NEW DELHI: After spending Rs 132 crore to build the ultra-modern abattoir at Ghazipur, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Shiela Dikshit government on Wednesday were red flagged by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the Supreme Court for breaching environmental rules.

With landfill sites full to the brim, MCD has no option but to explore new methods to manage waste
Ruhi Bhasin & Neha Lalchandani | TNN

Having exhausted its three landfill sites and with no alternative places ready, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is now pinning its hopes on any technology that will bail it out of the rather messy situation of waste management.

Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI: Inestimable efforts and huge sums of money have gone into resuscitation of the Yamuna, but the river within the limits of the city remains the

16 Jan 2009, 0122 hrs IST, Neha Lalchandani, TNN

BY RASHME SEHGAL
NEW DELHI

Jan. 13: Yamuna enjoys the distinction of being the most polluted river in the country.

The latest status of water quality in India 2007 released by the Central Pollution Control Board, ministry of environment and forests, observes that the total coliform and faecal coliform numbers are the highest in this river.

Air pollutants damage genes, affect human behaviour THE air you breathe in may affect your health in more ways than you think. Besides causing respiratory disorders and hypertension, pollution may be damaging genes and changing human behaviour, revealed a study on health of urban population in Delhi and rural population West Bengal and Uttarakhand. The Central Pollution Control

NEW DELHI: Having drawn the flak for the sorry state of several of its roads, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Wednesday blamed the alleged failure of Central Pollution Control Board to prescribe norms to the civic body for construction of eco-friendly hot mix plants in the Capital since the past 11 years for the situation.

Parliamentary report calls for saving the Central pollution control body It

Frenzied constructions ahead of the Commonwealth Games may be responsible for the Capital getting dimmer, smoggier, and unhealthier.