Environment Uttarakhand: With no disaster management plan in place, earthquake fear stalks the state March 8, 2023 S M A Kazmi Experts fear a worst case scenario in case of a major natural disaster. The state government is ill prepared to meet such a calamity.
Environment That sinking feeling again: From Joshimath to Shimla via McLeodganj and Dharamshala February 16, 2023 Ashwani Sharma Earthquake is the new worry for towns like Dharamshala, McLeodganj and Shimla, all geologically unsafe and vulnerable to soil subsidence.
Environment Joshimath ignored all warnings since 1976; this is what scientists are saying now January 31, 2023 S M A Kazmi Geo-morphological evidence indicates that slopes around Joshimath are inherently fragile; Mussoorie and Nainital also at risk.
Environment Joshimath residents literally shivering in cold, fear of what the future holds January 27, 2023 S M A Kazmi No one seems to be listening to the woes of the people of Uttarakhand who are continuously losing ground from under their feet, literally.
Waste Management Court orders ignored: Srinagar’s lone landfill site spreads disease and misery January 17, 2023 Abid Bashir Wani In 2007, the High Court ordered SMC to close the Srinagar garbage dumping site within 18 months. The orders have not been implemented till date.
Waste Management CAG audit of urban waste management in Odisha finds not a single sanitary landfill January 9, 2023 Himanshu Upadhyaya Out of 114 Urban Local Bodies that should follow SWM Rules in the state, the CAG audit selected 21. Waste dumping was rampant in all of them.
Civic Stray animals a menace in the capital, but AAP says it has a plan January 3, 2023 Sri Krishna Several complaints against the menace of stray animals in Delhi have gone to civic authories. AAP has openly committed to tackling this.
Governance After 70 years of neglect, Srinagar gets a facelift December 21, 2022 Abid Bashir Wani Srinagar is set to get a makeover with a series of Smart City projects, worth Rs 1000 crore. The aim is to target tourism.
Waste Management Ecological damage, land lost: The cost of Delhi’s toxic landfills December 14, 2022 Sri Krishna Delhi’s landfills, mainly Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla, are now toxic, growing sites causing immense harm to citizens in and around.
Society Crimes of passion: Experts point at the lack of support systems needed to protect women December 13, 2022 Geeta Lal Sahai Crimes of passion are rising starkly in our cities. Have people become more intolerant and violent? What role does social structure play?
Governance Rent paying shop owners vs free squatting street vendors: A never-ending battle in Delhi December 10, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna The battle between street vendors and shop owners is more complicated than one might think; what is at stake here is livelihood.
Governance Delhi street vendors: Creating vending zones far from established markets will not work December 8, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna With the AAP winning the Delhi civic polls, it is now to be seen if Arvind Kejriwal does indeed keep his manifesto promise to street vendors.
Environment Rajokri Lake: From wasteland into model lake in just a year November 24, 2022 Sri Krishna Following the success at Rajokri Lake, Delhi Jal Board has identified 250 water bodies and 15 lakes for total transformation.
Environment Obnoxious, toxic, a ‘silent killer’: The same old saga of winter air quality in Delhi-NCR November 15, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna As the saga of toxic air quality in Delhi begins to unfold yet again this year, with it comes GRAP imposition, hitting normal life in various ways.
Environment Diesel gensets ban worries NCR residents, as permitted alternatives too costly October 20, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna RWAs across NCR have been preparing members to stop depending on diesel gensets, but finding affordable alternatives is a tough task.