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 …
India needs more imaginative governance for its urban densities The future of India lies in its cities, not in its villages, and that fact creates both enormous opportunities and significant challenges. At their best, great metropolises enable the genius of Indian entrepreneurship and provide gateways to the outside world. Yet …
Morning traffic was brought to a standstill on Tuesday by Gurgaon residents protesting acute shortage of power and water. The city has been battling severe power and water crisis, made worse by the delay in arrival of monsoon and the heatwave. As per official estimates, the power demand in the …
A day after the Gurgaon-Faridabad road became fully operational, there is trouble brewing up with villagers agitating against the concessionaire —Reliance Infrastructure Ltd — for demanding toll from them. The four laning of Gurgaon-Faridabad corridor and the two-laning of Ballabhgarh-Sohna stretch have been completed and toll collection has started. Residents …
The trial runs of the Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon Ltd are expected to start in October, with the deadline for start of operations coming up in March next year. Officials said civil work is in the final stages and the track laying has started. The assembly work for the first set …
As five-year-old Mahi battled for life inside a 70-foot-deep borewell, District Magistrate P C Meena on Thursday ordered an inquiry to look into “the menace of illegal borewells” in the Gurgaon-Manesar area. Additional Deputy Commissioner K M Pandurang has been entrusted with the inquiry. After the Mahi fell into the …
So far as the sand mafia goes in Faridabad and Palwal, popular opinion says law enforcing agencies have proved to be ineffective in countering the mafia. The police generally arrests petty associates of the main culprits who remain out of its reach. Jeetender, the owner of a tractor-trolley loaded with …
With the water crisis worsening in Gurgaon, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has finally woken up to the need of ensuring proper water supply in all areas. Huda administrator Preveen Kumar held a meeting on June 3 with officials of Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) and other agencies and …
A District Water and Sanitation Mission (DWSM) has been constituted in Gurgaon to formulate, manage and monitor drinking water and sanitation projects. The mission, headed by the Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner, will also scrutinise and approve drinking water and sanitation projects submitted by the gram panchayats and forward them to State-level …
Chandigarh: Aimed at creating awarness about environmental issues, the first-of-its kind Environment Training Institute at Gurgaon has proved to be non-starter due to resource crunch the Haryana Government. Proposed to be set up during the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12), the institute could not be set up “due to lack …
Mining in Aravalli continues unabated despite a Supreme Court ban on it. The consequent price in terms of human casualty is huge - on Thursday, at least 10 labourers were feared killed when a stone mine collapsed due to blasting in the forest land near Bhiwadi in Rajasthan's Alwar district. …
Population has started to swell in Delhi’s suburbs. Gurgaon and Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar) are among the top five places in India that recorded the highest decadal growth rate in population. While Gurgaon recorded a 74% rise in population between 2001 and 2011, Noida saw a rise by almost 52%, …
Gurgaon, India’s aspiring lower Manhattan, may soon end up with no water, but overflowing sewage. In 2006, the water level in Gurgaon had fallen to 51 metre below ground level. And if the water table plunges to 200 metre, the industrial and upscale residential township would be left with nothing …
If Haryana has its way, the NCR’s vital groundwater recharge zone could soon make way for an amusement park, says Janani Ganesan AN HOUR’S drive from downtown Delhi, along the Haryana border in Faridabad, lies the Bani forest, which is part of the last patch of natural green in the …
At Solar Energy Centre in Gurgaon, solar ACs have replaced conventional devices. Some other buildings have switched to alternative cooling techniques to limit electricity bills Summer is here and most people will be cooling their heels, quite literally, inside their airconditioned homes. But overdependence on these energy-guzzling devices—ACs—has prompted scientists …
Transportation of illegal minerals in Haryana also stopped The Supreme Court on Monday stopped illegal mining in the villages of Kota, Gangani, Sarai, Mohammadpur and Kharag Jalalpur in Mewat district of Haryana, taking note of the report submitted by the Central Empowered Committee about large-scale illegal mining taking place in …
Should solar thermal be preferred over photovoltaic solar power ? Concentrated solar power (CSP) or solar thermal technology is to be given substantial allocation in the second phase of the national solar mission (2013-2017). This was revealed by the joint secretary in the ministry of new and renewable energy, Tarun …
NEW DELHI: To encourage collaboration and networking between India's CSR groups and NGO communities, exhibition organizer, UBM India, is launching NGO India 2012 at Epicenter, Gurgaon. The two-day event, starting from Friday, March 16, will host stalls from over 150 NGOs and foundations. Free workshops and paid-for conferences will run …
The earthquake today that jolted the National Capital and the adjoining NCR region has brought the safety of buildings in and around the capital back into focus. Two other temblors had hit the area in the past six months. Strong tremors that lasted almost 10 seconds at 1.11 pm today …
The Supreme Court today ruled that mining of small minerals in Haryana and Rajasthan even in areas measuring less than five hectares could be allowed only after environmental clearance from the Union Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoEF). A Bench of Justices BS Chauhan and CK Prasad delivered the judgment …
GURGAON: The city's dependence on groundwater to meet its daily demand has prompted the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to dig 'shock-wells' in parks, green belts and community buildings in the city. These wells will collect the run-off rainwater and will help recharge the water table. A HUDA spokesman said …
