NGT seeks report on 'mountain' dumps at landfill sitesA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the AAP government to apprise the tribunal of the steps it has taken to ...
17 Jul, 2017, 03.09 PM IST
Okhla waste-to-energy plant safe: CPCB tells NGTJustifying setting up of the waste-to-energy plant in Okhla, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Friday told the National Green T...
09 Dec, 2016, 08.49 PM IST
NGT raps SDMC over figures on waste generated in DelhiThe National Green Tribunal hasrapped the South Delhi Municipal Corporation over "inaccurate" data on various kinds of waste generated in t...
22 Nov, 2016, 07.08 PM IST
What is total quantity of waste generated by Delhi, asks NGTThe tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Sukhdev Vihar Residents Welfare Association praying for closure of waste-to- energy plant alleging...
21 Nov, 2016, 10.23 PM IST
NGT seeks report on incineration, thermal plantsThe NGT has directed CPCB to submit within a week the inspection report on the waste-to-energy and thermal power plants in the capital, in ...
05 Feb, 2016, 06.11 PM IST
NDMC’s waste-to-wealth projects hang fireNDMC had announced in its budget speech that a plant based on methanization would be set up in Okhla that would process 100 tonnes waste. T...
03 Nov, 2015, 08.28 PM IST
Can incinerators help manage India's growing waste management problem?Complaints are not uncommon around WTE plants, but they have come up anyway because of the pressing need to dispose of waste.
09 Sep, 2015, 01.30 PM IST
NGT seeks report on service stations operating in capitalAutomobile service stations operating in the capital and discharging toxic pollutants into the Yamuna have come under the radar of the Nati...
10 Aug, 2015, 06.18 PM IST
Municipal bodies using landfill sites at risk of human lives: Economic SurveySouth Delhi Municipal Corporation produces 2700 MTD daily of which 1000 MTD goes to Bhalswa landfill site, also used by North MCD.
28 Jun, 2015, 02.59 PM IST
Manish Sisodia visits controversial Okhla, Ghazipur waste-to-energy plantsA CPCB inspection had revealed levels of dioxins and carcinogenic chemical compounds in the Okhla plant was several times the safe standard.
23 May, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
Delhi's waste-to-energy plants ‘toxic, costly, inefficient’Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem.
31 Mar, 2015, 02.19 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Curbing pollution top priority for Okhla votersAfter the Okhla waste plant issue featured in a popular TV series produced by actor Amir Khan recently, more residents have joined the camp...
24 Mar, 2014, 12.13 PM IST
- Delhi Pollution Control Committee hands showcause notice to Okhla plant
Delhi Police’s Special Cell and Crime Branch have busted two international syndicates supplying fake Indian currency notes to different sta...
13 Jan, 2014, 05.42 AM IST
- Delhi's Okhla plant gets notice for air pollution in area
Residents of Sukhdev Vihar and other areas near the plant have been protesting against waste-to-energy technology since 2010.
13 Jan, 2014, 04.55 AM IST
- Delhi to get country's first waste-to-power plant
Delhi is set to get the country's first commercial waste-to-power plant of 16 MW capacity that will convert one third of Capital's garbage ...
26 Jun, 2010, 03.24 PM IST
- Waste not: It means more power
The MCD and NDMC have undertaken composting of solid waste by enhancing capacity at their present plants under one project and converting i...
09 Apr, 2008, 05.02 PM IST
- MCD to generate power from waste
The MCD has worked out a Rs 170 crore investment plan for removal and segregation of municipal solid waste from which power could be genera...
14 Jan, 2008, 05.46 PM IST