-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday fined the Delhi government 25 crore for failing to take action to curb pollution in the capital, despite clear directions from the tribunal to do so. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel slapped the fine after learning that the government had not complied with its directions to control the practice of open burning in industrial...
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Who is Agnes Kharshiing? -Rahul Karmakar
-The Hindu On November 8, Meghalaya’s Agnes Kharshiing and her associate Amita Sangma became the latest among 18 Right to Information activists in the northeastern region to have been either killed or assaulted or harassed. They were — as the police said — assaulted by a group of criminals at Tuber Sohshrieh in the coal- and limestone-rich East Jaintia Hills district. The spot where they were waylaid is not far from...
More »SC extends age ban to private cars in NCR
-The Telegraph/ PTIAir critical, it says and wants 15yr-old petrol & 10yr-old diesel vehicles impounded if seen on roadsThe Supreme Court on Monday prohibited the plying of 15-year-old petrol vehicles and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region, describing the air pollution in Delhi as ?horrible? and ?very critical?.The court directed the transport department to announce that such vehicles would be impounded if driven in Delhi-NCR.The top court?s directive,...
More »Delhi: All efforts lie waste as open burning continues unabated -Paras Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Waste burning near Brahma Apartments in Dwarka’s Sector 7 has necessitated the summoning of the fire brigade several times. But the highly polluting activity refuses to be curbed. Despite the stringent fines imposed by National Green Tribunal, Delhiites refuse to mend their ways and continue to burn leaves and waste. Dwarka residents will gather at the offending spot on Saturday morning to highlight the repercussions...
More »Nearly all Ganga water in UP-Bengal stretch unfit for drinking, bathing
-PTI The NGT has directed the National Mission for Clean Ganga to install display boards at a gap of 100 km to indicate whether the water was fit for bathing or drinking New Delhi: Most of the Ganga river water in the Uttar Pradesh-West Bengal stretch is unfit for drinking and bathing, a map released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has indicated. The National Green Tribunal last month directed the National...
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