SC directs environment ministry to notify plan to improve Delhi air
The Comprehensive Action Plan is the first-ever comprehensive set of short, medium and long-term measures for key sources of air pollution in …
Rise in hypertension cases in Delhi highest in the age group of 35 to 44 years
The prevalence of hypertension, an important risk factor for Non-Communicable Diseases, has increased rapidly in the National Capital Region over …
‘Pedestrianisation’ of Delhi’s Connaught Place: vehicles to be banned for three months
Besides easing congestion, it is also likely to reduce pollution in the central business district
Runners exposed to high pollution levels during Delhi marathon
Centre for Science and Environment releases the results of exposure air quality monitoring conducted during Sunday’s event
No health without wealth
The latest NSSO data shows that people are being forced to take loans and sell assets for treatment as the government healthcare system deteriorates
For a healthy capital
Delhi has a high burden of patients not only from the capital but also from states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan
Delhi's walking medicine bank
Omkar Nath Sharma has made it his vocation to collect unused medicines and distribute them to the poor
Delhi High Court bans e-rickshaws in city
While the Central government plans to bring e-rickshaws under the ambit of local municipalities, Delhi High Court bans them citing safety and …
Structural collapse
The rot has set in the construction sector. A dysfunctional clearance system has led to a series of building collapses in the recent past. …
On air
Angry residents of Delhi flooded the chief minister's office with phone calls to protest against the withdrawal of a ban on polluting vehicles
Liberalising pollution
In the absence of appropriate regulations, liberalisation of the Indian auto industry will ruin public health
For the love of air
International experts meet to develop a blueprint for future action to improve air quality in Delhi
Shades of green
During the Auto Expo 2000, most carmakers were seen going ahead with diesel models. But the makers of two-stroke two-wheelers decided to announce …
Roots breathing heavy
MANGROVE FORESTS: REPOSITORY OF NATURE’S MAGIC·Photo exhibition·India International Centre, New Delhi·November 4-10, 2001
Contemptuous moves
Do Arundhati Roy and M L Khurana understand what they are doing by undermining yet another institution of our democracy?
The great sham
Under pressure from the Supreme Court, the Delhi government resorts to a five-day charade to clean up the Yamuna
Very little amendment
Book>> New Forms of Urban Governance in India Shifts, Models, Networks and Contestations edited by ISA Baud and J De Wit Sage Publications, …
Tangled Kites
The kite flying tradition enjoyed by many in India takes its toll on predatory birds known by the same name.
A day in the life of a car park
We spent eight hours on a building's terrace at Connaught Place in Delhi, shooting a car parking lot. Cars kept whizzing in and out of the camera'…
Delhi’s dream of clean air goes up in smoke
Delhi's new public health concern—Japanese encephalitis
Did pigs bring it?
Wasted wealth
Organic composting is filthy business. Facilities flout norms, produce poor quality manure
Okhla waste-to-energy plant safe: Jayanthi Natarajan
Activists, residents contest the statement; say India has no standards on emissions from incinerators
India moving towards gas-based economy: President Kovind
Work happening to improve infrastructure and increase connectivity
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 11, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal