For its energy efficient measures, the Delhi Metro has become the first rail system in the world to be awarded the Gold Standard foundation—a globally accepted certification standard for carbon mit

Delhi Has Only Half Its Requirement Of 11,000 Buses, Number Of Private Vehicles Rising

New Delhi:More than 46 lakh people use public transport, specifically buses, every day in Delhi. To meet this demand, there are 5,216 Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and another 1,000 under the cluster bus scheme, but the numbers are woefully short for the city and just halfway to the transport department’s estimated requirement of 11,000 buses in 2010.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today informed the National Green Tribunal that it intends to set up rain water harvesting systems in 17 of its stations in the national capital, but 27 others w

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. dated 16/01/2014 regarding rain water harvesting systems in Delhi. DMRC has submitted to the NGT that the Corporation has carried out further inspection of its own and it has been found that it is possible for the Corporation to install rain water harvesting systems on 17 more Metro Stations.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/94-2013(OA)_16Jan2014.pdf

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Resident Welfare Association Vs. DMRC & Ors. regarding the concrete mixing plant established for construction of Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS)-General Public utility and consent to establish or operate the said plant.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/345-2013(OA)_13Jan2014.pdf

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikas Vs. DMRC & Ors. dated 11/12/2013. The order says that "permission was granted to the Project Proponent (DMRC) to fell 491 trees and transplant 7 trees on condition to plant 4980 trees as against the trees to be cut and the DMRC has already deposited Rs. 1,61,05,320/- with the Department of Forest in compliance of the permission granted".

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/272-2013(OA)_11Dec2013.pdf

In a bid to fast-track metro rail projects in various cities, the ministry of urban development (MoUD) has proposed that these plans be exempted from environmental clearances for an area of up to f

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs. Union of India & Others dated 28/10/2013 regarding removal of debris from the river bank of Yamuna.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/967-2013(MApp)_28Oct2013.pdf

With the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) stating that they have no intention to work out a parking policy for the city, the ball is back in Kochi corporation’s court, underlining the urgent need for th

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has refuted before the National Green Tribunal the allegation of "avoidable felling of 700 trees" for construction of its line from Mundka in Delhi to City Park in

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