Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday invited tenders for two 'green' electrical receiving substations in the city to cater to the energy needs of the upcoming Noida-Greater Noida Metro corridor. To be built at sectors 83 and 153, the two substations will have a series of eco-friendly features, like …
The National Green Tribunal today slapped a total fine of Rs nine lakh on three five-star hotels here after it found "unsatisfactory" rain water harvesting systems in their premises. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, passed the orders after noting that these hotels had not bothered to …
The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to come up with an action plan to deal with air pollution in the Capital, while expressing concern over the “bureaucratic apathy” on the issue and the worsening situation caused by unchecked felling of trees. A Division Bench of the High …
Where would you like to live, in Atlanta or Barcelona? While they have similar levels of wealth and population, Atlanta is about 26 times larger and has many more traffic deaths and higher air pollution. Madhav Pai, director of WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities, summed up the essence of …
Over one lakh trees were cut during 2006-2014 to make way for Delhi Metro and PWD projects, bringing down the city's green cover to 10% from the minimum desired level of 33%, a Delhi high court appointed amicus informed the court on Wednesday . Stunned by the “magnitude“ of trees …
For a pollution-free last mile connectivity to commuters, the Delhi Metro on Thursday launched the city’s “first” public bicycle sharing scheme which was inaugurated from the Saket metro station. As per the scheme, bicycle shelters are available in Neb Sarai area which is neighbouring the station at Saket from where …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been registered as the world's first transport sector project under the Programme of Activities (PoA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), enabling it to quantify climate change benefit from all Metro operations in India, a statement said today. The …
Use Commercial, Govt Property: Experts Delhi may not have made solar rooftop systems mandatory for homes and commercial buildings as Haryana has, but the city is already in gear to maximize the capital's solar output. So far, the capital has been extremely slow in installing solar rooftop projects for a …
Construction of Delhi Metro's rapidly expanding network, which has breached the 200 km milestone recently, has resulted in the felling of over 40,000 trees till date while nearly 4 lakh saplings have been planted to compensate the loss. The figures assume significance in the light of Delhi High Court's observation …
The central government may be left with no option but to introduce penal provisions, including levying congestion tax, if the traffic gridlock on roads grows further or continues like as it is now. Urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu said this on Tuesday while emphasizing the need to have an …
Show-cause notices to 15 hotels; 28 malls, builders, developers Over a dozen five-star hotels have been asked by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to explain why are they not harvesting rainwater and why should action not be taken against them. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar issued show-cause …
The National Green Tribunal today directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to file a comprehensive status report stating as to how many metro stations have installed rainwater harvesting systems. A bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, directed DMRC to file the status report within three weeks and posted the matter …
The completion of Phase III of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will make Delhi a city with one of the highest number of Metro stations anywhere in the world, said a senior DMRC official, apart from increasing the total length of its network. The Delhi Metro network will have …
Adding another accomplishment to its portfolio, the Delhi Metro has been ranked second among 18 international metro systems in terms of overall customer satisfaction in an online customer survey. More than 41,000 respondents gave their feedback worldwide in this survey conducted online through the websites and social media links of …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday issued a notice to Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) for allegedly damaging the rainwater harvesting systems of Rapid Metro in Gurgaon. The Tribunal's order came after the counsel, appearing for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC), informed the bench that its 25 rainwater …
The State Pollution Control Board (PCB) will soon launch a probe into the charges that a Kochi metro contractor discharged polymer waste into the Chambakara river. “The PCB office in Kochi has been directed to submit a preliminary inquiry report in the next couple of days,” said K. Sajeevan, PCB …
With the Kerala High Court directing Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the state government to complete the construction of Pachalam railway overbridge (ROB) within six months, local residents are hoping the district administration would complete the land acquisition process quickly. The Pachalam ROB action council welcomed the high court …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Omesh Saigal Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors dated 26/08/2014 regarding sound pollution control screen on the outer ring road between the S and N blocks of Panchsheel Park area from the Panchshila Club …
India's first-ever solar power plant at a Metro station was inaugurated today at Dwarka Sector 21 station. Inaugurated by the Union Minister of Urban Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu, the plant is the largest rooftop plant in the entire Delhi NCR region under the Renewable Energy Service (RESCO) model. The units …
Delhi Metro on Monday started operations on the largest rooftop solar plant in the city. The project, launched by urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu, is a first-of-its-kind initiative through which Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will produce power for all operations at Dwarka Sector 21 station. Naidu switched on the …
