Say Promised 700 Litres More Than Needed

New Delhi: Critics have ripped apart AAP’s claim of providing 700 litres of free water per household. But now, Delhi’s new chief minister has received some sound advice on delivering on his promise. In a letter, experts and activists have urged the CM to revise the amount promised.

New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has allowed All-India Lokadhikar Sangathan, an NGO, to file a list of factories other than steel pickling units discharging harmful effluents into Yamuna.

National Green Tribunal will deliver the verdict on the case on January 6

The alleged felling of 267 trees in South Delhi’s Vasant Kunj for the controversial Andheria More-Mahipalpur road-widening project has compelled environmentalist and Delhi University Associate Professor Sonya Ghosh to take up the case with the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

The National Green Tribunal has allowed an NGO, opposing dumping of industrial waste into the river Yamuna, to file a list of any unit other than steel pickling factories which are discharging harm

No Rules For Disposal Of Debris Or Standard For Reuse In Construction
New Delhi: Where do the debris (m a l b a) left after the renovation of your house go? Either it remains near your plot, or is dumped along roads, vacant plots and water bodies. In Delhi, for instance, tons of debris are dumped on the Yamuna floodplains, choking it gradually. If planners decide, the debris from construction can be put to better use, like making new roads, buildings, pavements and even flooring tiles, with some effort.

Sixty percent of rural households do not have access to toilet facility even after 66 years of independence

Among the reasons that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won electoral support in Delhi may have been its pledges to provide 700 litres of free drinking water each day along with a 50% reduction in electricity tariff.

The Delhi Master Plan 2021 should make it mandatory for each zone to have a designated area for waste disposal, said Sunita Narain, Director-General of the Centre for Science and Environment on Monday

Ms. Narain said: “The new Master Plan needs to have an environment service zone so that no zonal plan can be passed on disposal of liquid or solid waste without its approval.”

Non-government organisation Greenpeace India on Tuesday submitted its ‘objections and suggestions’ to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) in response to its net metering and rooftop