After China, India's air quality on US check list
Plans To Monitor Other Asian Capitals Too. Forget end use of nuclear fuel, supercomputers, and other frontier science, high-tech stuff that Washington has wanted to review in India for years. Even...
View ArticleInquiry into fast water meters may be revived
With an Aam Aadmi Party government having taken over in Delhi, resident welfare associations want it to initiate an inquiry into the new magnetic water meters that Delhi Jal Board has been in the process
View ArticleMinistry asks Delhi govt. for plan on pollution
The Union Environment Ministry has asked the Delhi government to prepare both long-term and short-term plans to tackle air pollution in the Capital following severe criticism on the worsening air quality.
View ArticleGovernment to ask Delhi to prepare master plan to check pollution
Concerned over rising pollution in the national capital, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said the ministry will ask the AAP government to prepare a master plan to deal with the problem
View ArticleWater supply: Governemnt to take up issue with Delhi Jal Board
The newly-elected AAP government is in the process of taking up the issue of no supply of the Delhi Jal Board’s drinking water to the Red Fort since January last year. The officials responsible for the
View Article84 fresh cases of swine flu in Delhi
The Capital on Sunday reported 84 fresh cases of swine flu taking the total number of cases this year to 2,241. According to the Health Department of the Delhi Government, on Sunday , 530 tests were
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding rainwater harvesting systems...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vinod Kumar Jain Vs. NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 23/02/2015 regarding rainwater harvesting systems to be made mandatory
View ArticleVintage cars can't ply on city roads: Green tribunal
This may come as a blow to collectors of vintage cars. The National Green Tribunal, which had recently banned vehicles older than 15 years from Delhi streets, has now said that even vintage cars fall...
View ArticleInspect flyovers for installation of rainwater harvesting: NGT
The National Green Tribunal today directed the city government and other authorities concerned to inspect all the 13 flyovers in the city and apprise it of the possibility of installing rainwater...
View ArticleDwarka water plant likely to open on March 1
On March 1, Manish Sisodia is expected to inaugurate the Dwarka water treatment plant which will greatly ease the situation in Dwarka, Najafgarh and neighbouring areas when it becomes operational....
View ArticleFinal report on air quality status in the National Capital Region
Final report on air quality status in the National Capital Region as per Hon’ble National Green Tribunal order in the application No. 21 of 2014 (In the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India).
View ArticleGovt directs schools to issue swine flu advisory
With the number of reported swine flu cases in the city crossing the 2,000 mark, schools and universities in the capital have finally sounded the alert on the H1N1 virus. The Directorate of Education...
View ArticleEU asks its diplomats to install air purifiers at homes, offices in Delhi
Concerned over high pollution level in the capital, European Union has directed its diplomats here to soon install air purifiers in their offices and residences. Ambassador and head of delegation of the
View Article‘Delhiites breathing highly-polluted air’
Delhi’s air is the worst among various cities in the National Capital Region and places located in Rajasthan. A Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report on analysis of ambient air quality, submitted
View ArticleCourt pulls up Centre, State on steps taken to control swine flu
With cases of swine flu registering an increase in the Capital, the Delhi Government and the Union Government will submit their response within a week to the High Court here on the steps being taken to
View ArticleWater scheme to benefit 18 lakh households
The Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi Government on Tuesday announced 20,000 litres of water free of cost to every household per month in the national Capital. However, water tariff will be charged if the...
View ArticleHigh Court reserves order on plea to ban junk food
The Delhi high court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea seeking an immediate ban on junk food and carbonated drinks in all unaided and private schools after the amicus curiae strongly advocated
View ArticleGovernment misleading farmers: Anna Hazare
Leading the farmers’ protest on the third consecutive day, against land acquisition Act, social activist Anna Hazare said that the government is misleading farmers by saying that the new law is more...
View ArticleKejri 'promises' to shut Okhla waste plant
Residents of Okhla's Sukhdev Vihar are celebrating an imminent victory over a `polluting' waste-to-energy plant in their neighbourhood. Several of them led by an Aam Aadmi Party worker met chief minister
View Article27% of govt schools without DJB water: RTI
Over a quarter of Delhi’s government schools are functioning without a water connection. Of the 798 that bothered to respond to a query filed under RTI by a Delhi NGO, 220—27.5%—reported they don’t have
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