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 …
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 …
NEW DELHI: Gujarat is still smarting over the loss of some of its Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh. But many states would gladly give away an animal whose burgeoning population is causing havoc in farms, airforce stations and on national highways — the blue bull or nilgai. So fraught has …
Sets up a three-member panel to monitor execution of the order The National Green Tribunal has through a recent order banned construction of roads and cutting of trees in the Aravallis directing the parties concerned to restore the area to its original condition. The Tribunal also set up a three-member …
The much awaited report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) tabled on the last day of the Budget session of the Harayana Vidhan Sabha on Monday is a severe indictment of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda Government’s propensity to release land notified for acquisition, in violation of the Land Acquisition …
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 …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Haryana government to ensure no "non-forest" activity is carried out in the forest areas of three villages - Kot, Mangar and Roz-ka-Gujjar — falling under Aravali. The tribunal has also restrained any commercial activity in Sikandarpur Ghosi village in Gurgaon, …
The Haryana Health Department has issued guidelines and taken steps to prevent the spread of H1N1 swine flu as 31 cases have so far been reported from the state during the current year. A spokesman of the department said here today that nine cases had been reported from Karnal district, …
Residents of five villages in Gurgaon whose land was acquired seven years ago by the Haryana Government for setting up of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) by Reliance India Limited (RIL) have been on “dharna” at Garoli Khurd village for over a month demanding that their land be returned as …
After a lot of flip-flops, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has once again agreed "in principle" to take over the service of water supply from the public health engineering department. Senior MCG officials still maintain that there is still nothing on paper, clearly indicating that they are not very …
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: 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 …
The Gurgaon District Administration on Monday started a pilot project for collecting household garbage from villages and posh areas of the city which would be carefully segregated to extract recyclable materials. The waste management endeavour will be taken up in rural and posh areas under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) for …
Environmentalists and several residents’ welfare associations have termed the 340 hectare groundwater recharge zone in the Sohna Final Development Plan- 2031 “grossly inadequate” and “unsustainable” and also demanded setting up of an experts’ committee to assess the ecological significance of the area and develop a detailed conservation plan. Though the …
Facility set up at Chandu Budhera to cater to 40 lakh people by 2025. To meet future water requirements of Gurgaon, the Haryana government has prepared a comprehensive plan to augment the supply capacity. Under the plan, a water storage facility will be constructed in Chandu Budhera village. This facility …
With several governments banning the use of ground water in construction and making it mandatory for residential projects to have water harvesting units, most developers are meticulously following this directive. ET Realty reports Developers from all across are taking initiatives to conserve rainwater and raise the water table through rainwater …
New Delhi: The Haryana government is working out details of its ambitious plan to buy out the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway from the private concessionaire as a way to end traffic jams on the toll plaza. In an exclusive interview with TOI, Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the state wanted …
Since 2004, licences have been given to develop as much land in the area as in the entire state during the earlier 25-odd yrs In a three-part series, Business Standard has explored how agricultural land has been commercially tapped and exploited over the years by developers, often with ample help …
The extremely low forest cover in the Draft Development Plan-2031 for Gurgaon-Manesar Urban Complex has come under severe criticism from environmentalists and civil society groups which have demanded that the plan be brought in compliance with the forest provisions as per the national and State policies. “The forest cover in …
Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a show cause notice to a Gurgaon ACP and a HUDA official asking them why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them for not complying with its October 8 order on Delhi-Gurgaon expressway toll plaza. The court issued notices to …
New Delhi: Ahead of the likely announcement of toll hike on the Delhi-Agra stretch of NH-2, which will be expanded from four to six lanes, a section of commuters have objected to higher charges till services on the stretch improves. The toll charges are likely to be doubled as soon …
