Weekly Environmental News Roundup for Week 22, 2025
Weekly environmental news roundup from across different media networks for Week 22 (26 May to 1 June) 2025.
1. Delhi govt orders commercial, office buildings to put anti-smog guns on rooftops
The Delhi government has mandated the installation of rooftop anti-smog guns in all high-rise commercial, hotel, and institutional buildings across the city, in a unique directive aimed at tackling urban air pollution.
2. Only 1 of 10 authorities has given Delhi govt cloud seeding clearance
The Delhi government is racing against time to carry out cloud seeding trials within its deadline of end-May to early June, as it has received permission from only one of the 10 concerned authorities it has approached for clearance, officials said on Thursday.
3. Delhi plans joint action with Punjab, Haryana to curb farm fires
The Delhi government has decided to engage with the state governments of Punjab and Haryana for joint action to control paddy stubble burning.
4. ‘Delhi seals nearly 16,000 illegal borewells, 4,000 still untraced’
In a sweeping crackdown on illegal groundwater extraction, district magistrates across Delhi have sealed 15,962 unauthorized borewells, according to a report submitted by the Delhi government to the National Green Tribunal.
5. Delhi to overhaul water supply: Just 29 lakh connections for over 1 crore residents
A new bill collection system, smart metering for the entire city — a revamp of Delhi’s water supply system is on the cards to address challenges of revenue losses, it is learnt.
6. Willing to share water if Delhi, Haryana pay BBMB arrears: Himachal CM Sukhu
Himachal is willing to supply water to New Delhi and Haryana but these neighbouring states should first settle the pending dues of the Bhakra Beas Management Board that have remained unpaid for 14 years.
7. NGT directs wetland authority to trace, restore missing waterbodies
National Green Tribunal has directed the Wetland Authority of Delhi to trace missing water bodies and undertake restoration measures.
8. Restoration of Kamla Nehru Ridge to check waterlogging
Delhi Development Authority has initiated plans to restore the depression at Kamla Nehru Ridge by converting it into a water body, complementing ongoing restoration efforts.
9. East Delhi: Tap water muddy and stinks, health at risk
In East Delhi, residents have long endured the troubling reality of impure, discoloured water flowing from their taps, a challenge that shows no signs of abating despite repeated complaints.
10. Danish experts run pilot to boost efficiency of Delhi wastewater plant
Experts from Denmark have teamed up with the Delhi Jal Board to carry out a pilot study aimed at improving the efficiency of an existing wastewater treatment plant in the capital, officials from the Danish Embassy confirmed.
The Delhi High Court, recently, dismissed a writ petition seeking to restrain the Delhi Development Authority from evicting around 800 Pakistani Hindu refugees living at a camp in Majnu Ka Tila.
The government needs to take immediate action to preserve what remains of the two billion-year-old Aravalli range, People for Aravallis, a collective of environmentalists and citizens, stated in a report on Friday.
13. Delhi Ridge tree-felling case: SC finds DDA officials guilty of criminal contempt
“Overwhelming public interest” saw the Supreme Court restrain itself on Wednesday from initiating contempt action against Delhi Development Authority officials and its former vice-chairperson Subhashish Panda for the illegal felling of hundreds of trees in the protected ridge area without prior permission from the top court.
14. 12k flowering sapling to be planted at central Ridge
Delhi Forest and Wildlife Department plans to beautify the forest stretch along Sardar Patel Marg by planting 12,000 flowering trees and shrubs.
15. Delhi Govt Approves Climate Education Project in Sarvodaya Schools
In a bid to foster environmental awareness among students, the Delhi government has approved a project by to promote climate change and sustainability education in Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalayas for the academic year 2025-26.
16. Valmik Thapar, veteran tiger conservationist, author, passes away in Delhi
Valmik Thapar, veteran tiger conservationist and author, passed away in Delhi on Saturday morning.
17. Stray cattle in Delhi to get comfortable spaces with fodder, clean drinking water
Law and Justice Minister Kapil Mishra, in a review meeting with the officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi government’s Animal Husbandry Department on Wednesday, decided to provide comfortable spaces for stray cattle, where they will have access to ample fodder, clean drinking water, and proper sanitation facilities.
18. Delhi-Based NGO to Take Major Step Towards Greener India on Environment Day
World Environment Day, observed every year on 5 June, is the United Nations’ principal platform for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect the environment.
Namo Bharat trains, currently operating on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System corridor are redefining daily travel for commuters with a blend of comfortand energy efficiency.
20. ‘Gurgaon’s disappearing water bodies’: National Green Tribunal seeks response of Haryana, civic body
The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal in New Delhi Friday sought the response of the Haryana government and the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon in a plea alleging disappearance of ponds and water bodies in Gwal Pahari and Badshahpur tehsils of Gurgaon.
21. Key climate target of airline decarbonisation ‘in peril’: IATA
The emergence of leaders favouring fossil fuels and recent regulatory rollbacks are “obviously a setback… it does imperil success on the 2050 horizon”, Marie Owens Thomsen, the International Air Transport Association’s senior vice president for sustainability, told reporters.
22. Heat records set to be broken over next 5 yrs: WMO
There is an 80% chance that a year between 2025 and 2029 will be warmer than 2024, a new World Meteorological Organisation report has warned — a forecast that shouldn’t exactly be news because the past 11 years are the 11 warmest on record since records begin in 1880.
