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 …
The city was blanketed in thick smog on a grey, brooding Wednesday that saw pollution levels reach nearly 14 times the safe standard. An overcast sky added to the general gloominess with visibility so poor that it completely engulfed the city's impressive skyline and buildings as little as 200 metres …
GURGAON: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) on Thursday launched a no-plastic and no-cracker campaign to tackle air pollution this Diwali. The move came after a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) study claimed that Faridabad, Gurgaon and Delhi witnessed the worst pollution levels on Dusshera and had an air …
The ritual of marking the victory of good over evil — burning Ravana effigies — had quite the opposite effect on air quality in Delhi-NCR, with the national capital, Gurgaon and Faridabad among the five most polluted cities in the country on Dussehra, according to data on 25 cities released …
Farmers found burning stubble this season will have to pay a heavy price for flouting the law. In a major development, the pollution control board has announced a penalty of up to Rs 15,000 on violators in an attempt to keep the pollution levels within permissible limits in Gurgaon. The …
GURGAOn: Amid fears that relaxation of environment pollution norms by the government to promote industrial units has led to an increase in pollution levels in the city, an RTI reply by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has revealed that no closure notice has been issued on any polluting …
Gurgaon: Eight months since its official launch in Gurgaon, only 11 net meters installed across the city are connected to the grid and are functioning, even as 54 applications continue to await approval. On being probed, the Haryana Renewal Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) officials blamed the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran …
Gurgaon: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has issued notices to manufacturing units of polythene carry bags to increase the thickness of these bags and adhere with other provisions of the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) rules or face closure. The notice makes it mandatory for all polythene manufacturing units …
Gurgaon: Six more chikungunya and three more dengue cases have been reported in the city. Till now, 19 cases of chikungunya and 44 of dengue have been confirmed in the city. Some doctors feel there is a need to increase the number of beds in Civil Hospital, as number of …
Gurgaon: Even a month after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) to compile and submit a report on steps being taken to control dust pollution, the civic agencies — MCG and Huda — have failed to provide any details to the board yet. …
GURGAON: Of the 36 dengue cases that have been reported in the city so far, over 40% patients are from DLF and surrounding areas, while 10% are from high-end condominiums. Expressing a concern over the rising number of cases from posh areas, Chief Medical Officer, Gurgaon, Dr Ramesh Dhankar said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nida Doon Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 06/09/2016 regarding felling of 158 trees from Sectors 17 and 18 of the divided road of Gurgaon, Haryana. National Green Tribunal directs that felling/cutting of the trees shall be preceded by …
Top officials of the forest department inspected the closed Bandhwari waste treatment plant (WTP) and its adjoining forest area, following complaints by environmentalists and residents that leachate from the WTP and its landfill site in the Aravalis flows out continuously, which may soon pollute groundwater of South Delhi, Gurgaon and …
Gurgaon: The city witnessed a sudden rise in dengue cases with eight cases being reported in the last one week of which six were detected in the last 48 hours. This has taken the total number of cases to 28 till now. While four cases have been reported from Wazirabad …
For real-time monitoring of ambient air quality, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) will soon set up one new monitoring station each in nine cities - Gurgaon, Panipat, Sonepat, Dharuhera, Bahadurgarh, Karnal, Kaithal, Yamunanagar and Faridabad. Currently, there is only one pollution measuring station in Gurgaon, which is why …
Gurgaon: Seven new dengue cases were reported in the city on Thursday, taking the total number to 16 in this season. Of the seven cases, two are from the upscale DLF area. In fact, a 21-year-old youth and a 30-year-old man in DLF Phase III were found to be suffering …
Gurgaon: Environmentalists have warned the state government against going ahead with its plan to dig an artificial lake in Sector 72A and stop concretising drains to better equip the city in dealing with heavy rain. Deconstructing the government's argument that an artificial lake would both hold rainwater and recharge groundwater, …
Gurgaon: Two more cases of dengue have been reported in last week, taking the total number of patients to nine since June. The situation is slightly better than last year when in the same period 12 cases were reported. While 21-year-old Shweta from Sector 31 was admitted to a private …
The state government is mulling a comprehensive plan on Delhi’s pattern to relocate thousands of units operating from residential areas across the state to the industrial areas. The Local Bodies Department has issued a notification asking 98 types of ‘dangerous and hazardous industries causing pollution’ (red category) units to shift …
Solar energy developer Azure Power has tied up with DLF to set up solar projects on rooftops of the builder's properties, mainly in Gurgaon, where the first smart grid is coming up. The green energy developer is aiming at commissioned capacity of more than 1,000 mw spread across 15 states …
Gurgaon: The health department and MCG have initiated a fumigation exercise in DLF phases 1-5 and on condominiums on Golf Course Road, after a number of dengue cases were reported from these areas. The authorities have deployed a special fogging machine that can help workers reach a much larger area …
