Delhi

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has implemented Stage 4 of GRAP (Graded Response Action Plan) in the national capital as the pollution level crosses over into the severe category.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, DRIIV will conduct a technology-based pilot project called Project SAMEER (Solutions for Air-Pollution Mitigation through Engagement, Engineering, and Research) in Delhi-NCR, from November 2022 to February 2023.

Delhi Environment minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday imposed a fine of ₹5 lakh on Larsen and Toubro, a construction company, for violation of environmental norms at the construction site of the BJP headquarters extension.

The ambitious campaign of the Delhi government – Red Light On, Gadi Off – stuck in a war between the Delhi government and Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena over the issue of its positive result.

The New Indian spoke to various experts who agreed with the fact that silicon defoamer does not make Yamuna pollution free. "The Yamuna has now turned into chemical-laden water and people taking baths in the Yamuna should definitely do a soap bath," says leading dermatologist Dr Deepali Bhardwaj.

The drama unfolded at Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj Barrage on Friday when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma scolded a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) officer.

With Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) resting in the category of ‘very poor’, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that its 15-point Winter Action Plan (WAP) prevented AQI from reaching the severe category.

Eleven Bihar youths have been kept against their wishes in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sheikhpura district on the pretext of giving jobs by a Delhi-based contractor.

The fourth Vande Bharat Express will run between Delhi and Amb Andaura in Himachal Pradesh. The train will be flagged off by PM Narendra Modi on Thursday.

The Lt. Governor of Delhi VK Saxena has approved the proposal and notification will be issued within seven days.