Dengue checkers: Domestic Breeding Checkers work without salaries in...
Pesticides In March around 3,500 domestic breeding checkers sat on strike With the onset of summers and the impending monsoons, the outbreak of vector-borne diseases such as dengue is imminent.
View ArticleRaipur emerges successful at countering pollution unlike Delhi
The far-reaching efforts were simultaneously directed to prevent pollutants coming from vehicular sources, construction activities, burning crop residue and biomass. RAIPUR:Three years after Chhattisgarh
View ArticleEnforce rules to eliminate single-use carry bags: Centre to states
NEW DELHI: Being the global host of this year's World Environment Day (June 5) with 'Beat Plastic Pollution' as its theme, the Centre has written to all states and Union Territories (UTs) to undertake
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding construction of International...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/05/2018 regarding construction of International Craft Complex in...
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding utilization of land for the...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/05/2018 regarding utilization of land for the widening of National Highway
View ArticleDelhi Jal Board approves Rs. 5,137-crore budget
Plans to lay new water lines in Mundka constituency A budget of Rs. 5,137 crore for 2018-19 was approved by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also
View ArticleStorm over a storm: Govt, Metro issue advisories
NEW DELHI: With a number of government and local authorities issuing advisories and warnings over the weather conditions forecast for Tuesday, the regional Met office has asked people not to panic and
View ArticleCrackdown on loud motorcycle exhausts, pressure horns in the offing
The government will urge enforcement agencies to crackdown on vehicles using spurious, sometimes illegal parts such as modified exhausts in motorcycles and pressure horns, which cause nuisance on the...
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding unauthorised constructions in...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/05/2018 regarding unauthorised constructions in Delhi and its effect on groundwater. Central
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding sealing drive in Delhi against...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/05/2018 regarding sealing drive in Delhi against unauthorised constructions. Report No. 118 of
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding garbage being set on fire...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India dated 08/05/2018 regarding garbage being set on fire leading to air pollution, Janakpuri, Delhi, 08/05/2018.
View Article90% of Delhi in critical zone as groundwater level dips
NEW DELHI: The capital, already facing a severe drinking water shortage, is heading towards a more serious situation as the level of groundwater, continuously depleting in the last two decades, has...
View ArticleSurvey finds 47 per cent slum dwellers overweight
This is also an alarm bell as about half of the surveyed population was young (between the ages of 25 to 44 years only) Nearly half of a group of healthy individuals living in a Delhi slum were found
View ArticleGroundwater situation in Delhi semi-critical: Supreme Court
A bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta, which perused a report of the Central Ground Water Board on the status of groundwater level in Delhi from May 2000 to May 2017, said it...
View ArticleDelhi: 730 borewells sealed, thousands to go still
NEW DELHI: With the latest Central Ground Water Board reporting a fast depleting water table in Delhi, the focus is on the thousands of illegal borewells that are draining the aquifers. After repeated
View Article2 years on, rain centres run dry as city fails to harvest gains
NEW DELHI: To popularise the idea of rainwater harvesting, Delhi Jal Board, in association with an NGO, opened three “rain centres” two years ago. Today, after a promising beginning and at a time when
View ArticleSC asks EPCA to examine proposal
Fund utilisation from ECC to buy e-buses The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) to examine the Delhi government’s proposal for using part of the ₹999.25
View ArticleClimate change: Delhi government to prepare road map
Worried over the change in climatic conditions and its impact on the health of residents, the Delhi government's health department is preparing a road map on how to deal with the seasonal changes in the
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India regarding use of Delhi Ridge land for the...
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others In Re: National Highways Authority of India regarding use of Delhi Ridge land
View ArticleImplement clean air programme in Delhi first: SC
Comprehensive action plan to be notified in its entirety within 4 weeks, says Additional Solicitor General The Supreme Court asked the government on Thursday to consider implementing the National Clean
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