Capital city dotted with garbage needs to start waste segregation soon
Delhi government and the BJP-run municipal corporations have so far failed miserably at making a garbage-free city Heaps of garbage piled up on the side of the road and fires from landfills polluting
View ArticlePanel trying to ‘mislead’ NGT over damage: AoL
The case relates to the AoL holding a cultural extravaganza called the World Culture Festival from March 11-13 last year. New Delhi: The Art of Living (AoL) on Monday challenged the report on the damage
View ArticleGarbage burning, construction dust: Rs 2 crore collected so far this year as...
Over 1,100 challans have been issued for solid waste and garbage burning, of which 573 were in the corporation’s central zone, fetching over Rs 63 lakh as fines. In a bid to curb pollution in areas
View ArticleRun chikungunya campaign like Swachh Bharat, says HC
Court was hearing PILs seeking direction to prevent vector-borne diseases The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Aam Aadmi Party government should run awareness programmes on dengue and chikungunya
View ArticleDelhi Govt. all set to deal with Dengue, says Satyendra
Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Tuesday asserted that the Delhi Government is all set to deal with vector-borne disease Dengue this year and none of the patients would have to deal with the issues
View ArticleCorporations misled us on steps taken to fight dengue: Delhi HC
NEW DELHI: Shocked at the "complete apathy" in removing garbage from residential areas, the Delhi high court on Wednesday cracked the whip on civic agencies. In a specially convened hearing, a bench
View ArticleNGT seeks report on illegal industries sealed in Delhi
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday asked officials to apprise it about the illegal industries that were sealed in Prahladpur Bangar area of north-west Delhi for causing pollution. The tribunal
View ArticleStates notifying building bye-laws: NGT seeks MoEF's reply
The National Green Tribunal has sought the Centre's response on a plea challenging the recent decision of three states to notify their amended building bye-laws in pursuance of the EIA notification.
View ArticlePalam 47°C: Delhi's hottest day in 2 yrs
Hot loo winds sweeping in from Rajasthan scorched Delhi-NCR on Sunday , sending the mercury shooting up to a blistering 47 degrees Celsius at Palam. Delhi's main weather station, Safdarjung, touched 44.6
View ArticleWhat Delhi must do to gain ground on water harvesting
NEW DELHI: With temperatures soaring, the city is ever so eager in its wait for the monsoon. However, areas that have "over-exploited" groundwater are hardly prepared to catch the rainwater, except the
View ArticleAir quality worsens in Delhi, Ozone level 3.4 times above normal: CSE Study
Already dealing with the high particulate matters in the air, the national capital this summer has witnessed an alarming build-up of ozone, a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study said on...
View Article‘Indians can take lead in fighting global warming’
Gurgaon: It may be in the news for the wrong reasons, but climate change is a topic whose urgency increases with every passing day, week and month. Last week, the Sehgal Foundation, a city-based NGO,
View ArticleDelhi breathed easier from Jan to Apr
But Even Though PM 2.5 Level Fell, It Only Meant Delhi's Air Was Less Dirty, Not Clean Good weather and steps to control air pollution helped Delhi breathe easier through the JanuaryApril period this
View ArticleWorld Environment Day: UberPool curbed 2,203,000 kg CO2 emissions in Delhi
As part of its contribution to World Environment Day, ride-hailing app Uber has released a ‘Green Index’, which showed that with the launch of uberPOOL, it has effectively managed to reduce congestion
View ArticleWorld Environment Day 2017: Save Yourself From The Hazards Of Air Pollution
Deadly ozone has raised its ugly head in Delhi and NCR and without a time bound implementation strategy and preventive action this can deepen into a serious public health crisis. Already dealing with
View ArticleHouse on wheels sets off to tell India solar power has arrived
A small house on wheels with all the electrical appliances used in a typical household — but all powered by rooftop solar panels and within approachable budget — the Solar Comet was flagged off on the
View ArticlePower demand in Delhi soars to all-India high
The soaring mercury level has pushed Delhi's power demand to an all-time high. The capital's peak consumption demand at 3.06pm on Monday touched 6,361MW, the highest ever recorded in any city of India.
View ArticleDengue, malaria on the rise in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Cases of dengue continue to increase in spite of high temperature. In the past week, municipal corporation report shows that 21cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported in the...
View ArticleHawa Badlo Delhi, GAIL hosts free car pollution check-up camp on World...
GAIL (India) Limited, in line with their commitment aimed to change the air quality level with collective societal effort, hosted free car pollution check-up camp on the occasion of World Environment Day.
View ArticleLED boards set up at five spots to display air quality index
The Air Quality Index is calculated with the help of a calculator developed by the Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi. LED boards have been set up at five busy locations in the city that would
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