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 has remained the most polluted in Delhi-NCR since Monday. The air quality index (AQI) is now back in the “moderate” category in Delhi and other NCR cities but in Gurugram, it continues to remain the “poor” and “very poor” category. On Wednesday, the highest level of PM2.5 …
GURUGRAM: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) issued a temporary ban on all construction activity in the city for the following 48 hours, after Gurugram was declared the most polluted city in the Delhi-NCR region on Thursday, following steep rise in pollution over the past three days in the …
Directs stopping of construction activities for next 48 hours In view of sudden increase in PM10 and 2.5 levels in the National Capital Region over the past 24 hours leading to deteriorating air quality, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has advised a five-point action plan to the district …
From 519 in 1976, count has dropped to 251 now, while 4 main reservoirs have shrunk due to encroachment Here’s a statistic that should worry every Gurugram resident. In the past 40 years, more than half the city’s 519 water bodies have been encroached upon, or acquired for infrastructure development. …
NEW DELHI: Delhi and its neighbouring cities -- Faridabad and Gurgaon -- have witnessed "substantial ozone build-up" from February to May, a green body claimed on Thursday, cautioning that it was early signs of a "dangerous trend". The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said it has analysed real-time air …
The latest Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) analysis shows the National Capital Region has witnessed a substantial ozone build-up this summer. The finding, which is based on ozone data collected from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee, the Central Pollution Control Board and the India Meteorological Department between February to …
Smaller cities have been innovative and "more successful" in implementing waste segregation at source methodology compared to the bigger ones, a green body today said, as it awarded a small town in Maharashtra for its eco-friendly initiatives. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been working with cities to …
GURUGRAM: Of nearly 930 tonnes of trash produced by households daily in the city, only around 20 tonnes is plastic waste, says a private agency hired by MCG for keeping Gurugram clean. However, experts not only rejected the agency’s claim but also questioned the method used to arrive at such …
On a three-lane road, you get two lanes to drive on and on a 2-lane road, you get 1. A huge demand-supply mismatch means roadsides all over the city have fallen to illegal parking There are only four government-run parking facilities in a city where around one-third of the 20 …
GURUGRAM: The city was NCR’s most polluted place on Thursday for the third time in a month with an air quality index (AQI) of 246. Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad reported ‘poor’ AQI at 203, 212 and 216, respectively, while Faridabad reported ‘moderate’ AQI at 162. On Thursday, the highest level …
GURUGRAM: Air quality has entered the ‘very poor’ level in Gurugram in the last 48 hours, as wind speed increased due to dust storm conditions in neighbouring areas. While the highest level of PM2.5 was 191 µg/m³ on Thursday, it was 208 µg/m³ on Wednesday. This compared to highs of …
In a city that sees rising pollution levels every year, officials estimate that CNG cremations cause significantly less pollution and are cheaper. Six years after it was constructed by the civic body at a cost of Rs 86 lakh, Gurgaon’s only CNG crematorium lies unused with not a single body …
GURUGRAM: The city’s average annual pollution level has been increasing steadily over the past three years. If this trend continues, it won’t be long before the city climbs higher than the 11th spot it currently finds itself in on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) index of the 15 most polluted …
GURUGRAM: Come June 15, all dark roads, which have for long been a bane for the city, will have LED street lights as part of a long-awaited project. If MCG officials are to be believed, already 10,000 LED street lights have been installed in wards 1, 5, 33, 34 and …
GURUGRAM: The air quality in the city deteriorated as the PM2.5 level increased three times on Thursday as compared to Wednesday. Track the pollution level in your city The highest level of PM2.5 was recorded at 209 micrograms per cubic metre on Thursday as compared to 70 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, …
GURUGRAM: The resident welfare association (RWA) of Pocket E, Sector 21 has moved National Green Tribunal (NGT) against South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) for “illegal, unlawful and unauthorised dumping of garbage” outside boundary wall of the sector, which is on the Gurugram-Delhi border near Bijwasan. The petition, filed by Citizen …
GURUGRAM: Almost a year after National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the department of urban local bodies (ULB) to come up with a “green” plan for the city, MCG has started work on it. MCG commissioner Yashpal Yadav told TOI Gurugram Green Plan will be ready by next week. “We’ll be …
After it fails to file response over e-way The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a cost of Rs. 30,000 on the Haryana government after it failed to file a response to a plea opposing diversion of a 12-km stretch on the Gurgaon-Manesar Expressway. Noting that the State government had …
GURUGRAM: Gurugram became the most polluted city in Delhi and NCR on Wednesday as the PM2.5 concentration spiked to 200 per cent within 48 hours. The highest level of PM2.5 was 63 micrograms per cubic metre on Monday but it increased to 216 (over three times higher than safe limits) …
GURUGRAM: The women in uniform appear invincible to us but when it comes to their overall health, they are no different from any other working woman. A health check-up campaign by Fortis hospital for female cops in Gurugram has revealed that they suffer from various deficiencies and lifestyle health issues. …
