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 …
LACK of proper knowledge about poisoning and the use of antidotes leads to a number of deaths in the sub-continent. Now the first National Poisons Information Centre has been set up at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. The Centre will function round-the-clock and give immediate tips …
• The municipal corporation of Shimla has finalised a Rs 7.5 crore integrated waste management plan for the town. Under the plan, separate arrangement will be made for the disposal of solid waste, hazardous hospital waste and sewage. • A recent study carried out by the Indian tea industry has …
In an order passed on April 9, the Supreme Court of India gave an ultimatum to all 28 industrial areas in the National Capital Territory of Delhi to either chip in their share of the fund for setting up 28 Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP), or face immediate closure of …
• India was one of the signatories to the draft international convention on liability and compensation for damages in connection with the carriage of hazardous and rundous substances by sea, organised by the International Maritime Organization. The convention was ratified on April 15 in London. • Come June, and the …
To prevent a recurrence of the devastating fire 1hat broke out in west Delhi on June 6 last year, the Delhi High Court said in a recent ruling that the ban on trade in poly vinyl chloride (PVC) material in Jwalapuri and adjoining colonies of the capital was "merely on …
THIS appeal of Delhi's department of environment was touching in its concern for the Yamuna - almost. Implying that the government is genuinely interested in cleaning up the river, and would succeed if only the indifferent industrial sector would mend its ways, it urged citizens and industrialists of the capital …
A journey down the Yamuna through its course in Delhi may not exactly fit the league of Joseph Conrad's Congo odyssey in his Heart of Darkness, but it does inspire some excitement. My suggestion for undertaking the trip had elicited this response from the editor: "Oh yes, this should be …
• Indian textile exporters will have no choice but to switch to eco-friendly dyes in view of the German ban on import of textiles using azo dyes. The ban will finally came into effect from April this year, after two postponements in January and June last year. • Bird lovers …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is on a massive public aware- ness campaign against pollution, especially in urban areas. A new addition to its strategy is an electronic signboard (LED display panel) which highlights air pollution at a busy traffic crossing near ITO, New Delhi. The panel, perched atop …
A CLEANER and healthier world may not be a distant dream if we, as its citizens, learn to use its resources to the maximum. For achieving this, conserving energy through means like recycling waste and bio-degradable matter would make all the difference. The department of microbiology under the School of …
The municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) would have had to shut down the Idgah abattoir on December 31, 1995, if the Supreme Court had not given a month's breather, in a recent order. The 90 years old abattoir is the only legally operated slaughter- house in the city. The MCD …
THE ASIAN Haalth Environmental and Allied Databases (AHEAD) - a New Delhi- Mdemonwrtional consortium has planned the commercial release of three database series on Asian environment, health and natural resources, kDqpdmwd every six months. The first batch of CD-ROM disks would contain 600 megabytes of bibilo fal taxt documents, bibliographic …
THE big brothers are knocking at the doors of the Indian Meteorological Department. us and China have requested India to help them study the weather phenomena over the Indian Ocean and the Tibetan plateau respectively. India's meteorological expertise matches that of the world's best forecasting centres. Indian cyclone forecasting competes …
Industries, which were asked to shift out from Delhi, have been directed by the Supreme Court to create green pockets on the land they are going to vacate. The companies will be allowed to retain a portion of the land vacated by them but the rest will be used for …
No MORE blood need be spilt by patients "Cldergoing surgery for brain tumours arterio-venous malformations. "r,draprastha Apollo hospital, New Mqlpelhi, %ill shortly introduce the x-knife Tn India, only the third such in the world. It s based on the stereotactic radio system which involves accurate crery of x-rays to a …
For the Delhi government, it is a case of do or die. It has been asked by the division bench of justice Kuldip Singh and Justice Saghir Ahmed to either keep the city clean or else forsake the seat of power. The order was the outcome of a petition filed …
With the focus on a'Green Delhi'becoming stronger by the day, the Delhi government has been ordered by the Supreme Court to chalk out an action plan for setting up a common effluent treatment plant (ETP) in the critical industrial areas of Mayapuri, Okhla, Naraina, Kird Nagar and Lawrence Road. The …
Smoking in public places may soon become a punishable offence in Delhi. With effect to this, on August 7, Delhi state health minister Harsh Vardhan introduced a bill- christened as the "Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non-smokers Health Protection Bill" -in the legislative assembly. The first of its kind to …
