More cars enter Delhi every day than are registered in a year: CSE study

A CSE study has found that the number of personal and passenger vehicles that enter Delhi daily are close to the total number of vehicles …

Carry on with World Culture Festival but pay Rs 25 lakh first, says NGT

Green tribunal gives go-ahead to mega event on the condition that the initial payment is made by today evening

World Culture Festival to go ahead with reprimand and initial fine of Rs 5 crore

The NGT order said the permission given to the festival was vague, in excess of the powers vested in DDA and not in consonance with the previous …

5 reasons why #OddEven scheme works

Love it or hate it, Delhi's odd-even scheme had some key lessons for the aam and not-so-aam aadmi

As odds keep evens out, air pollution dips

A comprehensive study the Centre for Science and Environment shows that air pollution in Delhi dipped after the odd-even formula was rolled out …

Current draft text “inequitable, weak and unambitious”, says CSE

The Delhi-based non-profit said that rich nations had been misappropriating the carbon space, leaving no chance for developing countries to …

Supreme Court calls for comprehensive action to tackle air pollution

The highest court has made strong remarks on Delhi’s pollution levels while hearing an application against environment cess

Delhi's odd-even number plate experiment: will it succeed?

The government needs to develop a robust mechanism to discourage those who will inevitably try to get around the rules by buying a second …

NGT asks Delhi Government to issue health advisories for polluted hotspots

The national green tribunal has asked the Delhi government to take strict steps against critically polluted hotspots in the city

A noisy Diwali ahead: Supreme Court refuses to put blanket ban on firecrackers

Trends in air quality data show that the level of pollutants in the National Capital Region go up each year, with the bursting of firecrackers on&…

National Health Profile 2015: Suicides on a rise, cancer cases may grow by 15 per cent in five years

India’s public spending on health is among the lowest in South East Asia and BRIC countries

Push for open source software

Delhi has been awfully late in adopting open source software, but the policy is finally there

Rs 5 lakh fine for dumping debris on Yamuna bank

National Green Tribunal (NGT) rules the person who generates the debris as well as the one who dumps it will have to pay the fine

Fuelling a crisis

A recent, innocuous check-and-tally exercise by the Delhi administration unearthed a giant racket diverting to the transport sector heavily-…

Exploring the spirit of Indian science

Two interesting congresses to be held soon will focus on indigenous science and technology. Another programme, launched recently in the Capital, …

Lurking threat

Nascent, nasty and lethal, ozone has risen to dangerous levels in Delhi, and is increasing in various cities -- damaging human health and …

Diesel Update

A European study determined that exposure to traffic-related air pollution, 'in particular diesel exhaust particles,' may lead to reduced lung …

Chimney sweepers

Industrial production threatens to shroud all economic development activities in layers of smog

Road to hell

Emissions from two-stroke vehicles and diesel have contributed to the eight-fold rise in vehicular pollution in two decades

The Sherlock principle

When there is only one option left, it is the right answer: this was the Supreme Court's logic in the CNG order

Carcinogenic benzene levels peak in Delhi

Petrol pumps and heavy traffic locations worst affected

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 14, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Yamuna pollution: green tribunal orders operation clean-up in Delhi

Order sets heavy penalties for polluters and asks for drains to be kept clear of encroachment

Smog and health of aam aadmi

The mandate is clear. Delhi will have to fulfill the 12th Five Year Plan target of meeting the ambient air quality standards by the end of the …