Weekly environmental information roundup from throughout totally different media networks for Week 28 (7 July to 13 July) 2025.
1. MoEFCC and CAQM launch ‘The Breath of Change’
To deal with air air pollution in Delhi-NCR via public participation and inventive engagement, the Ministry of Atmosphere, Forest and Local weather Change and the Fee for Air High quality Administration have collectively launched a strategic communication marketing campaign titled The Breath of Change.
2. Roads flooded, traffic crawls as Delhi-NCR receives heavy rain
A number of roads had been waterlogged, inflicting visitors jams after heavy rain lashed Delhi-NCR on Wednesday night.
3. DJB begins pipeline replacement in East Delhi following Delhi HC rebuke over dirty water supply
The Delhi Jal Board has initiated a venture to interchange decades-old water pipelines in jap components of the nationwide capital, days after being pulled up by the excessive court docket for supplying “sewage-mixed” water to residents of the world.
4. Commercial and Govt units owe 1.3L crore water dues
Pending water payments have surged to a staggering Rs1.4 lakh crore, with industrial customers and govt departments accounting for the lion’s share of this excellent quantity.
5. Centre calls for check on industry waste and STP upgrade in Delhi
Chairing a evaluate assembly on Yamuna rejuvenation on Friday, Dwelling Minister Amit Shah emphasised the necessity to improve the capability of sewage therapy vegetation and cease rising air pollution of the river from industrial items.
6. Stop illegal sand mining in Yamuna immediately: CM Rekha Gupta
Amid rising considerations over unlawful sand mining within the Yamuna River areas close to the Delhi-UP border, CM Rekha Gupta has written to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath urging him to take quick steps to curb the exercise.
7. Residents of Delhi’s Bawana are against new waste-to-energy plant — it’s now got a green nod
The Union Atmosphere Ministry has granted environmental clearance to a proposed Waste-to-Vitality Plant in Bawana, making it the fifth such facility set to come back up in Delhi.
8. Nitin Gadkari: 80 Lakh Tonnes Of Delhi’s Waste Used For National Road Projects
On the launch of the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0’ initiative, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari revealed a hanging transformation — Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill is now contributing to highway development.
9. When will south Ridge be notified, NGT asks government
The Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal has directed the Delhi authorities to supply a transparent timeline for the ultimate notification of the southern Ridge below Part 20 of the Indian Forest Act inside two weeks, stating that regardless of a 2021 course to take action, solely a small portion has to this point been notified.
10. Earthquake tremors felt in Delhi-NCR second time in two days
Delhi and its neighbouring areas had been jolted by an earthquake for the second day in a row, after tremors had been recorded on Friday night.
11. Leopard attack, images, and sightings: Anxious villagers seek Delhi forest dept help
Final yr in April, a 5 year-old male leopard had wandered into Delhi’s Jagatpur village and attacked eight residents, earlier than stick-wielding villagers beat it and trapped it in a home, from the place it was rescued by the wildlife division.
12. Uprooted By Climate Change, Uttarakhand’s Villagers Battle For Survival In Delhi
Sushma Devi, sitting exterior a kutcha hut tucked within the shadows of Central Vista Venture within the coronary heart of New Delhi, rued that the hills are ‘not the identical anymore’.
13. Govt asks Delhi HC to dismiss Havells, LG, Samsung, Voltas pleas against e-waste rules
The Centre has urged the Delhi Excessive Court docket to dismiss a bunch of petitions filed by the native items of LG and Samsung, Havells and Voltas in opposition to the waste administration coverage, which reportedly elevated the prices of the aggrieved electronics producers via what they claimed had been unsustainably excessive mandated payouts to e-waste recyclers.
14. 32 defence projects get wildlife panel’s nod
The Standing Committee of the Nationwide Board for Wildlife has given clearances to 32 defence initiatives inside sanctuaries positioned in Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
15. ST panel denies info on Great Nicobar project
The Nationwide Fee for Scheduled Tribes has declined to entertain a Proper to Info software searching for disclosure concerning the impression of the Nice Nicobar Island mega infrastructure venture on native tribes and the relocation of villages from a tiger reserve.
16. Centre To Review Eco-Sensitive Zone Guidelines Amid States’ Concerns
The Standing Committee of the Nationwide Board for Wildlife has referred to as for a evaluate of the rules governing Eco-Delicate Zones round protected areas, stressing the necessity for a extra “versatile” and “site-specific” strategy that balances conservation targets with native socio-economic “realities”.
