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 …
On September 30, a door of the containment section of Unit 2 of the Narora Atomic Power plant near Delhi collapsed. The incident reportedly took place when the airlock doors of the reactor, which is leak-proof and electronically operated, was tested for tightness. Since the locking pins of this particular …
to clean up Delhi's air, the Environment Pollution Authority (epa) for the National Capital Region (ncr) has recommended the Supreme Court to impose a complete ban on new diesel-driven private passenger vehicles in the ncr . The epa' s report has also made several important recommendations
vultures along with some 50 other species of birds have migrated from Delhi in the last few years as their traditional habitats have made way for unplanned urban development, says Rupin Dang, a naturalist. Bird counts and other census data show that about 30 years ago, the capital was home …
the bailbondsman is a unique feature of the American judiciary. If a person has been held on bail for, say, us $5,000, then the bailbondsman will stand surety (for a fee, of course) until the case comes up for trail. If, however, the accused jumps bail, then the bailbondsman will …
Due to decades of neglect and indifference, air quality in Indian cities has worsened rapidly, triggering a serious public health crisis. Central and state governments are still at a loss in dealing with the problem and except Delhi, no city is taking effective steps to control pollution. Even in Delhi, …
The Union government has increased the price of diesel. In Delhi the prices have been hiked by Rs 3.56 per litre, and by Rs 4.31, Rs 3.68 and Rs 3.97 in Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai respectively. The increase was imminent as the international price of diesel had gone up by …
the municipal corporation of Delhi's satellite city Faridabad embarked on a project that may well be one of the first of its kind in the country. The corporation has privatised collection and disposal of garbage, which will be converted into dry compost. About 6.5 hectares of land has been allotted …
The Delhi high court has allowed two associations of medical practitioners who do not follow allopathy to become party to a petition seeking a ban on quacks in the capital. The two associations mainly represent doctors practising Ayurved, Unani, and other traditional Indian systems of medicine. The associations claimed that …
in an effort to check the growing air pollution levels in Delhi, the state government is considering a ban on the sale of new two-wheelers fitted with two-stroke engines with effect from January next year. Expectedly, this proposal has given rise to a lot of controversy. While some experts hail …
after another disastrous year, the Delhi Vidyut Board (dvb) has prepared an action plan to meet the requirement of the city during the summer next year. According to a technical committee member of the dvb, the board is also planning to install a new power plant. "It will cost around …
The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, had made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the …
WITH September 17, the next date for the Supreme Court (SC) hearing on the air pollution case in Delhi, approaching, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has suddenly done a volte-face. Despite the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MPNG) having submitted an affidavit to SC, stating that it will …
The Union government, the Geophysical Research Institute and the meteorological department along with six other departments have been issued notices by the Delhi high court on a petition seeking setting up of a mechanism for constant monitoring of tremors. Experts have predicted bigger earthquakes in the coming decade. Petitioner B …
After dragging its feet over the issue of conversion of buses to Compressed Natural Gas (cng), the Delhi government recently announced that the vehicles supplied by Ashok Leyland and Telco are not up to the mark. However, Ashok Leyland has claimed that its buses have proved successful in Mumbai. On …
It is indeed amazing. It was only four months ago, in April, that the Ministry of Petroleum was telling the Supreme Court that it is not possible for it to supply high quality diesel. And that all it could do is to supply diesel with a sulphur content of 0.25 …
in india, around 60,000 metric tonnes of lead from batteries are recycled illegally. Needless to say, they are done in smelting units situated in the backyards of residential areas. In 1994, the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) closed 110 such polluting backyard smelters in Delhi. Studies have revealed that their …
the Delhi government has decided to set up north India's largest deer park at Jehangirpuri Bhalaswa in east Delhi. Around 162 hectres of land has been earmarked for the park. Local member of the legislative assembly ( mla ) Zile Singh Chauhan, who had earlier suggested that a barren stretch …
