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 …
Scientists at the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences dipas), New Delhi, have recently developed a gas mask containing five per cent carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) and 95 per cent oxygen ( O 2 ), that reduces hearing loss among industrial workers. dipas director, W Selwamurthy said …
a brief reprieve: Even as 168 polluting units in Delhi had to lock up on November 30 as per the SC's orders, the court allowed the state government to consider extending the deadline of December 31, 1996 for more than 39,000 industries facing closure. These units had earlier been directed …
search for a substitute: To ascertain the viability of propane as an eco-friendly fuel, the SC directed the Central government on December 9, to launch a project for conducting tests for 50 two- and three-wheelers in Delhi ( Down To Earth , Vol 5, No15). The court asked the government …
• The Gujarat government is considering a proposal to carry out environmental audit in industries which manufacture or process hazardous chemicals and pose a threat to sur-rounding areas. The auditors will prepare quarterly reports on anti-pollution measures taken by such industries. • The Rajasthan government has procured a Rs 500 …
at an exhibition on air pollution in India's metros organised by the Centre for Science and Environment in Delhi, the Danish development journalist Knud Vilby asked a question: Why did Delhi have a heavier vehicular pollution load, when it had lesser population than either Bombay or Calcutta? The answer lies …
Experts agree that the main inherent problem in the issue of the relocation of industries from Delhi is the failure of government officials to implement the relevant laws which prohibit setting up of such industries. But they add that the current litigation has not focused on this aspect. No responsibility …
DELHI already gets water from Beas Sutlej, Ganges and Yamuna rivers and the Yamuna canal after exploiting all its groundwater sources. Four large dams are waiting to begin supplying water to the city. There is even a proposal to bring water for Delhi from dams to be built in Nepal …
NEW Delhi's Bhatti and Asola mines, abandoned after endless quarrying, were homes to hectares of extensively degraded gullies and ravines devoid of vegetation. Mining had threatened the hydrological balance as well as reclamation of the soil in this area. A team of botanists from Delhi University led by C R …
NOVEMBER 29, 1996, the residents of Delhi were, as usual, cohabiting with a smoke-filled sky and toxic wastes in water and food. December I saw the same standards. On the face of it, nothing really seems to have changed. Even following the Supreme Court (SC) verdict that after November 30, …
ON OCTOBER 17, two-and-half year old Kanika Agarwal bled to death due to dengue fever. That is nothing new to the citizens of Delhi, who saw close to 300 people (if the government is to be believed) die in the epidemic (which the government denies). But the fact that she …
The English said it before. And the Australians have said it now. But the fact remains that New Delhi continues to display its polluted profile to visiting cricketers, so much so that the Australian cricket team has vowed not to have the capital city in its itinerary as a future …
the smog is out of the bag. Slow Murder: The Deadly Story of Vehicular Pollution in India, a Centre for Science and Environment ( cse ) study, was released by the Vice-President K R Narayanan at his residence on November 1. The study exposes the dreadful conditions of Indian metros …
More than 39,000 industrial units in Delhi got a breather recently when the Supreme Court agreed to stay the shifting of these units until the Delhi government draws up an action plan for their relocation. In an earlier order, the court had ordered the closure of these industries
a yet unpublished paper on groundwater quality in Delhi, conducted by scientists of the Nuclear Research Laboratory ( nrl ), of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, indicates that 33 per cent of the groundwater shows nitrate contents exceeding the general acceptable limits (20 parts per million; ppm) , and 15 …
• Delhi has the dubious distinction of being the fourth most polluted city in the world according to a report prepared by the committee on environment and forests which was tabled recently in the Parliament. Every day, about 2,000 million tonnes of pollutants are added to the city's air each …
Continuing its drive to clean Delhi's air, the Supreme Court of India passed a stern ruling early this month ordering the closure of 513 hazardous industrial units by January 31 next year if they failed to shift outside the city before the deadline. The court had passed a similar order …
a new set of improved solar devices including the solar cooker, water heater, solar wax melter and solar drier has been developed by the Consortium of Rural Technologies ( cort ), a Delhi based voluntary group engaged in the development of appropriate technology for the villages. The existing devices are …
for patients requiring expert advice from hospitals abroad, the telemedicine service would be a boon. This global medical consultation service was recently launched in New Delhi by the city-based Aashlok Hospital which has tied up with the International Network of Medical Communications of New York. Now patients can pay as …
A RECENT move by the Maurya Sheraton, a five-star hotel in New Delhi (the only hotel in the Asia-Pacific region to be awarded the prestigious diploma of excellence at the 1993 Pollution Solutions Environmental Awards), to further boost its 'green image' al but blew up on its face. The hotel …
