The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
In the forest on both sides of Tughlaqabad Fort’s southern outer wall, a lake has slowly materialised over the past two years. Leafless tree-trunks jut out at odd angles from the poisonous water. Sludge and plastic bags gather at its banks. A team from the Ministry of Environment and Forest …
The task of getting approvals from different civic agencies for buildings is likely to get easier with new and dynamic building bye-laws in the offing. The Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday organised a workshop where experts, architects, consultants, and citizen bodies gave …
The Capital’s garbage problem has caught the attention of the Centre, which has ordered the municipal corporations and the Delhi Development Authority to set up waste processing units. According to sources, Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung told Delhi’s municipal commissioners on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked the authorities to …
A two-km long, 300-metre wide and nearly 10-metre deep “artificial lake” has been created in Tughlaqabad due to polluted water collecting in the low-lying area behind the Tughlaqabad Fort, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday. Appearing before the court of Justice Badar …
It Registers 1,200 Cars Daily But Added Only 2,500 Parking Slots In 10 Years It’s a city dependent on private transport—about 1,200 cars are registered here every day—but civic infrastructure has not kept pace with the number of vehicles. Of the 41 multilevel parking projects conceived by the erstwhile Municipal …
Morning walkers in Civil Lines area, north Delhi, have taken objection to a unique plantation method by scientists that involves pruning of invasive species to make sunlight available for native species in Kamla Nehru Ridge. They have alleged that noted ecologist professor C R Babu is cutting down trees, bushes …
The Delhi government has embarked on an ambitious project to rejuvenate the Yamuna with an aim to rid the river of pollutants, stop discharge of all sorts of effluents into it and making its river-front beautiful as well as environment friendly. The "Rejuvenation of River Yamuna" project is being implemented …
Netherlands to provide assistance for developing a ‘socially conscious’ river-front With an aim to rid the Yamuna of pollutants and to end the discharge of effluents into it, the Delhi Government has embarked on an ambitious project to rejuvenate the river that runs through the Capital city. The "Rejuvenation of …
In exercise of powers conferred by Section 57 of the Delhi Development Act, 1957, the Delhi Development Authority with the previous approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the following regulations in pursuance to Notification No. S.O. 2894(E) dated 23rd September, 2013. These regulations shall be called Regulations for Incentivizing …
High charges may be levied in congested areas to end parking mess An end to Delhi’s parking mess may finally be in sight with officials in the municipal corporations coming up with innovative solutions, including high charges in congested areas and involving locals in decision making. Though officers have proposed …
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to monitor the supply of water to Dwarka sub-city by installing flow meters in the command tanks, which get water from tube wells. The Court was informed that water supply in the area had not improved despite the …
In a bid to move two municipal wards out of the ecologically sensitive Yamuna river zone and include them in an urban zone, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Wednesday decided to file a plea with the National Green Tribunal. It will move an internal order from the LG to …
Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday directed the Delhi Development Authority to chart the draft regulations and layout plan for green buildings as proposed in the Master Plan, 2021. Various incentives like property tax rebate, increased floor area ratio are also being considered for such constructions. A meeting was held …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday expanded the scope of two related cases on the Yamuna riverfront development project and natural drains leading into the river. This was done so that Yamuna's problems can be addressed holistically. This also means Delhiites can look forward to a riverfront that is left …
As Dwarka sub-city continues to battle chronic water shortage, there are two things that the residents can certainly be proud of – the two revived water bodies at Sector 20 and Sector 23. The two water bodies have been brought to life by the concerted efforts of Environmentalist Diwan Singh, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aditya N. Prasad Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 26/08/2014 regarding deconcretization of trees, Delhi.
A solution to the waterlogging problem in Delhi is still years away with the Delhi government informing the High Court on Wednesday that a study on problems with the capital’s drainage system was likely to take 18 more months to conclude. “We will issue appropriate directions,” the court of Chief …
High iron railings on the central verge forcing the pedestrians to use the foot over-bridge (FOB), which is equipped with escalators on either side, seems to have made the FOB outside the Kashmere Gate Inter-State Bus Terminal one of the few pedestrian facilities in the Capital which are serving the …
The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the environment ministry to collect samples of "contaminated" water in a green forest area in Tughlakabad over a plea alleging that birds and animals were dying because of poisonous and polluted water released from illegal factories. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and …
Dwarka residents can look forward to some relief from water woes, with the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directing the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to commission 10 borewells in the area by September 10. The DDA has constructed 16 borewells in Dwarka, but only six have been made functional so …
