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 …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed "immediate" stoppage of construction activity in a specific stretch of areas in Noida Extension and Gurgaon by taking note of media reports on air pollution caused by building activities The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed "immediate" stoppage of construction activity in a …
Farmers of Harsuru and Garouli villages in Gurgaon district would effectively get 10 per cent more compensation for their land acquired in 2006 for setting up a special economic zone (SEZ). A Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice MB Lokur today directed the Haryana Government to deduct only 30 per …
The Center today launched a National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness Week at Village Kankrola-Bhanglora of Gurgaon District in Haryana. The week long campaign inaugurated by Shri Birender Singh, Union Minister for Rural Development , Drinking Water and Sanitation and Panchayati Raj will conclude at Kohima, Nagaland on 22nd …
GURGAON: HUDA has begun work on creating a green buffer as per Gurgaon Master Plan 2031, where 1,349 acres of green cover will be planted on the city's outskirts to check pollution and improve air quality. According to HUDA sources, land acquisition for the project has been expedited following directives …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed authorities in Gurgaon to not “concretise” trees and said the process of concretisation was undertaken in a very “unscientific manner”. The NGT issued notice to Haryana government, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). It also asked the Conservator of Forest …
Bird flu may not have been the cause behind the deaths of 47 birds at Sultanpur sanctuary in Gurgaon recently. Officials now suspect something more lethal. Biologists and Haryana forest department officials said there is a high probability that the birds died of pesticide poisoning from neighboring fields. The sanctuary …
More than 100 Gurgaonites are joining a protest organized by the National Alliance for People's Movement in the capital on February 1, against ordinances brought by the government, especially on the land acquisition law. Entrepreneurs and social activists are particularly concerned about the land acquisition Act, which they feel might …
A local court here has issued notices against 19 people, including Director General (DG), Department of Town of Country Planning (DTCP), in a case pertaining to change of land use of Ghata Wetland into residential area in Sector 58 and 59. The notices have also been issued against Regional Director, …
Basai Wetland of Gurgaon in Haryana, one of the important bird areas of country, is facing threat of being lost forever. Located close to national capital Delhi, migratory bird count of this wetland has shown a decline, mainly because of habitat loss due to human encroachment. A study conducted by …
Despite all the talk about ploughing back a portion of the fines collected from traffic violators for road safety activities, both the Gurgaon and Delhi traffic police have not spent a penny from the penalty amount for road crash victims. Both the police entities have admitted in a recent RTI …
Showing zero tolerance to public servants who allowed illegal mining in the Aravalli Hills despite a ban in place since 2002, the Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to penalise such officers posted in the three districts of Mewat, Gurgaon and Faridabad during the past five years. The Forest Bench of …
The state urban local bodies department has sought inputs from 78 state municipal bodies, including MCG, to prepare a state-level master plan for an integrated solid waste management system, to be reviewed and approved by the National Green Tribunal. Officials say most existing solid waste treatment plants do not meet …
Turning the heat on derelict officials of the Haryana government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would prosecute all erring officials without waiting for any more reports on illegal mining and proliferation of stone-crushing units in the Aravali hills. Anguished over the laxity of the state administration in checking …
Only 0.01 bcm water is available for future use in Delhi, whileit is negative in Gurgaon and in almost all districts of Haryana Groundwater resources in Delhi and neighbouring areas like Gurgaon, much of Haryana, and in Ghaziabad have now become “over-exploited” because of continuous unregulated extraction for domestic, industrial …
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has announced that its group company Reliance Haryana SEZ Limited (RHSL) has returned 1,383.68 acres of land in Gurgaon acquired from Haryana State Industrial & Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) for setting up special economic zones (SEZs) owing to revision of strategic priorities. RHSL is a joint …
A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has linked growing antibiotic resistance in humans to its large-scale, indiscriminate use in the poultry industry. "Drugged" is the theme of the report — Antibiotics in the Chicken — which studied the level of common antibiotics in popular non-vegetarian …
Claiming that it found several antibiotic residues in chickens tested in Delhi-NCR region, an environment body on Wednesday said "large-scale and indiscriminate" use of antibiotics in poultry industry might be "strongly linked" to growing antibiotic resistance in Indians. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) also sought implementation of a …
These Gurgaon villages will see enhanced wastewater treatment capacity Sixty villages from Gurgaon district have been short-listed for the implementation of Solid and Liquid Waste Management Project under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) for the current financial year. The project will help in segregation of solid waste and considerably enhance …
Between 1999 and 2012, there has been an alarming depletion of Natural Conservation Zones — forests, water bodies and wasteland — in the National Capital Region. In Delhi, water bodies shrunk by 22.6%, forests by 15% and wasteland by 11% while in the NCR, the maximum depletion was in Gautam …
The plant will help the car maker to reduce 1,200 tonnes/annum CO2 emissions Aligning itself to the Government’s vision of adopting and strengthening usage of solar power, car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited has commissioned its 1-MW mono-crystalline photovoltaic solar power plant at its Manesar facility. Built with an …
