Because the govt did nothing, residents have decided to save Hauz Khas lake

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday announced in the state Assembly on Wednesday that her government wants to phase out auto-rickshaws from the Capital.

A couple of days after the Supreme Court- appointed committee on environment matters reportedly directed the MCD not to extend its "parking lots under parks" schemes beyond the nine venues for which work orders have been awarded, the MCD said that all was well with its scheme of constructing 24 such parking lots.

Neha Lalchandani | TNN

New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) are in trouble for supplying untreated sewage water to Lodhi Garden for horticulture purposes.

Ahmedabad: In what could be termed as a compliment for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation bosses, environmentalist and Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) member Sunita Narain on Friday said that the city air was much cleaner now.

Narain, who was in the city, also took a ride on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), which she thinks has happened at the right time for Ahmedabad.

Following a Delhi government directive for a complete check of low-floor buses supplied by Tata Motors, nearly 350 low- floor buses were checked at 10 depots over the last four days.

Anticipating less rush over the last four days due to public holidays, the Delhi Transport Corporation had taken the buses off the roads and sent them to the depots allotted to Tata Motors for a thorough check.

JEHANGIR ALI

A survey carried out by the Delhi police in the city has revealed that the number of vehicles challaned for unauthorised and illegal parking has doubled as compared to last year. Interestingly, the police attributes not so much to the non-availability of parking spaces in city.

After the spate of breakdowns and fires in the Delhi Transport Corporation