Water Pollution

Garbage, sewage and silt found in rain water harvesting systems

Garbage, silt and dirty filters characterise the over 120 rain water harvesting systems (RWHSs) set up at its stations by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, while other government authorities like t

Publication Date: 
01/04/2014
Akanksha Jain
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Water Harvesting, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Garbage, Groundwater Pollution, Water Pollution
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting of trees, Delhi, 31/03/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Abdul Sattar Vs. St. Paul’s School & Ors. dated 31/03/2014 regarding cutting of trees. The allegation made by the applicant, who is an environmentalist, is that by cutting of one tree which has admittedly been felled by the school authorities, the Oxygen production rate is being reduced which results in detriment to the health of children who are studying in the school.

Judgement Date: 
31/03/2014
Tags:
Trees, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Child Health, Supreme Court, Environment Act 1986
Transport

ई-रिक्शा ने बढ़ाया सिरदर्द

नियम तोड़ने पर IPC के तहत कार्रवाई

मोटर वीइकल एक्ट के दायरे में ना आने और किसी ठोस पॉलिसी के अभाव में ट्रैफिक नियमों की धज्जियां उड़ा रहे ई-रिक्शों पर नकैल कसने का तरीका ट्रैफिक पुलिस ने ढूंढ निकाला है। ट्रैफिक पुलिस अब उन ई-रिक्शा चालकों के रिक्शे जब्त करके उनके खिलाफ आईपीसी के तहत केस रजिस्टर करवा रही है, जो ट्रैफिक के फ्लो की दिशा से उलटी दिशा में रिक्शे चलाते हैं। ट्रैफिक पुलिस ने साफ कर दिया है कि उनके पास कानून के तहत ई-रिक्शों के खिलाफ इस तरह का एक्शन लेने की पावर है। आने वाले दिनों में ट्रैफिक पुलिस और ज्यादा सख्ती से दिल्ली के उन सभी इलाकों में यह ड्राइव चलाएगी, जहां बड़ी तादाद में ई-रिक्शे चलते हैं।

Publication Date: 
31/03/2014
Navbharat Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Battery Vehicles, Three Wheelers, Public Transport, Traffic Accidents, Transport
Environment

Jindal incinerators spewing toxic ash again

Residents of Sukhdev Vihar, Okhla, have on Saturday written to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) against Delhi’s Jindal’s Timarpur-Okhla waste

Publication Date: 
31/03/2014
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Waste Management, Waste To Energy, Ash, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Lung Cancer, Toxic Wastes, Industrial Waste, Environment
Air Pollution

Delhi has the worst air quality across India

With PM10 concentration, the Capital tops the pollution charts

Air pollution is known to cause shorter and sicker lives and Delhiites never seem to have had it so bad. The Capital has been listed as the worst performer across the country with respect to the presence of alarmingly high level of Particulate Matter up to 10 micrometer in size (PM10) concentration.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2014
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, RSPM (PM 10), Respiratory Diseases, Lung Cancer, Air Quality Standards, Jharkhand, Nitrogen Dioxide, West Bengal, CNG, Industrial Pollution, Asthma, Health Effects, WHO, India, China, Air Quality and Health
Land

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding the market value of land, 28/03/2014

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bhule Ram Versus Union of India & Others dated 28/03/2014 regarding the market value of land situated in revenue village Aali, Delhi, for the purpose of construction of Ash
Pond at Badarpur Thermal Power Station.

Judgement Date: 
28/03/2014
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Badarpur TPS, Supreme Court, Delhi, Compensation, Power Industry
Environment

Green tribunal notice to Delhi Metro, AIIMS for not harvesting rainwater

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi Jal Board, Forest and the Irrigation Department and the Central Public Works Department on Wednesday faced the wrath

Publication Date: 
27/03/2014
Akanksha Jain
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Water Harvesting, Environment Act 1986, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Groundwater Recharge, Water Act 1974, Waste Disposal, Environment
Air Pollution

Docs write to PM against Okhla plant

New Delhi: About 80 doctors from Holy Family Hospital in Okhla and some other hospitals across the city have written open letters to the Prime Minister’s Office raising concerns about emissions fro

Publication Date: 
25/03/2014
Jayashree Nandi
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Waste To Energy, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Asthma, Respiratory Diseases, Cancer, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

NGT against covering storm drains

New Delhi: It’s a mammoth task for corporations and the public works department to undo the damage done over the decades to storm water drains.

Publication Date: 
25/03/2014
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Drainage, Solid Waste, Sewage
Water Supply

जो पानी देगा, उसी को वोट देंगे

लोकसभा चुनाव में नेताओं के लिए भले ही करप्शन और डिवेलपमेंट का मुद्दा अहम हो, लेकिन द्वारका के निवासियों के लिए पानी सबसे बड़ा मुद्दा है। यहां के लोग पानी की कमी से इतने परेशान हैं कि अब इन्होंने फैसला कर लिया है कि जो पानी देगा, उसी को वोट देंगे या फिर लोकसभा चुनाव और आनेवाले दूसरे चुनाव में भी वोट नहीं करेंगे। रविवार को पानी के मुद्दे को लेकर धरना देने वाले लोगों ने फैसला लिया है कि अगर जरुरत पड़ी तो वे स्थानीय लोगों को चुनाव में उतारेंगे।

Publication Date: 
24/03/2014
Navbharat Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Water Supply, Drinking Water Scarcity, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Water Demand

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