Pedalling towards a cleaner capital
The real crisis lies in major cities, where overcrowded roads, rising pollution, declining patience and poor traffic discipline have become commonplace.
The real crisis lies in major cities, where overcrowded roads, rising pollution, declining patience and poor traffic discipline have become commonplace.
Delhi’s draft EV Policy 2026 opens for consultation, proposing incentives, scrappage benefits and strict timelines to push electric mobility across two-wheelers, commercial fleets and private vehicles.
Pakistan emerged as the world’s most polluted country in 2025, recording PM2.5 levels up to 13 times higher than the safe limits prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The framework aims to improve road cross-sections, right-of-way (RoW) utilisation, greening measures and road maintenance protocols across the NCR.
The CAQM, in view of the forecasts for meteorological conditions and air quality index made available by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), respectively, has taken a call on the preventive, restrictive measures under stage II of GRAP, invoked in the entire NCR on October 19 last year.
The meeting formed part of the regular annual review mechanism to assess progress and strengthen the implementation of identified measures.
The year 2025 has just come to an end and leaves Delhi’s citizens with several issues to ponder over and work upon towards improvement in 2026.
The inspection was conducted on Monday by flying squad teams across major NDMC jurisdictions covering Circle–6, Circle–11 and Circle–14.
Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa today blamed the Aam Aadmi Party for giving the national capital eleven years of polluted air. In a note shared by him, Sirsa launched a sharp attack on AAP for staging demonstrations against the deteriorating air quality in Delhi.
Air pollution in Delhi has reached a critical and almost irreversible stage, turning the city into one of the most polluted capitals in the world and posing a serious threat to public health and environmental sustainability.
