The land around the lake is shared by the Centre, Delhi and Haryana governments, farmers, and private owners, with multiple agencies involved in its revival and the ongoing legal battle.
The interim order touches a nerve in Delhi-NCR’s ongoing environmental struggle—highlighting the clash between age-based restrictions and the push for smarter, evidence-led policies.
In 2016, country's apex pollution watchdog told NGT that plant was ‘safe’. Four years on, its report said presence of metals in bottom ash & fly ash mostly 'below detection levels'.
National Green Tribunal advocate Gaurav Bansal complained about Justice Sudhir Agarwal to NGT chairperson & environment ministry, saying he was unlikely to get justice in the judge's court.
What was a grand strategy to create a parallel environmental structure for grievance and unclog the Supreme Court has fallen woefully short of its promise and potential.
ThePrint recaps some other large government projects in Delhi that have come under the scanner for allegedly failing to comply with rules & regulations concerning felling of trees.
SC has lifted the ban on desilting activities in the dam in Tonk, but environmentalists say it was filled to capacity only 3-4 times, making it less prone to effects of silt formation.
Both Centre, state informed top court acknowledging mining activities in Krishna & Guntur districts. Two separate panels formed for each district to ensure compliance of NGT order.
DJB tells NGT Haryana’s ‘neglect impacting Yamuna water & situation could lead to water crisis in Delhi, affecting plants that supply water to residences of President, PM’.
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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