Weekly Environmental News Roundup for Week 25, 2025
Weekly environmental news roundup from across different media networks for Week 25 (16 to 22 June) 2025.
1. IMD approves cloud seeding pilot project
The India Meteorological Department has approved Delhi’s pilot project on cloud seeding aimed at mitigating air pollution and all the preparations are complete, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Wednesday.
2. Delhi merely spent 1/3rd funds received under NCAP to fight air pollution
Delhi, one of the most polluted cities in India, has used less than one-third of the funds it received under the National Clean Air Programme, according to government records.
3. Delhi needs ₹4,500 cr more to meet targets under National Clean Air Programme
Delhi will require over ₹4,500 crore in additional funds to meet its long-term targets under the National Clean Air Programme, officials have said, even as the city struggles with underutilisation of funds and a slow pace of implementation.
4. 218 end-of-life vehicles impounded, 11,157 challans issued
Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Sunday informed that 218 end-of-life vehicles were impounded and 11,157 pollution challans issued across the city in the last 48 hours to curb pollution in the city.
5. Delhi deploys automatic misting systems to fight air pollution
Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who inspected the Automatic Misting System installed along Lodhi Road on Friday, said similar systems are being deployed on DDA-maintained roads in Dwarka and are under execution at Africa Avenue and Shanti Path.
6. Delhi’s ambitious dust-pollution control project to cost over Rs 2000 crore
A proposal to combat dust pollution in the capital, approved by the cabinet last month, is set to cost a total of Rs 2,388 crore over the next ten years.
7. Zero-tolerance against discharge of untreated sewage & industrial waste in Delhi: Verma
The Delhi government has taken up the issue of pollution very seriously and in another recent step towards safeguarding the environment, Public Works Department and Water Minister Parvesh Verma has issued strict orders for immediate action against the illegal discharge of untreated sewage and industrial waste across industrial and commercial establishments and all relevant establishments in the national capital.
8. Water supply affected in parts of north, central, west Delhi: DJB
Low water levels in the Yamuna have impacted water supply in parts of north, central and west Delhi, the Delhi Jal Board said in an advisory on Monday.
Epressing deep anguish over the order to either chop down or transplant 856 trees for the General Pool Residential Project in Kasturba Nagar Phase-II, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee President Devender Yadav said the move would cause grave ecological harm and further erode the city’s already fragile green cover.
Officials from Delhi’s forest and wildlife department say they are closely monitoring the leopard spotted in Jagatpur village near East Delhi.
11. International Big Cat Alliance holds its first assembly in Delhi
The International Big Cat Alliance held its first assembly at its Delhi headquarters on Monday.
12. Delhi: 100-feet mobile tower falls in Safdarjung, residents recall protests against installation
Residents of Safdarjung Enclave’s B2 block — which is among South Delhi’s plush residential colonies — woke up on Sunday to a nightmare: a 100-feet-tall cellular tower had collapsed near the colony’s entrance, smashing through boom barriers, trees, and power lines. The fall happened in the aftermath of heavy overnight rain that lashed the Capital.
13. ‘Great Nicobar Trunk road will spur jobs, but sacrifice trees’
The Trunk Infrastructure Road that will cut through Great Nicobar Island and connect all villages on it, will lead to large scale employment, facilitate business and also make “unconnected areas on the route prosper,” the draft social impact assessment study for the project claimed.
