The National Green Tribunal criticised the Delhi government and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) for not taking adequate action, making Ghazipur landfill site accident prone
NGT pulls up Delhi government and the Delhi Jal Board for their collective inability to clean up the Yamuna river despite its 2015 judgement
Supreme Court rapped the Ministry of Environment and Forest on delaying the issue of norms and said that failure in payment of fine would invite serious...
Emissions of fine particles like PM2.5 increase by 1.5 to two times due to congested or slow moving traffic, especially from diesel engines
National Green Tribunal last year banned the use of disposable plastic in Delhi and NCR with effect from January 1, 2017
Arvind Kejriwal, Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board, directed DJB officials to start the work as soon as possible and also to come up with a...
An IIT-Kanpur study on Delhi's air pollution, considered the most comprehensive report on the issue till date, had identified road dust as the biggest source of...
The air quality in Delhi post Diwali had turned 'severe' for the first time in 2017
Several urban municipal corporations began their post Diwali cleanup drives right after the festivities ended, to avoid accumulation of extra waste in the cities
Though Delhi and Mumbai's air quality during and immediately after Diwali remained poor, the cities fared better than last year in terms of air pollution during...
Despite a ban on the sale of firecrackers, smog engulfed Delhi on the morning after Diwali as bursting of firecrackers increased post 6 pm
Firecracker restrictions in several countries is something India can learn from, as regularisations help maintain a balance between environmental concerns and the livelihoods of those working...
