Amid Delhi's ongoing air quality crisis, New Delhi Municipal Committee (NDMC) Vice Chairman Satish Upadhyay alleged that the Delhi government is deeply involved in corruption and disinterested in carrying out any meaningful work.
Justice Subramonium Prasad directed the Counsel for the Delhi Government to file a fresh status report after taking instructions from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and the BSES regarding further action taken in the matter.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports highlighting the deteriorating air quality in the National Capital and sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Centre, Delhi Government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
The Delhi government on Saturday has extended the existing Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy till December 31, 2023, or till notification of Policy 2.0 whichever is earlier.
"To encourage people to use public transport, aggregators of AC luxury buses will be given licenses to operate buses in the city. No standing passengers will be allowed on these buses. Bus seats can be reserved only using app & digital payments," CM Kejriwal said in a press conference.
"The focus of the campaign will be on two key points. First, all the industrial units in Delhi will be under surveillance for pollution. Another is that people dump garbage in empty plots and burn them in the industrial areas, this creates air pollution. A check will be kept on them under th
A Public Interest Litigation IPIL) has been moved in the Delhi High Court against the non-completion of a school building affecting the education and health of 8,000 students studying in Delhi Government Girls Senior Secondary School situated in Mukundpur Village, Delhi.
In view of the preparations to tackle the pollution problem in the coming winter season to tackle pollution, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that the government is leading the proceedings for the implementation of the 15-point winter action plan.
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought a response from the Centre and Delhi Governments on a plea moved by former Indian cricket team captain Kapil Dev, his wife Romi Dev and others challenging some provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
The Arvind Kejriwal government has started spraying bio-decomposers on agricultural fields across Delhi, said a press release from the Office of the Development Minister on Friday.
A two-day mega parent-teacher meeting (PTM) across all schools under the Delhi government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) began on Thursday. The PTM is being organised over two days to help parents attend it at their convenience, according to officials.
The official statement said that the Government conceded that the opinion of LG shall be required for the appointment of Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) for CBI to conduct trials of POCSO cases in various special courts of the National Capital, which has been stalled for over nine months.