Delhi world’s most polluted capital: Report
NEW DELHI: Delhi is the most polluted capital in the world, while Gurgaon is the most polluted city, revealed a Greenpeace report. According to the latest data compiled in the IQAir AirVisual 2018 World
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of elevated road...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs Union of India dated 01/03/2019. This application seeks to permit construction of elevated road along the right bank (on the extreme
View ArticleDelhi: Air quality improves a little, in moderate zone
NEW DELHI: Delhi's air improved to 'moderate' on Tuesday as the AQI clocked 140, an improvement from Monday's reading of 'poor' at 234. According to SAFAR, overall air quality over Delhi is in the...
View ArticleFormulation of 'green crackers' finalised, SC told
NEW DELHI: The chemical formulation of 'green crackers' has now been finalised and its bulk manufacturing could start from May after getting approval from government agency. This comes almost four months
View ArticleNorth and South Corporations slip in cleanliness rankings
East Delhi Municipal Corporation improves position in Swachh Survekshan 2019 Results of the Swachh Survekshan 2019 released on Tuesday threw up a mixed bag for Delhi with the South Delhi Municipal...
View ArticleState govts fail to deposit performance guarantee
A Yamuna monitoring committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has informed the green panel that the State governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have failed to deposit the...
View ArticleDelhi: Air quality improves to 'moderate' after light rain,...
Following light rain and thunderstorm, the air pollution level in the national capital settled in the 'Moderate' category on Sunday. The Air Quality Index was docking at 152 at 8:00 am in the morning.
View ArticleSouth Delhi Corporation to rope in traders’ bodies to manage parking at major...
NEW DELHI: South Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to rope in local traders’ associations for operating parking lots at all prominent markets in south Delhi. The move comes after the successful...
View ArticleIIT Delhi To Propose Measures To Control Air Pollution In City To Centre
Several initiatives are taken to deal with the problem of air pollution, including ban on construction activities, burning of crackers, restriction of outdoor activities in schools, Mukesh Khare,...
View ArticleNGT raps AAP government over ridge demarcation, seeks proper map
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Monday rapped the Delhi government over improper depiction of encroachments on forest land in Southern Ridge and sought a proper map giving complete detail.
View ArticleNot much has changed as Capital continues to face pollution woes
NGT pulls up Delhi govt over ‘unsatisfactory’ progress in curbing pollution The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday pulled up the Delhi government over “unsatisfactory” progress in terms of curbing
View ArticleSolid waste: NGT tells government to get cracking
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Monday expressed concern over the unsatisfactory implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The green court said it was extremely dissatisfied with
View ArticleDiscom to set up four solar microgrids in east Delhi
NEW DELHI: Power distribution company BSES Yamuna has launched a pilot project to establish solar microgrids, becoming one of the first discoms in the country to do so in an urban setting. A similar...
View ArticleDelhi’s green cover is on the rise, but it’s not all good news
While the forest cover in the NCT of Delhi rose from 188.7 sq km in 2015 to 192. 4 sq km in 2017, two out of three categories of forests that constitute forest cover, namely Very Dense Forests and...
View ArticleEDMC writes to DDA over landfill site
The East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) wrote to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday, calling upon it to allot plots of land at Sonia Vihar and Ghonda Gujran to the corporation to be used
View ArticleNGT directs Inland Container Depot at Tughlakabad to phase out diesel...
Noting that Inland Container Depot at Tughlakabad (ICD/TK) here is causing air pollution, the National Green Tribunal has directed it to phase out diesel vehicles within six months and asked it submit
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding high level of noise pollution,...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhand Bharat Morcha Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/03/2019. The issue for consideration is the action against high level of noise pollution
View ArticleDelhi corporations to reserve 5% of space for women in its 251 parking...
NEW DELHI: With over 1 crore registered vehicles, finding a legitimate parking slot in Delhi is a daunting task. To ease citizens’ woes, the corporations have now proposed to reserve space for women and
View ArticleGreen Court Asks Pollution Control Board To Prepare Noise Pollution Maps
The green panel said the absence of implementation of noise pollution norms affects health of citizens, especially infants and senior citizens. The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central...
View ArticleAfter tax sops, 14,000 vehicles tag along
NEW DELHI: Incentivising RFID tags has finally started reaping dividends. Data released by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation — the nodal agency for toll collection among civic bodies — shows that...
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