As the average air quality in the national capital region inched towards severe levels, union environment minister Harsh Vardhan, has said that the government has decided to initiate criminal prosecution against agencies, which do … READ FULL STORY
The emergency Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), is set to be implemented in Delhi, from October 15, 2018, to deal with worsening air pollution. On October 14, 2018, the air quality was in the … READ FULL STORY
Power utility CESC Ltd has said that it is evaluating a business model for e-charging stations network in its distribution area. CESC Ltd’s managing director (distribution) Debasish Banerjee made the announcement on October 4, … READ FULL STORY
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
India and France have signed an agreement under which three pilot cities – Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad – will be provided support to reduce their Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in urban transport, an official … READ FULL STORY
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, on August 21, 2018, shot off a letter to the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, alleging that the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had refused to participate in the Delhi government’s … READ FULL STORY
Dust-free zones alongside city roads, are the new addition to the Noida Authority’s plan, to tackle environmental issues, officials said, on August 19, 2018. A total of 315 kms along both the sides of … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court division bench of justices AS Oka and Riyaz Chagla, on August 3, 2018, said that it was the state government’s obligation, to ensure that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is … READ FULL STORY
Terming the incident of the sea throwing up tonnes of garbage along the Marine Drive, during a high tide as ‘serious’, the Bombay High Court, on July 30, 2018, asked the Maharashtra government and … READ FULL STORY
In a move aimed at giving relief to the rural population, the Delhi government has directed the divisional commissioner to commence the process of extension of the Lal Dora areas in all villages and … READ FULL STORY
The Bombay High Court, on July 18, 2018, said it was not inclined to allow the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) to carry out construction for the Metro-III line in south Mumbai’s Cuffe … 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
Societies in Gurugram, where diesel generator (DG) sets were operated for several hours a day, had 30 per cent higher PM2.5 and PM10 levels, compared to the levels before the usage of DG sets, … READ FULL STORY
