Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
GURUGRAM: The city witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday too, owing to the western disturbance and cyclone Daye, which has formed a low-pressure area over east Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. A decline in air pollution was also recorded after the showers. According to the data released by Central Pollution Control Board …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Praveen Kakar & Ors. Vs. MOEF&CC & Ors. dated 19/09/2018. Allegations in this application, inter-alia, are that there is encroachment of parks in green areas in Block C of Sushant Lok, Phase I, Gurgaon. Illegal extraction and supply of ground …
GURUGRAM: The city has been waiting for its second air quality monitoring machine for the past two years. The second machine has been proposed to be installed near IMT Manesar. The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) had announced in August 2016 that it would install the second air quality …
GURUGRAM: The city is gearing up to implement anti-pollution measures in winter when air pollution increases to hazardous levels. While Delhi already has a plan for winter, a high-level meeting called on September 13 is going to be the first in Gurugram to decide on its strategy. At the meeting, …
GURUGRAM: Three more cases of dengue have been confirmed in the city, taking the total count to four this season. While a 30-year-old man from Bhondsi village and a 17-year-old girl from Sun City area have been detected with dengue, another man in his 30s from Naurangpur village has been …
GURUGRAM: Air quality remained poor in the city on Monday despite a slight improvement in the air quality index (AQI) that dropped to 215 from 321 (very poor) on Sunday. As a result, Gurugram continued to be the most polluted city in NCR for the fourth consecutive day. Also, it …
GURUGRAM: The city, which has been NCR’s most polluted for the past three days, was on Sunday declared the most polluted among 62 cities in the country surveyed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), with air quality index (AQI) crossing the 300 mark. With AQI hovering between ‘poor’ and …
GURUGRAM: On Friday, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) sent a showcause notice to MCG over dumping of waste in Behrampur area of the Aravalis. “We served a notice to the municipal corporation, after we received a complaint over waste dumping in Aravalis. We are sure the corporation will comply …
GURUGRAM: In a plantation drive, MCG is planning to have around 80,000 trees and shrubs planted this season in several parks across the city. According to officials, of the 80,000, around 60,000 would be the shrubs and another 20,000 would be trees. “The number of shrubs is on the higher …
GURUGRAM: At least 530 houses, where clean water was found in tanks, plant pots or other containers on the roof or in ditches near the premises, have been issued notices by the Civil hospital’s chief medical officer (CMO) to get rid of the same. The move has been taken to …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Haryana government to restore 123 water bodies in Gurugram and Faridabad districts and assign each one of them a unique identification number within three months. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said immediate steps should be taken to protect …
GURUGRAM: The district health department confirmed the first dengue case this year on Thursday. The 40-year-old patient, a resident of DLF 5, has been admitted to a private hospital. District epidemiologist Ram Prakash said that out of the 18 suspected cases of dengue, only one was confirmed, so far. “This …
GURUGRAM: With sound barriers coming up at the Maharana Pratap Chowk flyover (otherwise known as MDI flyover), residents of MDI industrial area and sectors 14 and 17 are set to get relief from the deafening noise created by heavy vehicles on the stretch. The work of installing the sound barriers …
GURUGRAM: A citizens’ group is planning a Gurugram version of ‘Chipko’ movement, on the lines of the one launched in south Delhi recently, to save around 100 trees that are likely to be removed for a proposed revival of Bal Bhawan in Sector 4. On Sunday, some members of the …
With monsoon arriving in the city, the Gurgaon District Level Malaria Working Committee held a meeting Tuesday morning to coordinate efforts to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue and chikungunya. With monsoon arriving in the city, the Gurgaon District Level Malaria Working Committee held a meeting Tuesday …
Each ward in Gurugram to get manager who will ensure timely pick-up of garbage With an aim to resolve waste management problems of residents in Gurugram, the agency responsible for solid waste management in the city has taken the local management approach by appointing ward managers in each of the …
PM 2.5 and PM 10 levels see a 15 times rise between diesel genets being turned on and off across residential societies in the city. New Delhi: Use of diesel gensets in residential societies across Gurugram is responsible for increasing the air pollution in the city by as much as …
In its study, CSE found that PM2.5 and PM10 levels in these societies and in nearby areas (within 200 meter range), where DG sets were operated for several hours during power cuts, increased by 30 per cent and 50 per cent respectively. This means diesel generators used in societies is …
GURUGRAM: A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found that pollution levels (PM2.5 and PM10) increase by 30% in residential areas of the city due to use of diesel generator (DG) sets. The study says 1,900 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) of PM10 and 300 …
GURUGRAM: A gigantic mound of used plastic bottles spotted recently near Basai wetland had drawn sharp reactions from environmentalists, who squarely blamed civic authorities for violating rules laid down by the Supreme Court with regard to plastic waste management. Though the waste was removed from the area after media reports, …
