A decade-and-a-half is a long time when it comes to the rapidly changing face of a city. But is it long enough to make as many as 21 lakes disappear from the city's map?
In its reply to the contempt notice issued by the National Green Tribunal on deconcretization of trees, the forest department on Thursday acknowledged that deconcretization in C R Park where two tr
IGI Airport, Mandir Marg, Civil Lines Affected; IIT-Kanpur To Study Trend
Benzene levels in air are alarmingly high in some parts of Delhi. A potent carcinogen, benzene levels were 2 to 12 times more than the prescribed limit at Civil Lines and IGI airport on Sunday evening and through the day on Monday.
Demand Passing Of New Bill To Ban Practice At Protest Rally In Capital
It may be hard to imagine that manual scavenging is still practised in parts of the National Capital Region. But in many parts of NCR and neighboring states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, people manually clean dry toilets everyday while braving dangerous infections, sometimes for a paltry sum of Rs 10 per household.
How cool is cold? As the capital burns at 40 degrees Celsius and above, many residents have been running their air conditioners at no more than 18-19 degrees.
Cities are creaking under their own weight. And heat. In Surat, for instance, parts of the city with dense concrete jungles swelter at temperatures 5 degrees higher than the city’s greener parts.
