Weekly Environmental News Roundup for Week 3, 2025
Weekly environmental news roundup from across different media networks for Week 3 (13 to 19 Jan) 2025.
On January 15, the Delhi Directorate of Education directed all schools to conduct hybrid classes for students up to Class 9 and Class 11, following the implementation of stage four curbs under the Graded Response Action Plan.
2. GRAP 4 curbs reimposed in Delhi, NCR amid deteriorating air quality
The Central government’s panel on Delhi-NCR’s air quality, Commission for Air Quality Management, has reimposed stricter curbs in the national capital and its surrounding areas as the air quality continues to deteriorate.
3. Deep inside your lungs: Delhi roads expose pedestrians to millions of harmful nanoparticles daily
A joint study by Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, and Delhi Technological University has examined the presence and impact of airborne nanoparticles (PM1 or smaller) on pedestrians’ respiratory systems in Delhi.
4. NGT sees red over green area around Siri Fort being misused
The National Green Tribunal has criticised the the Delhi Pollution Control Committee for failing to impose environmental compensation on a project proponent who violated the tribunal’s order by hosting marriages and other events in green areas around the Siri Fort complex.
5. Delhi’s Bawana residents threaten election boycott over waste-to-energy plant
The proposed waste-to-energy plant in Bawana has ignited protests among local residents who have raised environmental and health concerns.
6. DDA urges Delhi govt to address water crisis in colonies
The Delhi Development Authority has sought intervention from the Delhi government to resolve long-pending water supply and sewerage issues in residential colonies.
7. Delhi Elections 2025: Kejriwal promises free power, water for tenants if AAP wins
Former Delhi Chief Minister and National convener of the Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday that his party would extend free electricity and water benefits to tenants if re-elected in the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
8. Free power, water, travel, and more: Delhi subsidy bill up 600% in 10 Years
The subsidy bill of Delhi under the Aam Aadmi Party has shot up more than 600% over the past 10 years.
9. African baboon dies in Delhi zoo, third animal death in as many weeks
A female African baboon has died at the Delhi Zoo, the third animal fatality at the facility in as many weeks, officials said.
10. Najafgarh Jheel: Bird numbers fall, diversity expands, says new count
The migratory bird count at the Najafgarh Jheel, a critical wetland that straddles Gurugram and southwest Delhi, has dropped sharply while the number of species inhabiting the lake has gone up, a new avian census said.
11. Leopard strays into Gurgaon residential society, rescued after five-hour operation
A male leopard strayed into a residential society in Gurgaon’s Sohna area early Sunday morning, triggering panic among residents.
12. PM Modi to launch ‘Mission Mausam’ with Rs 2,000 crore investment to tackle climate change
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch ‘Mission Mausam’, which aims to make the country a weather-ready and climate-smart nation, on the occasion India Meteorological Department’s 150th Foundation Day on Tuesday.
13. Amitav Ghosh links climate events to ‘political monsters’ in new book
For writer Amitav Ghosh and his family, September 11, 2001 was an important day, as his 10-year-old daughter Lila was set to join a new school, one that faced the World Trade Centre.
Governments and private sectors are not doing enough to mitigate climate change which will have irreversible consequences on future generations, World Meteorological Organization chief Celeste Saulo warned, but stopped short of saying that the planet.