Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued closure notices to 12 hospitals, directing them to shut down operations in seven days for violating biomedical waste norms. DPCC said action against defaulters was initiated on June 15 with special care being undertaken against hospitals that have patients in a critical stage. …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rise in Ozone Levels, 28/06/2019. The monitoring data of ozone in Delhi-NCR is regularly displayed on Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website on real time basis. The analysis of AQI for Delhi reveals that during last three years (2016-2018), ozone was reported as prominent …
A new study provides a detailed picture of the health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles, on-road non-diesel vehicles, shipping, and non-road mobile sources such as agricultural and construction equipment. The study, by researchers from the International Council on Clean Transportation, George Washington University Milken …
A new study provides a detailed picture of the health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles, on-road non-diesel vehicles, shipping, and non-road mobile sources such as agricultural and construction equipment. The study, by researchers from the International Council on Clean Transportation, George Washington University Milken …
Action against shops in the area in April had led to violence In the next two to three days, industries operating in west Delhi’s Mayapuri without applying for “consent to operate” and paying Environmental Damages Compensation (EDC) will be sealed, a senior Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) official told The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 26/06/2019 regarding demarcation, fencing and removal of encroachment of South Ridge in Delhi. The NGT directs the District Magistrate South, District Magistrate South East and District Magistrate New Delhi …
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has increased the green cover inside the Red Fort complex in the national capital from the previous 15 acres to 52 acres in the last one year. As a part of its drive to renovate and restore the Mughal-era monument, the ASI has also …
Speaking at the inauguration of a new water treatment plant at Chandrawal, he said 88% of all colonies in Delhi were getting piped water supply — an increase of 30% since AAP came to power in 2015. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday said the Delhi government would request more water …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Steps for curbing air pollution in Delhi, 24/06/2019. The Central Government has taken a number of regulatory measures for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution in the country.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Steps for curbing air pollution in Delhi, 24/06/2019. The Central Government has taken a number of regulatory measures for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution in the country.
Study says power demand doesn’t rise with increase in temperature in this range The Centre for Science and Environment, in a study which is to be released on Thursday, has found that there is a temperature “sweet spot”, between 25 and 31 degrees Celsius, in which Delhiites are comfortable. In …
Ozone pollution has increased in Delhi-NCR this summer compared to last year, an analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi, has found. “When temperature increases, the rate of production of ozone also increases. It can cause fatigue, breathlessness, and asthma,” an official at the System of Air Quality …
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has received applications for over 780 hectares under the land pooling policy, senior DDA officials said on Wednesday. The online portal for the land pooling policy was launched in February this year by Union Minister Hardeep Puri and Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal. The much awaited policy …
Mining contractors have reportedly again constructed unauthorised bundhs and makeshift passages in Pobari, Gumthala and other villages of Yamunanagar district to undertake mining activities in the riverbed of the Yamuna. Illegal bundhs and makeshift passages are diverting the natural flow of the Yamuna. Sources said illegal mining was being undertaken …
With a one-year deadline set by NGT in March to ensure full compliance, civic bodies are running against time to streamline waste segregation and disposal in the ‘model wards’. Sidharth Ravi and Shinjini Ghosh take stock of the measures under way, from awareness campaigns to training of waste pickers, updating …
Implementation of law can be achieved if residents and authorities work in tandem The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, states it is the responsibility of generators to segregate waste into three categories — wet, dry and hazardous waste — and hand over the segregated waste to authorised waste collectors or …
Congratulations to all... we have achieved 50 degree temperature this year. Let’s cut more trees to achieve 60 degrees the next year,’ a sarcastic tweet the other day came as a jolt. It was, however, hard to tell whether the quiet sarcasm was lost on a majority of the readers …
Stubble burning, which can lead to heart attacks and respiratory diseases, is practised in many areas of Delhi. Farmers said they were forced to burn the leftover stalk of harvested crops as there was no help from the government to get rid of the same. The Hindu found at least …
There is no scarcity of water as the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is supplying water more than its capacity, said DJB vice-chairman Dinesh Mohaniya. He said the entire country is facing drought-like situation and as the temperature is rising, the demand of water is increasing in Delhi too. The board …
Sporting a floral top, 10-year-old Khushi was rolling a grey-coloured 30-litre plastic barrel filled with water on a narrow lane of Sanjay Colony in south Delhi. The fourth grader kicked repeatedly at the barrel to move it through the lane and used her hands whenever it got stuck. She was …
