Articles by Jasjeev Gandhiok
Delhi Budget: Efforts to map, combat pollution sources to be intensified
The Delhi government started the country’s first real-time source apportionment lab at Pandara Road on January 30 this year. Gahlot said this lab will now be replicated across Delhi’s 11 districts as mobile vans
Published on Mar 23, 2023 12:04 AM IST
Delhi Budget: Metro, govt to collaborate on building two new bus terminals
The flyovers are being built by DMRC as part of the upcoming Phase IV metro lines, which consist of Janakpuri West to RK Ashram, Tughlakabad to Aerocity and Maujpur to Majlis Park routes
Published on Mar 23, 2023 12:02 AM IST
Delhi Budget: 25% power demand to be met by solar panels by 2025
The Delhi government, he said, has allocated ₹3,348 crore to the power sector for the financial year 2023-24, barely unchanged from the ₹3,340 crore allocated last year.
Updated on Mar 23, 2023 03:58 AM IST
Delhi Budget: Education again gets pride of place in allocations
Describing a plan to distribute tablets in schools in 2018 as a grand success, Gahlot said the government will now provide new tablets to teachers, principals, vice-principals, and directorate of distance education (DDEs) in 2023-24, with 20 new computers to be installed in each of the 350 Delhi government school.
Updated on Mar 23, 2023 01:12 AM IST
After rain, winds, Delhi logs best air day since October
On Tuesday, Delhi’s 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) reading was 75 (satisfactory) according to CPCB’s daily bulletin, a notable improvement from Monday’s reading of 154 (moderate)
Updated on Mar 22, 2023 04:49 AM IST
March likely to leave on a cooler note in Delhi: IMD
IMD’s seven-day forecast shows Delhi’s maximum temperature could hover around the 26-degree mark on Tuesday and while it will gradually rise to 30 degrees by Thursday
Updated on Mar 21, 2023 12:50 AM IST
Project to reduce monopoly of vilayati kikar from Central Ridge of Delhi on track
However, environmental experts said deeming the project successful in a year based on a decent survival rate may be too premature, as the vilayati kikar shows allelopathic effects, meaning the tree releases compounds that make it difficult for other native species to grow nearby
Published on Mar 20, 2023 12:14 AM IST
DMRC to install vertical solar panels between Jamia and Okhla Metro stations
The officials added the pilot will help assess whether these two-sided solar panels are more effective than conventional ones and whether they can double up as noise barriers
Published on Mar 17, 2023 11:50 PM IST
‘Double-decker viaduct in South Delhi by 2024’
DMRC said the Metro viaduct will be on the upper deck, at a height of 18 metres from the ground, while a 2.4km flyover will run on the lower deck
Published on Mar 16, 2023 11:25 PM IST
Project to remotely gather Delhi-Gurugram on-road emission data to be over soon
Officials associated with the pilot project said over 65,000 vehicles have been tested so far with data being gathered from 10 locations in Delhi and Gurugram. Another five locations will soon be equipped with these emission analysing devices, officials said
Updated on Mar 14, 2023 11:58 PM IST
Delhi 4th most polluted city, India home to 39 of 50 worst cities
The average yearly PM2.5 reading in India was more than 10 times the upper limit prescribed by WHO, while Delhi’s pollutant levels were more than 18 times what is considered safe.
Published on Mar 14, 2023 11:28 PM IST
New railway bridge beside Delhi’s iconic Lohe Ka Pul likely by Sep
Work on the new bridge, which is being built parallel to the Old Yamuna Bridge or Loha Pul, began in 2003. The construction work witnessed several halts over the years owing to structural changes.
Published on Mar 05, 2023 12:01 AM IST
G20 delegates enjoy day out with birdwatching, pottery at Sultanpur National Park
The 350-acre national park was decked up to welcome the delegates. Apart from folk dancers welcoming them at the entrance, an exhibition area inside displaying the rich biodiversity of the park, a handicrafts section, a G20 ‘tree park’ and birding points were also among the main attractions during the visit
Published on Mar 04, 2023 11:56 PM IST
With higher temperatures, Capital logs second-best Feb air since 2016
Delhi receives an average of 21mm rain in February, but this past month, no western disturbance influenced the National Capital Region, leading to the city witnessing no rain
Updated on Mar 02, 2023 04:55 AM IST
Delhi govt to study its anti-dust measures
The study will assess the effectiveness of anti-smog guns, water sprinkling tankers and mechanised road sweepers in combating air pollution in the city
Published on Feb 14, 2023 01:19 AM IST
Varied, increased sightings: Bird Day goes bigger this year
For this year’s edition of BBD, a total of 97 locations were covered across Delhi-NCR. While the overall bird density was lower than last year, largely owing to a premature rise in temperatures, birders say that the region still recorded an impressive diversity of bird species.
Updated on Feb 12, 2023 04:44 AM IST
Survey to map sources of pollution at Anand Vihar
The Delhi environment department will launch a second survey by the end of the month to assess how effective on-ground action has been and how many point-sources of pollution are left in the area
Published on Feb 10, 2023 12:03 AM IST
Delhi winter may be over, says IMD
Typically, winter conditions – chilly mornings and a nip in the air even in peak afternoon – last till at least the second or third week of February, but this has been changing recently with the year 2019 recording a high of 28.7°C on January 20, and 2021 logging 30.4°C on February 10.
Updated on Feb 10, 2023 04:44 AM IST
Jasjeev Gandhiok, New Delhi
Only 3 Delhi tehsils in ‘safe’ zone for groundwater, but levels on rise
The report for the year 2021-22 also indicates that Delhi’s groundwater table is gradually on the rise, with 61% of the city’s wells recording an increase in groundwater levels in August 2021, compared to the 2011-20 decadal mean for the month
Published on Feb 07, 2023 11:53 PM IST
Cyclists most vulnerable on Delhi road, says IIT-Delhi study
Data shows that 52 cyclists died on Delhi roads between 2017 and 2019, while 541 motorcyclists and 53 car occupants succumbed to road injuries over the same period
Published on Feb 07, 2023 11:40 PM IST
Capital sees hottest day in a decade for first week of February
Delhi on Monday witnessed its hottest February day in two years, and the warmest day for the first week of the month since at least 2013, with parts of the Capital recording a maximum temperature of over 29 degrees Celsius (°C), according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD)
Published on Feb 06, 2023 11:40 PM IST
Spells of dense fog this winter highest in 5 yrs
This was the sixth winter season in a row when the city failed to log the normal long-term average mark of 99 hours of dense fog hours
Published on Feb 05, 2023 11:49 PM IST
Study flags unaccounted sources adding to Delhi’s pollution load
Experts say unless these sources are recognised, they cannot be acted upon in the fight to bring down pollution.
Published on Feb 02, 2023 11:42 PM IST
This January in Delhi was coldest since 2013: Data
The average monthly maximum, recorded at 19.7°C, too was 0.4 degrees below the normal, the data showed
Updated on Feb 02, 2023 08:19 AM IST
Overnight showers help Delhi bridge Jan deficit
A western disturbance refers to an area of “disturbed” or reduced air pressure, moving from the west to the east, carrying with it moisture associated with rainfall, snowfall and fog in northern India
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 05:24 AM IST
Particles from smoke, garbage burning cause max air pollution in last 3 months
Delhi government data shows secondary inorganic aerosols account for 33% of the particulate matter 2.5 pollution in the Capital, and garbage burning had a share of 24%
Published on Jan 31, 2023 12:14 AM IST
Kejriwal unveils study, devices to help combat air pollution in Delhi
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal unveiled the source apportionment study, a supersite, a van and a portal to gather, analyse and share air pollution data in the capital
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 02:03 AM IST
Red-headed vulture seen at Delhi’s Bhatti mines, first since 2017
The bird was spotted during an ongoing winter raptor survey, which is carried out by the Bombay Natural History Society each year at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
Updated on Jan 30, 2023 12:29 PM IST
Rarest of rare case: American black vulture spotted in Gurugram
Birders across the National Capital Region (NCR) sighted a black vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Gurugram’s Chandu Budhera – a sighting that is being described as the ‘rarest of rare’ because the bird is not found in Asia, or even Europe, making it the first such sighting for the region
Published on Jan 28, 2023 11:17 PM IST
Delhi govt plans to weed out invasive plants in Ridge
The project will commence at atentative cost of ₹1.09 crore. Once cleared, the weeds and cleared waste will be dumped in parts of the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
Published on Jan 27, 2023 02:01 AM IST
