Weekly environmental information replace from throughout totally different media networks for Week 40 (30 Sept to six Oct) 2024.
1. Green War Room’ launched to monitor air pollution in Delhi
Delhi Setting Minister Gopal Rai Monday launched a 24×7 ‘Inexperienced Battle Room’ to observe air air pollution within the Capital. An 8-member crew of environmental engineers and consultants has been deployed to observe the conflict room.
2. Anti-dust drive: Delhi clears over 6,157 metric tonnes of waste in 10 days
The Municipal Company of Delhi has accomplished the elimination of over 6156.94 metric tonnes of silt and development and demolition waste from the capital within the final 10 days, based on officers.
3. Delhi water crisis: Long queues continue to form at tankers across the city
Lengthy strains of individuals had been seen queuing up on Saturday to fetch water from tankers throughout components of the nationwide capital, as town continued to sizzle in the summertime warmth.
4. No water supply for 16 hours in West Delhi on October 1, 2
The water provide in components of West Delhi will likely be affected for 16 hours on October 1 and a couple of, based on an official assertion by the Delhi Jal Board.
5. Green tribunal orders DJB to clarify role in South Delhi pond pollution
The Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal has notified the Delhi Jal Board in a matter regarding rising air pollution in a south Delhi pond, Macchli Talab, positioned in Vasant Kunj.
6. NGT notice to forest ministry, officials on Delhi’s southern Ridge encroachment
The Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal has directed that discover be issued to the principal chief conservator of forests of Delhi, the Ministry of Setting, Forest and Local weather Change and the district Justice of the Peace of South Delhi, looking for their responses in a matter pertaining to encroachment in Delhi’s southern Ridge.
7. Delhi ‘greenest’ metro city in country: AAP govt tells SC
After being slammed for its “lacklustre” method in enhancing the inexperienced cowl within the Capital, it emerged on Wednesday that the Delhi authorities had filed an affidavit earlier than one other bench of the highest courtroom listening to the contempt petition towards unlawful felling of timber within the Delhi Ridge, informing it of the steps taken to boost town’s inexperienced cowl.
8. Come 2025, a forest action plan may give boost to green conservation efforts in city
Delhi forest division has approached Forest Analysis Institute to compile a complete motion plan for town’s forests, one thing that Delhi has been missing to date.
9. 10-foot long King Cobra found in Delhi
In a uncommon incident, the forest and wildlife division efficiently rescued a king cobra noticed in a tree in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, on Tuesday. This marks the primary time a king cobra has been sighted within the nationwide capital.
10. Prepare plan to tackle monkey menace: Delhi HC to civic bodies
The Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Monday ordered civic our bodies right here to organize and implement a programme to take care of the monkey menace within the nationwide capital noting an increase within the simian inhabitants.
11. Animal rights group opposes transfer of Assam elephant to Delhi temple
A bunch of animal rights activists have raised considerations over the proposed switch of a feminine elephant named Ranjitha from Assam to Delhi.
12. Gopal Rai inaugurates bio-decomposer initiative
In an effort to deal with the difficulty of stubble burning and decrease the air pollution ranges within the nationwide capital throughout winter, Delhi Setting Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday inaugurated the usage of a bio-decomposer combination in Palla village in Narela.
13. Nine govt hospitals in Delhi in dock over waste disposal
9 authorities hospitals within the capital, together with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), “haven’t absolutely complied with the necessities for coping with and disposal of BMW (bio-medical waste) generated”, the inexperienced courtroom stated on Friday.
14. Sops for scrapping old vehicles
The Delhi authorities on Wednesday introduced a particular scheme, beneath which residents can declare as much as 20 per cent tax rebate on buy of recent automobiles by scrapping their previous ones.
15. Delhi: 70 Cleanliness Target Units Adopted By DMRC For A Greener Metro Environment
The Delhi Metro Rail Company on Sunday stated it has adopted 70 cleanliness goal items exterior its premises for a cleaner atmosphere close to stations, depots and residential colonies.
16. Sonam Wangchuk released from detention as Delhi Police withdraws prohibitory order
Local weather activist Sonam Wangchuk was launched from detention on Thursday after the Delhi Police withdrew its prohibitory orders on public meeting.
With the delicate ecology of the Western Ghats in thoughts, a Union Setting Ministry professional panel has determined that it’s going to not grant closing clearances to pumped hydropower tasks proposed within the area with out web site visits to determine their affect on the atmosphere.
