Complaining about multiple civic agencies’ failure to keep a portion of the Mehrauli Archaeological Park clean, some residents of Ward 7 in Mehrauli sat on a dharna outside their apartment complex on Sunday.

A part of the park -- which boasts monuments like the ruins of the tomb of the 13th Century Delhi ruler Ghiyasuddin Balban, the 16th Century Jamali-Kamali mosque, the 19th Century Metcalfe’s canopy and the ruins of several other Lodhi-Mughal era structures -- has manicured lawns and footpaths where “heritage walks” have become popular with tourists.

New Delhi: A new technology for recovering landfill gas may reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions from landfills by a great extent.

New Delhi: The national green tribunal has set up a committee, headed by the secretary of the environment department, to look into the issues of the Mayapuri scrap market where a radioactive leak i

Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC Ltd inaugurated the commencement of Commercial operation of 5MW Solar Power Plant at NTPC Dadri on March 30.

Delhi’s common effluent treatment plants, located in industrial areas to treat industrial waste, suffer from a unique problem.

Nearly 200 million litres of domestic and industrial waste is discharged by Haryana into the Yamuna every day, a

New Delhi: Against a demand of 1,025 million gallons per day of water, Delhi is getting only 818mgd of treated water. By 2021, the demand is expected to touch 1,216mgd.

CAG state audit report NCT has also unearthed a glaring lack of planning cutting across projects, sectors

It may be India's capital city, but behind the New Delhi’s storied corridors of power and flush coffers, the metropolis is a difficult mess for the ordinary citizen. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) state audit report for the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi government has unearthed a series of significant shortcoming with basic public services in the city, and a glaring lack of planning cutting across projects and sectors.

Forty-six per cent of sewage generated in Delhi is flowing into the Yamuna untreated through storm water drains, said a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India that was tabled

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found deficiencies in supply of potable water in the city. In its recent report, the CAG has pointed out that the raw water available in Delhi is not sufficient to provide potable water to the whole population as per the prescribed norms.

“Two dams were proposed on the Yamuna in 1994 to augment the raw water in Delhi, but were not constructed even after a lapse of 18 years after incurring an expenditure of Rs.214 crore. The production of potable water at water treatment plants and waste water recycling plants was also found to be below the designed capacity,” the CAG noted.