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 …
After repeated complaints by the three Municipal Corporations about the absence of any new sanitary landfill site besides the existing ones which have been exhausted, some good news for them is in sight. The South, North and East Delhi Municipal Corporations have been offered a list of 10 possible sanitary …
New Delhi: The court deadline for restoration of Neela Hauz expired on February 28 but civic agencies have not been able to stop the flow of sewage into the water body. In the last meeting, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) complained that a newly constructed municipal drain was flowing into its …
Terming the affidavits “entirely incorrect”, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has once again instructed the heads of various authorities in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to file comprehensive affidavits within six weeks on the extent of debris deposited on the banks of the Yamuna. Last month, the Tribunal had granted a …
The Delhi government has until July 5 to cease the inter-governmental "ping-pong" and establish how to identify where to dump the Capital's abundance of solid waste, according to an order by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday. Justice G S Sistani was presiding over a 13-year-old case about why the …
New Delhi: Upset with the delay in identification of alternative landfill sites for disposal of municipal solid waste, the Delhi high court set up a panel on Tuesday to comeup with a solution. Justice G S Sistani frowned at the lack of coordination among the Delhi DevelopmentAuthority, municipal corporations and …
Noida: Acting upon allegations of rampant encroachment of the Yamuna riverbanks, the National Green Tribunal on Monday imposed a ban on all construction activities — whether temporary or permanent — on the floodplain zone in UP, Delhi and Haryana. The tribunal has also directed the three states to take steps …
Agency responsible for regularisation of farmhouses, civic amenities. Twenty-six villages identified as 'low density residential areas' under the farmhouse policy have been declared development areas by the Delhi Development Authority. A resolution in this regard was passed at a DDA meeting on Wednesday. This also means that the DDA will …
To prevent serious injury from being caused to environment and humans, national green tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday banned burning of plastics, tyres, wires or any such materials in the scrap market of Mayapuri here. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed that no one in the …
It's a chicken-and-egg situation. In the absence of a good public transport system, the city is dependent on private transport. The number of vehicles is steadily increasing as close to 1200 cars are registered in Delhi every day. But the civic infrastructure has not kept pace with this trend. Of …
The National Green Tribunal has granted “one final opportunity” to authorities in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the Delhi Development Authority, to file comprehensive affidavits on the extent of debris deposited on the banks of the Yamuna. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given "one last opportunity" to authorities in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including DMRC, to come clean as to who is dumping rubble in the river Yamuna. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar observed that the affidavits filed by the authorities of the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served notices to 14 authorities directing them to remove all boards, nails and advertisements from trees falling under their jurisdictions and has directed the authorities to de-concretise the trees. Following a petition filed by Aditya N. Prasad and others, the Tribunal issued notices to …
The Delhi Development Authority’s public notice announcing its intention to excise 61.59 acres from the Zone O (River Zone) and include it in Zone D has drawn sharp criticism from environmentalists and river conservationists. Reacting to the DDA’s public notice that appeared on Wednesday and proposes to change land use …
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is looking to redefine "Zone O", under which falls the Yamuna riverbed, so that colonies like Sonia Vihar and Jaitpur, which have come up on the floodplains, can be excluded from the zone and regularised. This exercise has been undertaken after directions from L-G's office. …
The Delhi Government in a Cabinet meeting today decided to approach the Union Government for getting land free of charge for public projects. “The Cabinet took note of the difficulties being faced by the city government in securing land from the DDA for discharging its legitimate duties and setting up …
Complaining about multiple civic agencies’ failure to keep a portion of the Mehrauli Archaeological Park clean, some residents of Ward 7 in Mehrauli sat on a dharna outside their apartment complex on Sunday. A part of the park -- which boasts monuments like the ruins of the tomb of the …
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments have said that they will remove all debris and solid waste from the Yamuna river bed by May 31. All the land-owning agencies which have a stake in the riverbanks will have to ensure that the work is completed and no further dumping …
In a bid to save river Yamuna, which is being choked by the debris indiscriminately dumped on its banks, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has demanded information on the quantity and quality of debris being generated by the NCT of Delhi every day. The order on Thursday comes in a …
The land pooling policy, which envisages voluntary assembly of land by owners, and a policy pertaining to development control norms for new farmhouses in the city is expected to be tabled before the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for clearance on Friday. This unscheduled meeting, to be held in the L-G's …
