Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
सौर ऊर्जा से संचालित स्ट्रीट लाइटों की रोशनी से अब खंड के 65 गांव जगमगाएंगे। इसके लिए पंचायत समिति ने 29 लाख रुपए की राशि का प्रस्ताव सर्वसम्मति से पारित किया है। इस योजना को जल्द ही क्रियान्वित कर दिया जाएगा। ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में बिजली के अघोषित कटों के कारण …
Tree felling has been going on unabated around the sacred grove of Mangarbani on the Gurgaon-Faridabad road. According to locals and environment activists, about 100 trees have been chopped off in the past fortnight at Sahibwala Johad, located on the southern side of the forest. Activists said the affected area …
Rapid expansion to be the organisation's mantra for 2013-14, says Chairman Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets the famed ‘Amul’ brand of milk and milk products, aims to get into 700 small towns for the first time this financial year. And, double its export. Vipul Chaudhary, chairman of …
The Bharatiya Kisan Morcha today held a demonstration in protest against the 'anti-farmer policy' of the state government at Ballabarh. The protesters also warned the government of intensifying stir if it did not make course-correction soon. A large number of activists, led by morcha national executive member Mool Chand Sharma, …
The 2011 Census has brought both good and bad news for Gurgaon. The fast developing city, according to census figures, has the highest literacy rate and the worst sex ratio in the state. The data shows that Gurgaon has a literacy rate of 84.7 per cent, followed by Panchkula at …
New Delhi: There is some fresh evidence of around 100 of trees having been cut in and around Mangar Bani in the Aravalis even as the ministry of environment and forest has asked the Haryana chief secretary to identify it and other such areas that are deemed forests. Green activists …
Gurgaon got the lion's share of Rs 605.48 crore in the total budget estimate of Rs 890.77 crore approved for development works in the urban estate developed by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) across the state. Stormwater drainage system, construction of a flyover, special repairs of roads connecting Surajkund …
In what could be termed as alarming, the levels of two key pollutants - respirable particulate matter (PM10) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) - in Gurgaon are higher as compared to adjoining cities. Other cities, including Faridabad, Panchkula and Rohtak, have comparative lower level but higher than safe levels and pose …
We are sitting on a plastic time bomb,” the Supreme Court said on Wednesday after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) informed it that India generates 56 lakh tonnes of plastic waste annually, with Delhi accounting for a staggering 690 tonnes a day. “Total plastic waste which is collected and …
The Supreme Court Wednesday described the "frightening" quantity of undisposed and ubiquitously strewn plastic waste as a "time bomb," while expressing deep concerns if municipal authorities across the country were acting efficiently on waste disposal plans. "We are sitting on a time bomb waiting to explode. Uncollected plastic waste is …
60 cities found to generate staggering 3,501 tonnes a day The Supreme Court today directed all major municipal corporations across the country to file status reports on their management of hazardous plastic waste estimated at a staggering 3,501 tonnes a day in just 60 cities. A Bench comprising Justices GS …
Observing that amount of plastic waste in the country has become “frightening”, the Supreme Court today issued notices to municipal commissioners of Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Agra, Jaipur and Faridabad on its management and disposal. A Bench, headed by Justice G S Singhvi, also issued notices to Pollution Control Boards at …
Thousands of acres of uncultivable forested hills in Haryana, Gurgaon and Faridabad face the same prospect Two decades ago when Sunil’s parents sold off 25 acres of their family’s share of land in the Mangar forests of Faridabad, they and other villagers thought the buyers were fools to buy it …
The orders passed by whisteblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka as Director-General, Land Consolidation, continue to haunt the Hooda government. Even as the controversy surrounding the fast-tracking of Robert Vadra’s land deals is yet to die down, the fragmentation and privatisation of hundreds of acres in the NCR overlooking the Aravalis, …
New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognizance of the TOI report on how common hilly and forest land in Aravalis is getting fragmented and privatized in the name of consolidation, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notices to the principal conservator of forest and the chief secretary of Haryana. The …
NEW DELHI: A law that was meant to reverse fragmentation of agricultural land, appears to have been rampantly abused in Haryana to allow influential private players get possession of hilly and non-agricultural common lands, including forests in the Aravalis close to the national capital. The law in question is the …
New Delhi: The New Year arrived on a chilly note, with the minimum temperature dropping to 4 degrees Celsius, three degrees below normal and so far the lowest of the season. And there could be worse to come. According to a weather website, the entire week is likely to be …
Faridabad is being developed as pilot solar city for which the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has conveyed its sanction in-principle for providing financial assistance amounting to Rs 2.50 crore. A spokesman for the Haryana Renewable Energy Department here yesterday said the Akshay Urja Bhawan based on energy …
They say in the heat of the summer, when the sun beats mercilessly down on Sirohi, all that people can do is sweat under heavy high-tension wires overhead that carry power to more influential communities. The village receives power for barely five hours a day, making do the rest of …
Unsafe sex continues to be the most common route to HIV/AIDS in Haryana with the state witnessing a spurt in the number of AIDS cases from 189 in 2010 to 355 in 2011. The state reported over 24,000 HIV positive cases last year. While 85 HIV/AIDS cases were the result …
