NGT is empowered to order govt for banning old vehicles
It recalled a judgment by the tribunal in July 2014 which declared the NGT to be a “court”, holding that it has “all the trappings” of a judicial body. Lending its support to the National Green Tribunal
View ArticleDisplay boards on real-time air quality data soon across Delhi
The Delhi government is planning to make public real-time air pollution levels in various parts of the city this winter. While real-time data is already available on the Delhi Pollution Control...
View ArticleCentre against total ban on firecrackers in Delhi
The Central government is not in favour of complete ban on the use of firecrackers in Delhi during festival season saying there are several other factors responsible for pollution in the national capital.
View ArticleNGT gives a week to cut noise pollution at Panchsheel Park
As the Delhi government’s action plan to reduce noise pollution in the Panchsheel Park area, a silence zone, is still not ready, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the three municipal...
View ArticlePrivate toll company seeks to be spared environment levy collection
The SMYR Consortium LLP, that collects toll for Delhi Municipal Corporation at 125 entry points to the city, on Tuesday sought an early hearing of its plea seeking to be spared responsibility of taking
View ArticleUGC gets time to reply on wastage of paper during DUSU polls
The University Grants Commission (UGC) was on Wednesday granted two weeks by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to respond to a plea on indiscriminate use of paper during Delhi University Students’ Union
View ArticleTake steps to clean up garbage, high court and NGT tell cops, civic bodies
The municipal corporations employ safaikaramcharis for jobs like sweeping roads etc, but the work of garbage collection has been outsourced. The Delhi High Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT)
View ArticleNGT to civic bodies: Clean garbage dump within 2 days
With the national capital sitting on garbage dumps, the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday asked the civic bodies to remove solid waste within two days and directed the Delhi government to extend its
View ArticleIndustries demand roll back of Delhi pollution tax
NOIDA: Industrialists of the city have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against the Delhi government's directive of levying pollution entry tax of Rs 700 per entry on commercial vehicles carrying
View ArticleNeeded, air quality curbs on firecrackers
Diwali is just over a fortnight away, but the Delhi government hasn't started its anti-crackers drive. With temperatures falling already, we may be heading towards days with severely polluted air. The
View ArticleThird party will conduct Delhi tree census: Minister Imran Hussein
While this will be the first tree census conducted by the Delhi government, government officials said, that the NDMC had conducted a similar census within its jurisdiction earlier. Newly-inducted...
View ArticleCentre told to submit action plan for safety of buildings
Expressing concern over the destructive power of the recent series of earthquakes, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to submit an action plan for ensuring that the buildings
View ArticleAAP govt announces first-ever 'tree census' in Delhi
The Delhi government on Thursday decided to get the capital's first-ever tree census done by a "third party", essentially an NGO, to arrive at a factual figure of the number of trees in the city. The
View ArticleSurprise drives at construction sites to check air pollution
The Delhi government has empowered its SDMs and tehsildars to carry out suprise inspections of construction sites and recommend penalty against violators of laid down norms to tackle air pollution.
View ArticleCorporation, toll contractor bicker over green tax
Delhi's big plan to combat air pollution this winter is likely to face a delay. The "green tax" imposed by the Supreme Court on heavy diesel vehicles plying through Delhi may not be enforced from November
View ArticleNo environment compensation collected on Day 1
Municipal corporations, which are responsible for the 122 entry points, said SMYR Consortium had refused to do so The environment compensation charge that was supposed to be collected from commercial
View ArticleNo respite from ‘poor’ air quality
The residents of the national capital continue to grapple with high level of particulate matters in air with pockets of the city recording “very unhealthy” level of pollution which holds out medical...
View ArticleTrucks entering capital: Civic bodies yet to enforce SC order on environment tax
The SMYR Consortium had pleaded with the SC to defer implementation of its order on ECC till December 1. But the court had refused. Confusion continued to prevail at Delhi’s borders with the “environment
View ArticlePunjab needs law, awareness to contain air pollution caused by paddy straw...
It is said the pollution from burning paddy straw is a factor in Delhi's poor air quality. The burning of paddy straw continues unabated in both Punjab and Haryana with authorities in both the states
View ArticleConfusion over green tax persists
Confusion over implementation of the Supreme Court-ordered environment compensation charge (ECC) on commercial vehicles entering Delhi persisted for a second day on Monday, with the tax contractor not
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