Industry

 I am green by choice , not by chance

Probably the first chief minister of Delhi to have taken a keen interest in the environment, Shiela Dixit has got a mixed response for her efforts. While a large number of people have come forward to pa

Publication Date: 
30/07/2000
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Pollution Control, River Pollution, Water Management, Water Harvesting, Urban Water Supply, Drinking Water Scarcity, Automobiles, Natural Gas, Industry, Public Participation, Governance, Delhi
Habitat And Urbanisation

Guidelines for greening of urban areas and landscaping

Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation has issued a guidelines for greening of urban areas and landscaping in Delhi.The guidelines provides that unnecessary and excessive tilling of the roadside pavements should be avoided.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2000
Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation
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Environment, Urbanisation, Urban Beautification, Delhi, New Delhi, Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Trees, Habitat And Urbanisation
India

 Troubled times

As the Lok Sabha gears up to vote on the crucial Aquaculture Authority Bill, thousands of fisherfolk launch an indefinite stir

Publication Date: 
14/07/2000
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Tags:
Coastal Erosion, Aquaculture, Fisherfolk, Legislation, Public Participation, India, Delhi
Air Pollution

 For the love of air

International experts meet to develop a blueprint for future action to improve air quality in Delhi

Publication Date: 
14/07/2000
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Tags:
Environment Politics, Pollution Control, Air Pollution, Research, Public Participation, NGO, Delhi
Water Resources

A water harvesting manual for urban areas: case studies from Delhi

This manual is built out of CSE's experience in providing technical advice to implement rainwater harvesting in the urban context.

Publication Date: 
Jul 2000
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Conservation, Urban Water Harvesting, Water Demand, Urban Water Supply, Delhi
India

 Better now than never

Two years after a Supreme Court order, the government sets up the first fuel testing lab in Noida

Publication Date: 
29/06/2000
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Pollution Control, Petrochemical Industry, Delhi
India

 Giving a breather

The Supreme Court extends the deadline to introduce cleaner petrol and diesel in the capital

Publication Date: 
14/06/2000
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Tags:
Pollution Control, Diesel, Petrol, Natural Gas, Legislation, Environment Court, Government Of India (GOI), Delhi, Vehicles
Air Pollution

 Whose responsibility is it anyway?

Two years after the Supreme Court directed the setting up of two independent fuel testing centres in Delhi, one is yet to be commissioned

Publication Date: 
14/06/2000
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Environment Politics, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Petrol, Energy Policy, Industry, Legislation, Governance, Delhi
India

 Seminar in Delhi

officials and activists from government and non-government organisations ( ngo s) engaged in heated debate at a seminar held recently in Delhi on solid waste management in the city. Organised

Publication Date: 
30/05/2000
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Waste Disposal, Governance, NGO, Delhi
Industry

 IN COURT

While examining the Seventh Progress Report of the Environ-ment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, the Supreme Court directed the ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MPNG) to supply

Publication Date: 
30/05/2000
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Tags:
Pollution Control, Diesel, Legislation, Governance, Government Of India (GOI), Delhi

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