Kejriwal backs municipal workers as garbage piles up across the Capital
As the Municipal Corporations’ sanitation workers continued with their strike on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal came out in support of the protesting safai karamcharis. Mr. Kejriwal, who
View ArticleCNG-fuelled vehicles get green cess exemption
The AAP government has clarified that a commercial vehicle which is completely empty and has no goods whatsoever will be charged the environment compensation charge, or green cess, as stipulated by the
View ArticleNGT order a year old, Yamuna still dirty
Lack Of Single Authority & Focus Main Hurdles In Clean-Up Multiplicity of agencies and a lack of focus are putting paid to all efforts to clean up Yamuna. A little over a year after National Green...
View ArticleNo hospitals, no schools, just garbage
Sanitation workers meet L-G, throw garbage at Delhi Tourism Minister’s residence; teachers join protest; hospitals attend to emergency cases only he strike by workers of the municipal corporations hit
View ArticleDengue fight: Civic bodies may not get fund for fogging, hints govt
On Zika virus, he said Delhi should be on alert despite not having witnessed a case yet. Delhi government has started preparations to not let dengue become an epidemic like last year, Health Minister
View ArticleNGT for strict implementation of laws on air, noise pollution
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed Delhi government to convene a meeting of authorities concerned to mull over the ways for better implementation of pollution control laws and asked
View ArticleCases of cancer rise by 3% every year
40% Of Patients Die Annually In The Country Cases of cancer, considered the worst of all maladies, have been rising 2-3% across the country annually , show data and estimates from the Indian Council of
View ArticleGarbage may pose health risks
Hundreds of sanitation workers staged a massive demonstration in Patparganj area of east Delhi on Wednesday morning. Holding posters and placards, the agitating safai karamcharis denounced the Delhi...
View ArticleWe breathe more poison than Delhi
Delhi is the country's pollution capital but Calcuttans are breathing in more toxic air because of higher exposure, a study has shown. Conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment...
View ArticleKejriwal Government Sets Up Panel To Check Firecrackers At Weddings
In yet another measure to control air and noise pollution during the wedding season, the AAP government has constituted a committee to ensure stringent norms for bursting firecrackers are adhered to.
View ArticleDelhi air will never be safe because of its geographical disadvantage: panel...
Incidentally, the DPCC report claimed that “trends” showed that levels of PM10 and PM2.5 in the city were “decreasing”. A senior scientist with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) told the
View ArticleWill soon need choppers for emergencies: HC
Emergency services in the capital may soon have to rely on choppers, the Delhi high court observed on Thursday, commenting on the increasing traffic in the city. A division bench, comprising Justices
View ArticleDPCC: Outside sources led to pollution spike
Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Thursday submitted a status report on the city's air quality from 2011 to 2015 to the high court. It suggests that the air pollution levels in Delhi see three
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding the 6th edition of 21 Gun...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 05/2/2016 regarding vintage car rally in Delhi.Counsel appearing for
View ArticleMost people keen on getting odd-even back, says Manish Sisodia
Sisodia called on the experiences of people in his constituency to “give shape to the new odd-even scheme”. After seeking suggestions on the return of the odd-even scheme in Delhi, Deputy Chief Minister
View ArticleSmart City: People raise questions over NDMC selection
Civil society members have raised questions over selection of the New Delhi Municipal Council, which accounts for only three per cent of area and population of the national capital, for the Smart City
View ArticleDelhi government keen to reinstate ban on plastic bags
The Delhi government is open to allowing “biodegradable” plastic carry bags in the national capital and may convey this to the Delhi high court that had stayed a complete ban on their use in 2012. The
View ArticleEmissions from our cars cleaner than Delhi air, says Jaguar CEO
New Delhi: In scathing criticism of the ban on sale of high-end diesel cars in Delhi, Tata-owned luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has said the air sucked in by its latest technology vehicles on Delhi
View ArticlePM10 high near thermal plants
Report submitted to NGT The level of particulate matter PM10, an indicator of pollution, is high around incineration and thermal power plants in the capital but the poor air quality cannot be conclusively
View ArticlePeople favour return of odd-even plan: Sisodia
First improve public transport, suggests LoP Gupta On day two of the referendum on odd-even scheme of the government, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said people at IP Extension have favoured
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