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Over 20,000 illegal borewells in Delhi, DJB tells NGT

India, April 18 -- There are 20,552 illegal borewells in Delhi, Delhi Jal Board has told the National Green Tribunal in a submission made in response to a petition on illegal extraction of groundwater... Read More


Delhi: Three eateries in Hauz Khas sealed over noise norm violations

India, April 18 -- The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has sealed three restaurants in Hauz Khas village in south Delhi for operating without valid consent to operate (CTO) licence and has im... Read More


DJB, MCD blame each other over lack of improvement in Kushak drain

India, April 16 -- In separate submissions to the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) blamed each other for a lack of improvement in t... Read More


Delhi set to hold Leopard census in asola bhatti

NEW DELHI, April 13 -- Delhi's forest and wildlife department is set to carry out a leopard census at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary in south Delhi - the first such exercise in the Capital focuse... Read More


Forest dept set to conduct leopard census at Delhi's Asola

India, April 12 -- Delhi's forest and wildlife department is set to carry out a leopard census at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary in south Delhi - the first such exercise in the Capital focused on... Read More


84% of trees transplanted for Burari bus depot missing or dried up: Delhi forest dept

India, April 9 -- As many as 141 of 168 trees that were to be transplanted by the Delhi transport department for the construction of a cluster bus depot in Burari are either "missing" or have "dried u... Read More


Delhi forest dept to create SOP to tackle leopards in urban spaces

India, April 9 -- The Delhi forest and wildlife department has decided to bring in a standard operating procedure (SOP) to tackle man-animal conflicts and sensitise residents on the steps they must ta... Read More


Reduce tree transplantation to get green nod for bus depot in Delhi, NBCC told

India, March 24 -- Delhi's State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), a body that advises the state on environmental clearances to development projects, has asked central public sector enterprise NBCC t... Read More


Kejriwal arrest: A bit of buzz, some anxiety... but largely business as usual in Delhi

India, March 23 -- In most states ruled by the Opposition, the arrest of a popular chief minister would have brought tens of thousands of people onto the streets. There's no doubt, based on his party'... Read More


Open interpretation area to be developed at Ridge

India, March 17 -- Delhi's forest and wildlife department will be landscaping a 1.5 hectare area of the Kamla Nehru Ridge in north Delhi to create an open interpretation area, which will consist of a ... Read More