Okhla waste-energy plant gets show cause notice

The Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company has been given 15 days to respond why they defied the terms of the Environment Clearance

Lives laid waste

Draft notification on eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary cleared

Government brings eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km, as suggested by NGT, to 1 km

Okhla bird sanctuary case: respite likely for Noida home-buyers, developers

Environment ministry for quick settlement of eco-sensitive zone around bird habitat along the Yamuna in south Delhi

Okhla waste to energy plant: residents allege bias in inspections

Local commissioner appointed by green tribunal carrying out inspections when plant not running full capacity, say residents

Trash-fired power plants wasted in India

Controversy mars India's ambitious target of generating 800 MW of energy by burning waste. Ironically, the country does not even generate …

Okhla waste to energy plant: NGT notice on possible threat to bird sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh to now verify whether emissions from the plant are harmful to the environment and wildlife of Okhla Bird Sanctuary

Delhi High Court orders shifting of biomedical waste incinerator from Okhla

Residents hope it will pave the way for shifting of Jindal's waste-to-energy plant

Barrage repairs at Okhla park force birds out in breeding season

Irrigation officials dried up the wetland for 15 days for the task, but ecologists claim the repairs are not needed every year

Who will take onus of clearing Delhi’s landfills? SC asks LG

The SC blasted the Lieutenant Governor as neither he nor the civic bodies are ready to take the responsibility for the city’s poor garbage …

NGT orders continuous inspection of Okhla incinerator

Municipal authorities asked to implement segregation of municipal solid waste at source

Local authorities in Delhi can use imaginative by-laws to clean up the city

Households must be rewarded on segregating waste and collectors, both formal and informal, should be trained

Environment ministry approves proposals for 176 eco-sensitive zones

According to the government, only 15 notifications were issued between 2006 and the middle of 2014

Ground report from Delhi’s wholesale markets: Why vegetable sales have dropped in India this summer

Low supply, soaring prices of staple grains and cooking fuel, heat wave behind low uptake, say experts

Okhla waste to energy plant is spewing lead, other toxins into air, say residents

Air samples tested by independent agency under citizens monitoring programme

A burning question

Waste-to-energy plants are being touted as a wonder solution for garbage management. But how feasible is this option?

Okhla waste-to-energy plant operator told to control emissions or face closure

National Green Tribunal gives three weeks to Jindal company

Okhla waste to energy plant put on notice for excess emissions

Residents had complained to chief minister Kejriwal during janata durbar; plant shut for now because of boiler malfunction

Okhla waste-to-energy plant will be closed, assures Arvind Kejriwal

Aggrieved residents meet Delhi chief minister with the list of violations by the plant owned by the Jindal group  

Waste-to-energy plant loses aid

ADB withdraws Rs 10 crore

NGT judgement on Okhla waste plant: no lessons learned

National Green Tribunal has, once again, made clear that it advocates a centralised system for waste processing which may not serve a long-term …

Okhla bird sanctuary in danger

Construction work going on around the avian habitat without any approval

Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants

Say studies have shown that Indian waste is unfit for the purpose

Okhla waste-to-energy plant safe: Jayanthi Natarajan

Activists, residents contest the statement; say India has no standards on emissions from incinerators

An order of chaos

National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future …