DJB setting up 5 water treatment plants for non-potable purposes
The Delhi Jal Board is setting up five decentralised Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) to treat effluent for non-potable purposes and bridge the demand and supply gap. According to a DJB official,
View ArticleDelhi Jal Board vows to tackle massive deforestation on Yamuna floodplain
The Delhi government will take action against those responsible for the systematic and illegal flattening of a green swathe as big as a dozen football fields in the Yamuna floodplains of north-east Delhi.
View ArticleVehicle ban: Centre to oppose it today
Supported by the findings of a recent set of air pollution studies and analysis done by IIT-Delhi, Centre is set to put a strong case against the ban on 10 years old vehicles when it submits its stand
View ArticleThe challenge of air pollution
Here is a piece of startling information, in the form of a BBC report dated April 19, for candidates aspiring to be researchers in air pollution. “Saharan dust, traffic fumes, and smog from Europe may
View ArticleBio-waste plant’s contract expires today, govt scrambles for alternative
The Delhi High Court first ordered the closure of the plant over possible health hazards and pollution concerns over two years ago. The 10-year contract of the city’s oldest biomedical waste treatment
View ArticleFor burning leaves, MPJagdambika Pal’s gardener summoned by NGT
The NGT also asked the department to provide composting pits to deposit leaves and said the manure produced should be used by it. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the “official
View ArticleNGT fines five-star hotels for insufficient rainwater harvesting
The National Green Tribunal today slapped a total fine of Rs nine lakh on three five-star hotels here after it found "unsatisfactory" rain water harvesting systems in their premises. A bench, headed
View ArticleGaps in IIT emission study: NGT
Extends Stay On Order Banning Polluting Diesel Vehicles National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday pulled up the Union road transport ministry for not submitting a “well reasoned“ and “comprehensive“ report
View ArticleNGT fumes at poor govt response: ‘Merely because it is IIT, it can’t always...
The Ministry had also suggested that the state transport departments of Delhi and NCR should check the authenticity through scientific random sampling process. While extending the stay on the ban on
View ArticleBan on diesel vehicles: NGT extends stay till May 25
Slams ministry for submitting an IIT Delhi report lacking 'proper research' The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday extended till May 25 the stay on its earlier order banning diesel vehicles older
View ArticlePWD nails warning signs on trees
Trees Stand In The Middle Of Widened Andheria Mor-Fortis Hospital Stretch. The public works department has taken precautionary measures after a TOI report last month highlighted how several trees in the
View ArticleIIT scientists back their study on air pollution after being criticised by NGT
A day after being criticised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for preparing a report that "lacked data and analysis", IIT-Delhi scientists who authored the study came out in support of it. The 13-page
View ArticleHigh Court seeks response on GK-II road work
The Delhi high court on Tuesday sought a response from the public works department for allegedly raising divider and closing roads on a 2-kilometre stretch in Greater Kailash (GK) Part II here. Justice
View ArticleIIT-Delhi scientists back their study on air pollution after NGT criticism
A day after being criticised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for preparing a report that “lacked data and analysis”, IIT-Delhi scientists who authored the study came out in support of it. The 13-page
View ArticleIIT-Delhi scientists back their study on air pollution after NGT criticism
A day after being criticised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for preparing a report that “lacked data and analysis”, IIT-Delhi scientists who authored the study came out in support of it. The 13-page
View ArticleRenukaji Dam project in deep freeze
Shimla, May 20: As the Modi government has pushed 175-m-high Renukaji Dam that will supply 23 cumecs water to Delhi in deep freeze, the state government has sought Rs 1,981.35 crore assistance to start
View ArticleNGT for river policy report by July
NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Union environment and forest ministry (MoEF) to present the expert committee report on the River Regulation Zone while hearing a plea against
View ArticleRemote sensing technology to check illegal constructions
The Delhi Government on Wednesday decided to use remote sensing satellite technology for tracking and mapping illegal constructions and encroachments in the Capital and to keep a check on them. Task...
View ArticleSteel units operating despite closure order; NGT seeks reply
The National Green Tribunal today issued notice to the Delhi government and Delhi Jal Board on an NGO's plea seeking action against stainless steel pickling industries in Wazirpur here, which are not...
View ArticleNo norms for carpooling in Delhi
National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently sought views from the Centre and NCR states on carpooling, asking them as to what incentives they could offer to promote the scheme. Carpooling is a grey area
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