Mallica Joshi

According to the complainant, who requested anonymity, the club decided to expand the Peacock course two years ago and felled trees to make space for it without taking requisite permissions.

Over the last two weeks, the capital rallied to save its trees — and won. But with compensatory plantation often falling short of target and ‘inferior’ trees being planted, the issue is far from over.

The National Buildings Construction Corporation, in the eye of a storm over redevelopment of seven central government colonies in south Delhi, too leans towards plants with these characteristics.

Why do thousands of trees in the heart of polluted, dust-choked Delhi have to be cut?

The AAP has joined a citizens’ campaign to stop the tree felling. Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said the government will not give its nod for tree felling anymore.

Sources said that in Kidwai Nagar, which was redeveloped by the NBCC, royal palms are among the main trees that have been planted as replacement for the neem and peepal trees that were cut.

On Tuesday, after Sisodia held a press conference saying officers were attending meetings called by ministers, Kejriwal and Rai finally walked out of the L-G Secretariat, where they had been on a sit-in since June 11.

A Chief Minister on protest, an embattled bureaucracy and a case in Supreme Court — the AAP govt’s pitch for statehood has many moving parts. The Indian Express look at how the demand for autonomy has played out in the past, and where different parties have stood on it.

Five environment secys in three years Environment secretary and Delhi Jal Board CEO A K Singh is among the officers who were transferred from Delhi.

The final act began when Kejriwal and three AAP ministers started camping at Raj Niwas on Monday, asking the L-G to persuade officers to end their “partial strike”. They are yet to leave.

From a court battle between Delhi and Haryana to angry exchanges between neighbours — water scarcity in the capital is playing out in many ways this year. The Indian Express takes stock of the worst-hit areas, where life revolves around when the water tanker will arrive

Vilayati kikar, introduced by the British, has wiped out other trees wherever it has grown. Delhi has come up with a plan to remove it from the Ridge. How does it address a challenge that many other states, too, face?

Wheat is harvested in this belt during the last week of April. The stalks left behind after harvesting are then set on fire by farmers to prepare for the next crop, adding to air pollution in the entire region from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh.

It was brought to Delhi by the British in 1920s, when New Delhi was being built. The tree has deep roots and monopolises water and sunlight, effectively killing off any competition, especially Delhi’s native trees.

In 2017, four episodes of squalls along with dust storms and thunderstorms were reported throughout the month. In 2016, this number was eight — of which only three were reported in the first half of the month.

The story of the tandoor case that fired up the nation’s imagination in the mid-90s.

Mission Buniyaad is an exercise to improve learning levels in students of classes III-IX. It is an extension of the Chunauti scheme, started by the Delhi government to improve learning levels after a survey found that students were faring poorly.

According to Delhi government sources, since the appointments were considered “void ab initio”, or having no legal validity since the beginning, questions about the salaries paid to them can be raised in the future.

Dinesh Mohaniya, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) vice-chairperson, said he was not aware of the problem. A senior DJB official, however, said that several STPs have not been working as desired for a long time now, and DPCC reports have flagged this issue several times.