Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has urged people to join the plantation drive, noting that it will take place between July 11 and August 9 at 30 different places in the national capital
After the Delhi Court sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody, Delhi Environment Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai on Saturday called it a "conspiracy" of the Bharatiya Janata Party government and said that AAP ministers and CM have been jailed in "fake cases."
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has directed officials to submit a detailed status report tomorrow by 11 am regarding the 'illegal' cutting of 1,100 trees in the protected Ridge area in the national capital.
Delhi Environment and Forest Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday asserted that to reduce pollution, one of the major points in the government's 12-point summer action plan is tree plantation and the government aims to plant 64 lakh saplings by March 2025.
According to the Environment Minister's Office, "Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has called a meeting tomorrow at the Delhi Secretariat regarding the tree plantation campaign. The officials of the Forest and Environment Department will take part in the meeting."
Former Chairman of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said that we must recognise our legal duty to safeguard natural resources.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that the GRAP-3 rule has been implemented in the national capital after a rise in air pollution owing to a decrease in the flow of wind and little sunlight since January 13.
With the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government coming in the line of Opposition fire amid runaway pollution in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday said he has ordered the resumption of the functioning of the city's only smog tower at Connaught Place.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday wrote to the Principal Secretary of Environment, directing the latter to release the outstanding payments of the personnel working at the Somog Tower located in Delhi's Connaught Place.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday informed that the Grap-3 has been lifted in the national capital but the government is keeping an eye that the Grap-1 and 2 should be strictly implemented.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday expressed hope that the air quality would continue to improve for the next two days owing to an increase in wind speed and probability of rain.