Delhi Pollution Control Committee issued closure notices to five high-end restaurants and lounge bars located inside the Garden of Five Senses, south Delhi, last week.
Heavy penalty for dumping malba and garbage in open drains and by the roadside in the city could soon become a reality.
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday asked the civic agencies “why in addition to a meagre fine provided under the Municipal Corporation Act in this regard, the Tribunal should not invoke the “polluter pay principle” and direct payment of much higher costs on throwing garbage, malba (debris)” on roads, in drains and even by the roadside.
केजरीवाल सरकार ने भूजल दोहन के खिलाफ सख्ती से पेश आने के आदेश दिए थे, लेकिन सरकार के जाने के बाद प्रस्ताव है कि जिन इलाकों में जल बोर्ड की पहुंच नहीं है, वहां भूजल के दोहन में सख्ती से बचा जाए। यह प्रस्ताव उपराज्यपाल नजीब जंग के समक्ष रखा जाएगा। राष्ट्रीय हरित न्यायाधिकरण (एनजीटी) के निर्देश पर दिल्ली में भूजल दोहन पर रोक लगाने के लिए गठित कमेटी की बैठक बुधवार को दिल्ली सचिवालय में हुई।
सुप्रीम कोर्ट के निर्देश पर बने पर्यावरण प्रदूषण नियंत्रण प्राधिकरण (ईपीसीए) ने राजधानी दिल्ली में पार्किंग पॉलिसी लागू न होने पर नाराजगी जताई है। ईपीसीए अध्यक्ष भूरेलाल ने तीनों नगर निगमों की लापर
Delhi government today directed the deputy commissioners to take strict action against complaints of commercial exploitation of ground water, even as it asked the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to re-advert
The Defence Research and Development Organisation's new eco-friendly residential complex at Timarpur, Delhi, has the anaerobic biodigestor technology, that aims to conserve nature.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine a plea for maintaining a minimum water flow in Yamuna and Ganga so as to ensure adequate drinking water to residents in Delhi.
Admitting an application for directions, a bench led by Chief Justice P Sathasivam sought replies from the Centre, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
In Delhi, 64% newborns die within the first 28 days
The National Capital had the worst Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) among the four metropolitan cities between 2010 and 2012 with 30 newborns dying for every 1,000 live births, a new report has said. A substantial 64 per cent die within the first 28 days of their birth.
NGO Says Site Vital For Groundwater Recharge, But Agency Not Listening
Creating landfills in two villages of Zone P-II in north Delhi, a part of Yamuna floodplains, may contaminate groundwater and further pollute the river. A proposal for this has, however, been made in the zonal development plan by DDA.
