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 administration may have rolled out several proposals to combat air pollution in the city, but on ground, most of these still remain on paper. This, in a city whose air quality remains in the 'poor' category for 80% of the year, with the situation worsening after Diwali. The …
GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) and MCG have penalised as many as 10 builders with projects on Golf Course Road and Golf Course Extension Road for violating construction norms in the the last three days. Residents, however, continue to file complaints against developers operating in these areas. With …
GURUGRAM: The Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) has declared new timings for schools after air quality index (AQI) and particulate matter (PM) levels hit the 'very poor' level . The move was triggered after government school teachers unanimously wrote a letter to the director of the state elementary education …
GURGAON: With the PM2.5 level remaining at 'very poor' over the past six days, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has asked all departments to file an action-taken report on implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). GRAP is to be implemented in the city once the pollution level …
GURUGRAM: Five new cases of dengue have been reported in the city in the past two days. The health department has been put on alert mode to deal with the situation, and intense fogging has been ordered in the district. On Tuesday, two new cases and on Wednesday, three new …
GURUGRAM: The city has got four new ambient air quality monitoring stations. These machines were installed in DLF phases 1, 3, 4 and 5 on Monday for real-time monitoring of pollution in these areas — all thanks to a corporate initiative. Till now, there was only one pollution measuring station …
GURUGRAM: Ahead of Diwali, Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) is going to install three noise measuring meters and an as-yet-undecided number of digital displays of air pollution data in the city. According to HSPCB officials, the noise meters will be installed at Atul Kataria Chowk, IMT Manesar and the …
GURGAON: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Huda, department of town and country planning (DTCP) and central groundwater authority (CGWA) to submit a detailed report on presence of illegal borewells in Sushant Lok 2 and 3, the source of water supply to the condominiums and their total consumption of …
According to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board on Sunday, Gurgaon was ranked the most polluted city. Keeping Diwali in mind, which might make the air quality even worse, the Gurgaon administration has proposed to keep the odd-even scheme as an option to reduce air pollution in the …
GURUGRAM: Gurgaon was the most polluted city in the country on Sunday, with its Air Quality Index (AQI) touching the 274 mark (considered 'poor'). In contrast, Delhi's AQI was a 'moderate' 196. PM2.5 levels were reported between 112.78 to 118.90 micrograms per cubic metre (g/m³) in Gurgaon on Sunday, while …
GURGAON: Environmentalists have flagged a new dumpsite that is polluting the Aravalis and has already consumed two acres of the seasonal Ghata lake near the Gurgaon-Faridabad border. But it's the response of MCG -Gurgaon's municipal body with jurisdiction over the area -that has caused greater alarm than this burgeoning wasteland. …
Gurgaon: Civil society members, civic authorities and private sector biggies have joined hands to do "something different" to inculcate better waste management practices among residents to achieve what now seems like a distant dream — a Gurgaon that is free of garbage littered on roadsides and on vacant plots. On …
GURUGRAM: A new report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), submitted to the Haryana government in July this year, has raised alarm bells about Gurgaon's looming sewage crisis. The CSE, in its report 'Gurugram, a framework for sustainable development', states the city generates about 225 million litres per day …
GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has penalised 46 private developers and collected fines of over Rs 99 lakh in the last one year for violating dust pollution norms, states an RTI response. While over 20 builders were fined over Rs 2 lakh each, the remaining had to pay …
GURUGRAM: While air pollution levels were low for a change in Gurgaon during the past week, levels of PM2.5 again increased on Thursday, making Gurgaon the second most polluted city in the country. The highest level of PM2.5 was 89.90 micrograms per cubic metre at 7.30pm. The city's air quality …
Gurgaon: The number of deaths from respiratory ailments being reported by hospitals in Gurgaon is rising year-on-year with the city's consistently high levels of air pollution seen as the exacerbating factor, according to medical practitioners. According to the data collected by TOI, 2,500 people admitted to five leading private hospitals …
GURUGRAM: An advisory has been issued on Monday by the state health department following a rise in the swine flu cases in other parts of the country. The advisory instructs all hospitals to take immediate action when a patient is suspected of being infected with swine flu. In Gurgaon, 37 …
GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has collected a penalty of Rs 1.5 crore from developers operating in NCR cities of Haryana for violating construction and dust pollution norms in the past one year. According to HSPCB officials, regular inspections and rising awareness among public, of reporting dust pollution …
What captures the eye as you enter Gurgaon? Highrise buildings and malls, but cramped urban spaces. Gurgaon is one of Haryana's largest urban centres today and its population could hit 4.3 million by 2020. It has seen India's third largest jump in per capita incomes, and contributes 48% of Haryana's …
Gurugram has the highest per capita car ownership, almost three times that of Delhi that was earlier regarded as the car capital of the country. In addition, Gurugram also registers 50,000 motor vehicles every year. Therefore, it wasn't surprising that in February this year the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), …
