NEW DELHI: It's around this time every year that air quality in the capital and its adjoining areas starts plunging — due to the onset of winter, coupled with crop burning in Punjab and Haryana and
NEW DELHI: The petition seeking ban on firecrackers in NCR has been pending in the Supreme Court since 2015 but the court's approach had been inconsistent on the issue.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association & Ors. Vs. State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 09/10/2017 regarding environmental pollution caused by waste to energy plant at Okhla, Delhi.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manjinder Singh Sirsa Vs. Union of India & Others dated 09/10/2017 regarding hookah bars in Delhi. NGT directs impleadment of associations of the Restaurants/Hukka Bars and other commercial places where Hukka is being provided for the purpose of smoke.
It will be a cacophony- and smoke-free Diwali this year+ in Delhi and in the National Capital Region (NCR) thanks to the Supreme Court (SC) which on Monday banned the sale of fireworks ahead of th
The Supreme Court has brought back the November 2016 ban on sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-NCR region. This order effectively means that no firecrackers will be available for purchase before Diwali, which is on Oct 19, 2017
NEW DELHI: Only a fraction of truck drivers crossing the border to enter the city between 11pm and 6am reveal their origin and destination by showing a tax receipt issued by the transporter or the
While no one factor may be termed as the biggest contributor to air pollution in Delhi, the morning after Diwali last year saw a massive spike in levels of air pollutants.
