SOCRATES

Prakash Chand Kandpal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Political Science, Dyal Singh Evening College, University of Delhi, IN

Abstract

Urbanization is generally seen as a symbol of development and progress. But, the unplanned and unregulated expansions of urban areas in India have proved disastrous to both man and nature. Keeping in mind the severity of the problem policy-makers from time to time have formulated and experimented a numbers of measures to control environmental pollution. Delhi has been one of the biggest victims of environmental pollution. The Government of Delhi has tried to protect the environment of the city by implementing measures like, closures of polluted industries, introduction of CNG as a clean fuel, ban on crackers, and experiment of odd-even scheme to control vehicular pollution. This paper will primarily highlight such actions and initiatives undertaken by the Government of Delhi to combat the menace of pollution in Delhi.

Keywords

Pollution, Environmental Protection, Judicial Activism, Urban Environment, Sustainable Cities.

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