Will check fitness of trucks, no matter what age, says Rai
While transport and truckers’ associations that met Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday rued the ten year cap imposed on diesel vehicles by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Rai on Wednesday
View ArticleCheck air inside courts, even I have fallen ill, says judge
The Delhi High Court has asked the Office of the Registrar General of the court to file a report on the air quality and the condition of the air-handling systems on the High Court premises while hearing
View ArticleDeath by Breath: NGT team checks Lotus temple for corrosion due to pollution
The local commissioners, appointed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the pollution case, inspected the Bahai temple in Southeast Delhi on Wednesday after reports that vehicular pollution from...
View ArticleRWAs want lesser traffic jams, pollution monitoring systems
Residents Welfare Associations have demanded that the Delhi Government attempt to solve problems of pollution, traffic jam, women’s security and waste management. In a letter to the government after
View ArticleFarmers denied crop insurance in Haryana
The Haryana government is yet to notify the crop insurance scheme for the 2014-15 rabi season, despite claiming itself to be a farmer-friendly government. The state had announced Rs 12,000 per acre as
View ArticleSolar plant at Delhi government school launched
The council is planning to install solar panels in 27 of its schools. As a part of its “Rooftop Solar City Project,” the New Delhi Municipal Council on Tuesday launched a 60-KW rooftop solar power plant
View ArticleAction plan prepared to monitor air quality in Delhi region'
The government has consulted states in the National Capital Region and prepared an action plan to check worsening of air quality in Delhi and around, which includes installation of ambient air quality
View ArticleFields shrink amid realty boom, water crisis
The city's grain bowl is shrinking. In the pas one-and-a-half years about 700 acres of farmland in Najafgarh, southwest Delhi has been sold off for other uses officials at the sub-registrar's office say.
View ArticleFarmer's suicide may strangle land Bill
A farmer’s suicide at Jantar Mantar, a stone’s throw away from Parliament, has queered the pitch for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s land acquisition Bill. With the death of Gajendra Singh of Dausa...
View ArticleSteel pickling units flouting green norms: NGO tells NGT
An NGO has moved the National Green Tribunal seeking execution of an order by which the green panel had directed DPCC to take action against stainless steel pickling industries in Wazirpur here, which
View ArticleGovt to introduce modern pollution-free buses
In order to improve the public transport system and discourage people from using private vehicles in the national capital, Delhi government will soon introduce modern, comfortable and pollution-free buses
View ArticleAir pollution has reached alarming levels and we are concerned about it: Gadkari
He said transport rules will be tightened in the next two years to combat alarming levels of pollution Lobbying by automobile companies will not stop transport rules from being tightened in two years
View ArticleLet fitness, not age, be basis of diesel car ban: Transport department
If a ban on polluting diesel vehicles is to be implemented, the transport department wants it to be based on fitness and not age. While this could be a sensible proposition, most experts who attended the
View ArticleSteel pickling units flouting green norms: NGO tells National Green Tribunal
An NGO has moved the National Green Tribunal seeking execution of an order by which the green panel had directed DPCC to take action against stainless steel pickling industries in Wazirpur here, which
View ArticleRTR: Forest dept told to file report
A day after TOI reported that the Rao Tula Ram flyover project has been held up due to lack of forest clearance for tree cutting, environment minister Asim Ahmed Khan held a meeting with the forest...
View ArticleDJB puts on hold MoU to set up 100 water ATMs
Delhi Jal Board has kept on hold a memorandum of understanding (MoU) it signed with Tata Power in January for setting up 100 water ATMs over the next two years. DJB vice-chairperson Kapil Mishra recently
View ArticleLittle data, air index of no use
The recently launched national air quality index, which is supposed to function like US Environment Protection Agency's Air Now system, seems to have to failed to meet expectations. In the US, air quality
View ArticleIconic Lotus Temple turning yellow due to pollution
Activists on Thursday said that the pollution in the national capital`s air is corroding the iconic Lotus temple made of pristine white marble. Delhi-based lawyer, Sanjeev Ailawadi, who filed a petition
View ArticleBan on old vehicles in Delhi: Centre moves NGT seeking stay
The government on Monday moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking stay of its ban orders on 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles from plying on Delhi roads on the ground that it...
View Article80% of our buildings won't stand a quake
Experts Say Too Much Focus On Looks, Not Robustness Delhi is located in seismic zone 4, making it highly vulnerable to earthquakes.However, the city is not remotely prepared to deal with them. If a severe
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