Over 40,000 local goods vehicles—below 3.5 tonnes in weight—operate in the NCR area. These don’t need permits, only registration.

SC Order Only On Paper As Vehicles Going To Other States Not Turned Away From Borders

As you wait to pass the toll gates at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border near Ghaziabad, the long line of trucks waiting to get entry is visible from miles away. Most are on their way to other parts of the country, via Delhi.

Fifty-four per cent of Delhiites and Chandigarhians face the risk of heart attacks because of obesity.

Bus ridership in Delhi has dropped from 60% in 2000 to 41% now. Every year, Delhi needs an area the size of 310 football fields for parking its vehicles. And Delhi has one of the highest particulate matter (PM10) levels in South Asia.

These are some of the findings of a recent Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) assessment of air pollution and policies of different cities in dealing with it. That gives you a comprehensive picture of the growing vehicular population and the resultant pollution.

Wants More Beds, Platelets In Hospitals

Terming the spread of dengue in the capital as alarming, union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday ordered the state to take immediate actions like increasing beds for dengue patients and ensuring availability of platelets in hospitals.

A spike in the number of dengue cases reported in the capital over the past one month prompted Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to hold a review meeting with senior officials from the Delhi g

After Hauz Khas shock from NGT, eating-out industry wakes up to environment norms

Hauz Khas Village in south Delhi was deserted last weekend, thanks to Pankaj Sharma. The normally bustling warren of lanes lined with restaurants and boutiques was brought to a grinding halt by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which insisted that any establishment not adhering to environmental regulations had to close. Some of them have reopened since then after promising to abide by the rules.

In an order passed on Wednesday, the Delhi High Court blamed “unhygienic and unfriendly ecological behaviour by the residents of Delhi” for the recurrence of vector-borne diseases.

The spike in dengue cases this year in the national Capital has left the city health authorities in a tizzy, with over 110 cases on an average in a day during the four days till September 23.