73% waste pickers' lost income during COVID-19 pandemic: ReportMore than 73% of Delhi's waste pickers faced severe income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing many into debt. The report by PC-PI...
25 Feb, 2025, 08.49 PM IST
Delhi Pollution: What’s permitted and what’s prohibited under new GRAP II rules in NCRGRAP II Restrictions: Authorities in Delhi will enforce Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) beginning October 22, 2024, as a...
21 Oct, 2024, 08.42 PM IST
GRAP in Noida from October 1: Ban on firecrackers to old vehicles, here are all detailsThe Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) will implement the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle rising pollution levels f...
19 Sep, 2023, 05.32 PM IST
Ghaziabad municipality stops garbage collection in 14,000 flats across 29 Societies. Is your locality affected?Garbage collection in a township has been halted for three days due to municipal concerns over waste management compliance. The 29 housing ...
06 Sep, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
IIT, IIM alumnus launch waste collection management software SafaiMitraDeveloped by a team of young entrepreneurs based in Noida, SafaiMitra provides an all-in-one solution to manage waste collection and dispos...
14 Jun, 2023, 02.56 PM IST
UP govt mulling stringent legal action as stubble burning cases spikeThe delay in harvest can be a troubling sign for the air quality if stubble-burning incidents continue, he said. "The temperatures will dro...
06 Nov, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
Anti-plastic message: Mother Dairy commissions plastic 'Ravana'; dismantles and sends for recyclingOn the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Dairy undertook an awareness drive urging its consumers to reduce use of plastic. ...
02 Oct, 2019, 07.34 PM IST
Live bombs, war scrap lying in our container depotsThe auditor has raised concerns at the absence of rules for re-exporting of containers with hazardous waste that resulted in them lying und...
15 Jan, 2019, 10.56 AM IST
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Where progress on paper hits quicksand of ground realityThe statistics may appear to be picture perfect but the situation on the ground turned out to be somewhat different.
05 Jun, 2018, 04.09 PM IST
Rs 11,000-cr Eastern Peripheral Expressway to complete in August: Nitin Gadkari"Eastern Peripheral Highway is just the beginning. We will make 12 such express highways. Three of such highways will be started in 2017 it...
28 Apr, 2017, 01.34 PM IST
Improve solid waste management or face action, 184 civic bodies toldBesides, the environment ministry has decided to depute 20 joint secretary-level officers to undertake assessment and periodic review of al...
21 Oct, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
- Municipal commissioners to face action for not taking measures to handle sewage and garbage in cities
Taking note of its internal report that shows severe negligence on part of municipal bodies in managing solid waste, the central pollution ...
20 Oct, 2015, 09.11 PM IST
With 9 tonnes of e-waste daily, Moradabad turning into a dumpCSE's Anupam Srivastava told TOI on Friday that the report will soon be presented to the Union and state governments.
26 Sep, 2015, 11.51 AM IST
Pollution: NGT orders joint inspection at steel plant"The trade effluent (liquid waste), stack and ambient air quality samples would be collected and analysed... The samples would be tested at...
15 Jan, 2015, 04.40 PM IST
AAP in turmoil as Shazia Ilmi and Captain Gopinath quitArvind Kejriwal-led AAP member Shazia Ilmi quit the party on Saturday, citing lack of 'inner party democracy' as the reason for her decisio...
24 May, 2014, 10.04 PM IST
- New rapid rail corridors: Study to find location of stations
The Delhi government is getting a study conducted to find a location where it can allow setting up of stations for the three new rapid rail...
01 Jul, 2013, 10.09 PM IST
- Bio-medical waste plagues NCR
Delhi may have finally been able to deal with its bio-medical waste but the national capital region (NCR) is lagging far behind in managing...
05 May, 2008, 02.09 AM IST