When rain falls in Gurugram, the natural topography of the region causes the water to flow toward Najafgarh in New Delhi, and the channel which allows this flow is the Badshahpur drain. read more

The report, prepared with data from December 16, 2018-January 28, 2019, from 33 STPs run by the Delhi Jal Board, was submitted to the two-member Yamuna pollution monitoring panel set up by the National Green Tribunal in February. read more

The Badhshapur nullah is the city’s arterial stormwater drain, which has been encroached upon in the recent years due to urban sprawl, reducing its carrying capacity and compromising the city’s ability to absorb rainfall. read more

With the notice, work will be affected between Chamba and Kandisaur on the Rishikesh-Gangotri Highway, where BRO was working for widening of the roads read more

The environment ministry’s regional office, which conducted an inquiry of the felling of trees in August 2017 following complaints by local environmental activists, had also concluded that the plot had dense vegetation (1,846 trees per hectare) and that... read more

The NGT had, on March 2, admonished the MCG and Ecogreen for improper waste management in Bandhwari, and asked both parties, on March 8, to present plans to remedy the situation, along with reasons why prosecution should not be initiated against the... read more

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday imposed a Rs 500 crore penalty on German automaker Volkswagen for using a “cheat device” in its diesel cars to deceive emission tests. read more

HT had report previous studies that detected heavy metals such as nickel, manganese, lead and mercury in the soil and water of the floodplains and vegetables grown in the area. read more

Only 3% of Delhi’s geographical area and population come under the NDMC, but it is considered the seat of political power in India. It managed to get a ‘3 star Garbage Free City’ rating, and ‘Open Defecation Free (ODF) ++’ tag for setting up toilets... read more

The Union ministry of environment on Tuesday said that the contentious housing project coming up on a 52-acre plot in Faridabad, where over 7,000 trees were felled in 2017 for it, was not on forest land. read more

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a 2016 National Green Tribunal order that expanded buffer zone limits around lakes and water bodies in Bengaluru. read more

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the ECI, the CPCB and the environment ministry to convene a meeting regarding the issue preferably within a week. read more

NGT was hearing a petition against the Haryana government for permitting the felling of more than 7,000 trees, including mesquite and axlewood (dhau), to make way for a group housing colony in Sarai Khwaja village in Faridabad. read more

The action is part of a survey that is currently under way in Delhi to identify the number of industries that are still not linked to a common effluent treatment plant (CETP), despite rules asking them to do so. read more

Encroachments by real estate companies and civic authorities, who have been concretising the drain, had severely reduced the Badshahpur drain’s ability to channel runoff and recharge the underlying water table. read more