The emergency plan to combat air pollution came into force, on October 15, 2018, in the Delhi-NCR where air quality remained poor, even as the centre claimed that bad air quality days in the … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench, comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, on July 20, 2018, observed that if the funds of Rs 77,000 crores, meant for the protection of the environment, were used … READ FULL STORY
Greenpeace India, on July 6, 2018, lamented that while China has taken an important step, by releasing its second clean air action plan to fight air pollution, India’s clean air action programme is ‘yet … READ FULL STORY
The environment and forest minister of the Delhi government, Imran Hussain, on April 24, 2018, wrote letters to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the Public Works Department (PWD) and also the municipal corporations in … READ FULL STORY
The Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE’s) director general Sunita Narain, on April 19, 2018, warned that the richer Delhi was becoming, the ‘less livable’ it was turning into. Speaking in the presence of … READ FULL STORY
A green body, on March 20, 2018, protested outside the Badarpur power plant in Delhi, urging the government to enforce the National Clean Air Program (NCAP) by putting sector-wise plans, to achieve 35 per … READ FULL STORY
Greenpeace India has welcomed the government’s growing concentration towards air pollution, while also raising concerns over what it termed as ‘ambiguity on the planning, given the lack of information on public domain regarding the … READ FULL STORY
India is among the bottom five countries on the Environmental Performance Index 2018, plummeting 36 points from 141 in 2016, according to a biennial report by Yale and Columbia Universities, along with the World … READ FULL STORY
Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan, on December 28, 2017, said that the centre was taking steps to reduce vehicle emissions and promote green mobility and attacked the Delhi government, for not taking steps to … READ FULL STORY
In a week’s time, some clarity may emerge as the environment ministry, on December 28, 2017, gave about seven days to various agencies, to respond whether deadlines listed in a mega plan to clean … READ FULL STORY
A National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench headed by chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar, on December 4, 2017, took exception over the failure of the AAP government to file a report on ways to deal with … READ FULL STORY
A Delhi High Court bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva, termed the steps taken to curb pollution in the national capital as ‘woefully inadequate’, after none of the authorities, including the … READ FULL STORY
A number of major roads in Delhi-NCR, which are in a state of disrepair and contribute to dust pollution, have come under the scanner of the Supreme Court-mandated EPCA. The EPCA or the Environment … READ FULL STORY
