plant. The unit would come into operation soon which would be fully owned and operated by tribal women. The …
MUMBAI: Air pollution contributed to a total of 80,665 premature deaths of adults over 30 years in Mumbai and Delhi in 2015, a two-fold jump from 1995, according to a new study at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. In economic terms, air pollution cost the two cities $10.66 billion …
MUMBAI: Air pollution was responsible for 23 million cases of restricted activity days (RAD) - either less productive days or days off work for individuals - in the commercial capital in 2015. Worsening quality of air in the city also led to 64,037 emergency room visits in 2015 by those …
This is the first time that a graded plan to improve air quality will be enforced in India. It will have a set of fixed measures that will kick in when pollution reaches specific levels. The national capital follows Beijing and Paris with graded action policy for curbs on pollutants …
Cleaning the holy Ganges is no simple task and has been the objective of many activists, environmentalists and politicians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A startup competition in the city at the Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) saw ideas from entrepreneurs from across the country. Around 10 startups made their …
The consortium of IITs in Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee, was entrusted with the task of finalising a holistic Ganga River Basin Management (GRBM) programme. Multiplicity of authorities, lack of assistance from state governments and dearth of monitoring has led to the failure of cleaning Ganga, a …
PEC University of Technology will develop air and sound quality friendly route recommendation system for the city. The university has bagged a research project entitled 'City Probe: A city-scale pervasive sensing system for monitoring road conditions, air and sound pollution'. The project is sponsored under the ministry of human resource …
There was "significant" level of stubble burning this year in Punjab and Haryana, however, there is no "conclusive" study to suggest that it "always" impacts quality of air in Delhi, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. The statement was made in a written reply given by MoS for Environment, Forest …
India’s first multi-source urban microgrid pilot set-up in New Delhi by ABB India India’s first multi-source urban microgrid pilot set-up in New Delhi by ABB India IIT Madras recently said it will collaborate with industry to develop a more efficient, cheaper and cleaner way to ensure power supply to villages …
A British university is conducting a research into sustainable energy to help a remote village in West Bengal to access electricity for the first time by installing a sustainable system from biological waste and novel solar photovoltaic technology. Dr Mark Walker, Research Associate at Sheffield University's Energy 2050 research institute, …
As part of the government’s Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) scheme, an MoU was signed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of the Honorable President of India to formalize the project New Delhi, November 18, 2016: As part of the UAY scheme, ABB India and IIT Madras will collaborate to …
Air pollution in the National Capital Region may finally be treated as a common problem, experts said on Thursday as the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the Central and State governments to work together on a comprehensive regional plan. Monitoring strategy While the Supreme Court ordered …
IN A meeting held on Monday, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung directed the Delhi Police to be the “field workers core to implementing the decisions” taken to mitigate pollution levels in the city. The meeting was attended by all civic agency heads, the Delhi Police, the Delhi Cabinet ministers and environmentalists …
After an expert panel recently confirmed the existence of the mythical Saraswati river in India’s northwest, scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, now claim to have found evidence of another “lost” Indian river. Called “Chandrabhaga”, this ancient river is believed to have existed at a distance of about …
Neither the Centre nor the states have put in place a plan to tackle rising pollution in cities across India. Here are five reasons why we have failed to tackle the pollution menace. 1. We are not monitoring air quality in real time: 573 places still monitor air quality manually …
When IIT-Delhi alumna Namita Gupta decided to move to Delhi with her family from the US in 2014, she was shocked. The World Health Organization (WHO) had recently dubbed Delhi the world’s most polluted city, and Gupta could clearly feel the city’s toxic air taking a toll on her asthmatic …
River pollution: IIT-D prof calls for database of sewage inletsCHENNAI: A database of inlets into rivers is what is needed to plug the illegal flow of sewage and effluents, said IIT-Delhi professor A K Gosain as he called for a scientific approach towards restoring polluted rivers. He was speaking at …
The seemingly crisp, fresh air inhaled inside the sanitised and cool environs of metro premises or air-conditioned car may actually be teeming with respirable pollutants. Pollutants may be entering underground metro premises not only through air conditioning ducts but also clinging on to the clothes and shoes of passengers. According …
The Delhi government apparently has not chalked out any plans as yet to implement the odd-even scheme as an emergency measure this winter. Though officials remained tightlipped and no one was available for comment, sources said nothing concrete had been discussed as yet. No alternative action plan to deal with …
