As garbage crisis in Delhi worsens, lack of funds for civic bodies gets focus
Sanitation workers have called for a strike for the fifth time in two years, which highlights the financial crisis facing the municipal bodies
Ghazipur landfill collapse is a result of years of inaction
The 33-year-old dumpsite had exceeded its capacity in 2004, but no alternative was found
How Delhi’s draft e-vehicle policy stands out
Here’s a lowdown on what the policy offers to meet its aim of 25 per cent new vehicle registrations by 2023
Pigs tested positive for JE may not be from MP, say officials
Say the city is not disease endemic
Pigs in Delhi found carrying Japanese encephalitis virus
Seven people have tested positive for the disease since September
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
20 years down the line what ails the urban local bodies
Lack of money, capacity and states' unwillingness to cede power
BIS finalises street food norms
Standard to ensure vendors follow hygienic practices and serve food safe for health
Delhi plans to remediate Okhla landfill by end of 2023. How will it do this?
CSE team found fresh waste continues to be disposed of at site; critical to use waste fractions recovered from landfill safely
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)
Delhi gets dial-an-autorickshaw service
Call 011-64444441 for G-Auto service. If it takes off, commuters all over Delhi would be able to travel by autorickshaws without haggling or …
Supreme Court upholds pollution levy on trucks entering Delhi
The apex court will give an order on Monday based on directions prepared by amicus curiae
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
CSE points out lapses in building regulations in India
The condition and quality of Indian building stock is poor when it comes to seismic performance. In Delhi, almost 80 per cent of buildings …
COVID-19: How distant laws, uneven measures afflict sanitation workers
The pandemic has further aggravated the dichotomy of livelihood and safety of sanitation workers