Decisive action has helped Beijing move ahead of Delhi as far as controlling air pollution is concerned, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Wednesday said.
"Both Delhi and Beijing had begun their fight against air pollution neck-to-neck, but Delhi has lost steam midway. Beijing has moved ahead because of its decisive action," according to a new study by the CSE.
The introduction of Compressed Natural Gas in Delhi in the 1990s was applauded by environmentalists. But all the good work seems to have frittered away. The Centre for Science and Environment’s director general, Sunita Narain, on Wednesday said the city had been unsuccessful in reducing pollution levels.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahendra Pandey Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 05/02/2014. The NGT order states that the "Ministry of Environment and Forests / State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority shall not grant any final Environmental Clearance for project located at the Najafgarh drain Basin in accordance with its own Office Memorandum dated 13th January, 2010 and in view of the Office Memorandum dated 17th
September, 2013.
6स्वामी दयानंद मार्ग पर फुटपाथ पर अतिक्रमण की समस्या16पीडब्ल्यूडी व यातायात पुलिस ने आयोग को सौंपी रिपोर्ट
स्वामी दयानंद मार्ग (रोड संख्या-57) पर फुटपाथ पर अतिक्रमण की समस्या को लेकर जनशिकायत आयोग ने सुनवाई के दौरान लोक निर्माण विभाग और यातायात पुलिस को हर हाल में अतिक्रमण हटाने का निर्देश दिया है। इस दौरान आयोग ने दोनों विभागों के मौजूदा प्रयासों को नाकाफी करार दिया है। आयोग ने कहा कि किसी भी सूरत में फुटपाथ पर अवैध पार्किंग या अतिक्रमण नहीं होना चाहिए।
Greenpeace India on Tuesday asked Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to roll back the hike in power tariff ordered by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Authority (DERC) and accelerate work on the solar
Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Microsoft Corporation & Anr. Vs. Kurapati Venkata Jagdeesh Babu & Anr. dated 03/02/2014 regarding infringement and dilution of trademarks, trade name, passing off, rendition of accounts of profit, delivery up, damages etc. against the defendants.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Resident Welfare Association Vs. DMRC & Ors. dated 03/02/2014 regarding the concrete mixing plant established for construction of Mass Rapid Transport System
(MRTS)-General Public utility by DMRC in Janakpuri. NGT has ordered the unit to be shifted to from the site in question within a period of eight weeks.
To address the issue of water crisis in the capital, Delhi government has decided to revive “non-functional” rainwater harvesting systems in schools to raise the groundwater level.
Around 800 governmentrun schools have rainwater harvesting pits and over 50% of them are non-functional, mostly due to no monitoring by the previous regime, Delhi government education coordinator, Amit Mishra said.
