Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 4, 2023)

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

India’s air quality management needs transboundary accountability to be effective

Existing policy levers and lessons from global experiences can help form an airshed-level air quality management framework

Tremors shake Delhi

Epicentre in Haryana

Congress manifesto promises subsidised foodgrain to 7.3 million people

Market and mitigation dominated G20 climate actions — not a good signal leading to COP28, claim experts   

Woefully inadequate in response to Global Stocktake Report and unlikely to keep temperature rise within 1.5°C  

Delhi government to set up Rs 10.3 crore water recycling plant in Bawana

At present, Bawana water treatment plant lacks a recycling plant leading to acute wastage of water  

Delhites, all that rain does not mean you will have a smog-free Diwali. Here is why

Firecrackers, industries, vehicles, date of the festival and late withdrawal of the monsoon, all could cause a repeat of previous Diwalis, experts say

Dust, high temperatures bring Delhi’s air quality down to 'poor'

The Aravalli range plays a critical role in checking sand migration from the Thar Desert to Delhi-NCR; but they now stand degraded

Delhi government diverting water to hotels, alleges BJP MLA

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit admits 11 underground reservoirs lying idle because of water shortage

Yamuna river front development: MoEF seeks more time from green tribunal for action plan

Status report filed earlier this month raises concern over dumping of debris in river floodplain and construction too close to water channel

Change the mindset from ‘last mile’ to ‘first mile’

Alaknanda and Chittaranjan Park in South Delhi epitomise everything that is wrong with urban mobility in India—a deluge of private cars …

Diwali amid COVID-19: Will NGT order be enough to keep people from fireworks?

Air quality remains severe in Capital Delhi for 5th day straight

Delhi's accident hot spots

What CSE analysis of accident hotspots identified by Delhi Police revealed

'We will work to free Delhi of pollution and improve civic amenities'

After a fortnight of uncertainty that followed assembly-election results in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party is finally set to form the government. …

Simply Put: Ghazipur landfill fire

NOISE LEVELS

A DEAL IN QUESTION

Organ banking

Beat the heat

The Delhi High Court calls for alternatives to generators to curb pollution

PROHIBITED FOREVER

Nasal route

A new technique has been developed to treat brain tumour

The countdown begins

20-year-old commercial vehicles go off the road in Delhi

ORE OF CONTENTION

Time's up

The Supreme Court refuses to extend the deadline to phase-out 15-year-old commercial vehicles

COMBATING POLLUTION