Weekly Environmental News Roundup for Week 17, 2025
Weekly environmental news roundup from across different media networks for Week 17 (21 to 27 April) 2025.
In response to the worsening air quality in the capital, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday held an emergency review meeting and ordered immediate action against high-polluting industries, institutions, and construction sites.
2. Delhi’s 6 new air stations may give pollution data green bias: Experts
Last week, Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced that the government will add six new continuous ambient air quality monitoring stations, adding to the Capital’s 40 station-strong grid that acts as the backbone of the city’s pollution monitoring mechanism.
3. Delhi environment department imposes Rs 40 lakh fine on construction projects for dust pollution
In a strict move against dust pollution the Delhi Environment Department has imposed a fine of Rs 40 lakh fine on a commercial construction project in Delhi following minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa’s instructions to crack down on violators.
4. DJB water supply hit, South Delhi residents say disruption since 2 weeks
As the Capital reels under sweltering heat, residents in parts of South Delhi have been facing inconvenience amid a disruption in water supply.
5. Plan in motion to tap Ganga water to clean Yamuna in Delhi
In a bid to clean the Yamuna river in the national capital, the Centre and the Delhi government are finalising a plan to augment its water flow by diverting Ganga river water from the Upper Ganga Canal into the Yamuna, official sources told The Hindu.
6. Delhi targets 1,000 MGD water supply for summer
With water demand soaring alongside rising mercury, the Delhi Jal Board has set a target of supplying 1,000 million gallons per day during peak summer months under its summer action plan.
Delhi Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Wednesday directed the Delhi Jal Board to conduct a third-party audit of all 37 sewage treatment plants in the Capital.
8. ‘Matkaman’ leads charge: Delhi University students protest over lack of clean drinking water
In a powerful show of student activism, Delhi University students staged a protest at the iconic Arts Faculty on Monday, demanding immediate action to ensure clean drinking water across DU campuses.
9. Delhi unveils its first heat action plan
As the capital braces for a scorching summer, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Monday unveiled a sweeping 150-page Heat Action Plan 2025 — a first-of-its-kind blueprint to tackle intensifying heatwaves with the help of cooling shelters, heatwave wards in hospitals, and the installation of 3,000 water coolers across the city.
10. Delhi HC orders govt response to LG, Samsung’s e-waste payout challenge
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the government and the Central Pollution Control Board after LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd and Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd filed petitions against a recent policy requiring electronics manufacturers to pay more to electronic waste (e-waste) recyclers, court documents showed Tuesday.
11. Delhi CM orders 24×7 waste processing at city’s 3 landfill sites
Unhappy over slow pace of removal of waste from the city’s three landfill sites, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday instructed civic authorities to ensure 24×7 waste processing there.
12. Delhi: Waste dumping continues at shut dhalaos in Jangpura Extn, NGT told
Waste dumping at the location of three dhalaos that were shut in Jangpura Extension is continuing, especially at odd hours of the day to avoid detection, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi told the National Green Tribunal.
Noting that the states must make a realistic assessment of generated waste, the Supreme Court on Thursday in its order directed Delhi and the NCR, certain districts of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh governments, to designate senior officers to supervise the process to achieve 100 per cent collection and segregation of solid waste.
14. Delhi to block End-of-Life Vehicles at borders: ANPR cameras to enforce rule
In a move to tackle vehicular pollution at its source, the Delhi government will soon install Automated Number Plate Recognition cameras at all border entry points to restrict the entry of End-of-Life Vehicles into the city.
15. Delhi turns old buses into food stalls
Delhi is rolling out an ambitious summer resilience strategy by transforming its ageing fleet of buses into food kiosks across major transport nodes.
16. Clear waste, improve public toilets in Tilak Nagar on priority: Minister
Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa conducted an inspection of Tilak Nagar here on Saturday.
17. At Delhi’s lone wildlife sanctuary, only e-vehicles to ply to protect animals from pollution
The Delhi government is planning to replace all existing petrol, diesel, and CNG vehicles —such as trucks, jeeps, cars, motorcycles, and utility vehicles —that are currently used for supplying food, water, and other essentials at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, with electric vehicles.
18. MoEF&CC recommends expert body formation to study ozone impact in Delhi
The ministry of environment, forest and climate change recommended the formation of an expert committee to study the impact of high ozone pollution across the country — especially Delhi-NCR, which is one of the most impacted — and submit the same to the National Green Tribunal.
19. NGT pulls up authorities over management of waste at Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram
The National Green Tribunal has pulled up municipal corporations of Gurugram and Faridabad over “gross deficiencies” in the management of waste at Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram.
20. Delhi NCR drives climate tech startup boom amidst crisis
Delhi NCR is a region gasping under the weight of pollution, heatwaves, and environmental degradation.
