Tag: National Capital Region

Delhi shivers as intense cold winds lash National Capital Region

The overall air quality continued to remain 'poor', even as some areas recorded 'very poor' category air

January 16, 2019

SC prohibits plying of 15-yr-old petrol, 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in NCR

Terming as "very critical" the prevailing situation of pollution in Delhi-NCR region, the apex court directed that a list of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles be published on the websites of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and transport department.

October 29, 2018

KMP expressway to open in Sept

The Haryana Public Works minister, Rao Narbir Singh on Wednesday said this mega project would be inaugurated by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for which the state government has asked for his availability and time. 

August 30, 2018

Efforts on to cut air pollution in NCR: Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister- Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said the state government is taking several steps to check on the air pollution caused due to vehicular traffic and stubble burning especially in the National Capital Region (NCR). Briefing the Ambassador of the United States of America (USA) to India Kenneth I Juster, who called on...

August 30, 2018

Horror of Horrors

If 16 girls could be raped and one murdered in a “shelter” in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, the incident is much too grotesque to fetch a comparison with the Delhi gangrape and murder on 12 December 2012, as did an RJD member in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. But whereas the tragedy in the National Capital...

July 26, 2018

Murder, rape down but crime in Delhi up 12 pc in 2017

Crime in the national capital increased by 12 per cent in 2017, due to factors like high number of migrants and economic disparity, slack family control have a bearing on the rising figures, according to Delhi Police. Though police records claimed that major crimes like rape and murder had declined, increase in motor vehicle thefts...

January 12, 2018

Air quality still very poor, NGT defers decision on construction, odd-even exemptions

Air quality in the National Capital Region on Thursday showed no improvement as the Air Quality Index (AQI) deteriorated a “little” and remained in the “very poor” category even as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) deferred its decision on ban on construction activities and the Delhi government’s plea for exemptions on the odd-even traffic scheme...

November 17, 2017

Air quality improves marginally, NGT rejects plea for odd-even exemptions

Air quality in the National Capital Region saw a marginal improvement from “severe plus” to “severe” on Tuesday while the National Green Tribunal turned down a Delhi government plea for exemptions from the odd-even traffic scheme. The Delhi government made the fresh plea before the top green court that the odd-even scheme for four-wheelers be...

November 15, 2017

Punjab CM rejects Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for meeting on pollution

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday rejected Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for a meeting on stubble-burning and air pollution in the National Capital Region, and asked him to refrain from “trying to politicise a serious issue”. This followed Kejriwal’s request via Twitter for a meeting with Amarinder Singh in Chandigarh on Wednesday....

November 14, 2017

Delhi, National Capital Region receive thundershowers  

The national capital, Gurugram, Faridabad and parts of Noida saw thunderstorms and received light showers on Wednesday afternoon, the weather office here said. According to the Met Office, scattered and light rains and thunderstorms were likely in and around the National Capital Region later in the day as well.  The showers, however, would not bring...

May 3, 2017

Traffic chaos

Traffic-control lights remaining nonfunctional for days and months, in Delhi's National Capital Region result in frayed tempers and cumulative loss of man hours for commuters and policemen. Damaged light signal posts, leaning over for weeks after an impact, are dismal reminders of civic apathy. Yet no roving repair crew is deployed for speedy restoration of...

May 1, 2017