Garbage gets attention
India is revising the way it manages solid waste. A manual for this, prepared by the urban development ministry, proposes providing legal …
Reading into new air policy for Delhi-NCR: Focus on prevention, timely intervention
It is clear that positive impact needs participation of wider areas in neighbouring states
NITI Aayog health index: Kerala maintains top spot
The worst-performing state in overall performance was Uttar Pradesh; Bihar, Madhya Pradesh performed marginally better
Why welcome trouble?
What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …
Gas-based two wheelers launched to curb air pollution
As per the idle emission test, the hydrocarbon emissions from CNG retrofitted two-wheelers are 75 per cent lesser as compared to their petrol-…
Why this 'Transit-Oriented Debacle'?
Amendments proposed by DDA threaten to go back to exclusionary planning, congestion-inducing street management and urban-scape without …
Fireworks make Diwali a dangerous festival for all
Farm fires, firecrackers and burdgeoning vehicular pollution will choke the air in cities and towns this winter. Are we headed towards our worst …
Who can touch diesel?
India’s diesel vehicle industry is so powerful that even a Volkswagen-like exposé of the cover-up of diesel emissions is like water …
CSE condemns Delhi government’s decision to scrap BRT
'The capital city has decided to take back the space from the transport of the masses to give it to polluting cars and SUVs'
Government releases National Air Quality Index, CSE welcomes it
India now needs action to reduce smog, says Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment
The curious case of panchayats in Delhi
The Nagar Swaraj Bill will usher in decentralised governance in the city state, but what happened to rural panchayats?
Draft policy on rooftop solar power generation favours Delhi’s private discoms, say experts
Provisions are contradictory and offer little incentive for domestic consumers to generate power
National Green Tribunal stays covering of drains in South Delhi
Orders setting up of an expert panel to deliberate whether drains should be covered or not
Expert committee to look into junk food in schools
Delhi High Court approves proposal following dissension over guidelines proposed by food safety authority
Deadly virus triggers fears of SARS-like epidemic
WHO has not declared whether deadly virus, which has caused the death of a Saudi national, is a public health threat
Metro Flash Mob: "Please Mend the Gap"
On March 29, 2011, Dharini Bhaskar was harassed and assaulted while taking the yellow metro line in New Delhi. And although she filed a police …
Manna from heaven
Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …
Master plan for anarchy
The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …
Faceless Figures
The status of cancer data in India is as scary as the killer itself. The most recent data on cancer by the Indian Council of Medical Research is …
Tapping wastewater
Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue
Severe fog: Met department in dark
The rising trend of murky days in recent years has failed to spur the Indian Meterological Department into action. Quite clearly, the need of the …
Car Control
Cities all over the world are trying to ease congestion on roads. Not the choked Indian cities, though. Time to make cars in India pay the real …
The pollution story In Black And Pink
Life in Delhi is a capital punishment. The city's air is so polluted it claims a victim every hour. The level of small particles less than 10 …
Charming no more
The saperas (snake-charmers) of Delhi loive in a unique colony called Mollarbandhgaon. This community, located next to the Badarpur thermal power …
As told to Parliament (December 18, 2023): CSE finds coal-fired power plants around Delhi not complying with emission norms
All that was discussed in the House through the day