North East Delhi District
Unregulated e-waste hotspots operating in Delhi with no safeguards
Posted on 28 Oct, 2019 02:11 PMA study by Toxics Link, a Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy non-profit identified 15 e-waste processing hotspots in Delhi operating with impunity without safeguards. These hotspots house over 5,000 illegal e-waste processing units directly and indirectly employing over 50,000 people.
Down in the dumps: Delhi’s waste pickers’ saga
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 04:05 PMEight-year-old Meera (name changed) got ill after eating filthy food remains from a dump at Mansarovar park in Delhi. Children like her work in filthy environments, rummaging through hazardous waste with bare hands and feet. They play in these dumping ground strewn with syringes, scrap iron, rotting waste, solid and liquid household waste.
India readies for a poor monsoon due to strong possibility of El Nino
Posted on 18 May, 2015 08:59 PMIndia prepares to fight the impacts of El Nino
40% of Delhi houses not connected with sewerage network: Census
Posted on 01 Dec, 2013 08:10 PM40% people in the National capital live in houses not connected to sewerage network