The Forest Department had on August 23 granted permission to the Central Public Works Department, the user agency, to transplant 487 of the...

The Delhi State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC), which vets the proposals before they are sent to SEIAA, has now set up a sub-committee w...

Environment minister Gopal Rai said the Delhi government is trying to reduce pollution naturally.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had approved the project in 2014 and entrusted it to National Buildings Construction Corporation NBCC...

The road transport and highways minister urged the officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to engage experts for plant...

Gopal Rai said the AAP government brought important policies on fuel change, tree transplantation and electric vehicles, and installed smog...

Addressing an online media briefing, he said the Cabinet has also approved a proposal to install a 'smog tower' in Delhi's Connaught Place ...

The government will also come out with a list of empanelled technical agencies, which will be doing the transplantation.

A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim warned the parties in the case that in the event of failure to file replies, a...

Two stretches have been identified for the pilot phase, with a total NH length of about 264 Kilometers.

The Advisor is expected to provide the much-needed impetus for resource mobilisation at a juncture when railways are undertaking large scal...

: Government plans to provide 'green canopy' on national highways at an estimated cost of Rs 5,000 crore and may link that with NREGA to bo...

He said massive plantation would not only provide green cover to the highways but also minimise pollution and maintain ecological balance.

The government intends to take up road projects worth Rs 1 lakh crore in a year and 1 per cent of it will be spent for trees plantation.

"The move will ensure faster environmental clearances and will speed up construction of roads," Nitin Gadkari told ET.

The new green policy, Gadkari explained, will pave way for creation of employment as well as contribute towards the economic growth.

Govt plans to create a brigade of 1,000 contractors to fulfill this ambitious task, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said.