Anu P.D.

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[Anu P.D. @anu_p_d]

💔Aravallis in 10000 acres of safari park are extremely degraded as a result of illegal mining going on despite SC ban. What this region needs is ecological restoration, not more construction in garb of tourism @byadavbjp @cmohry #AravalliUnderThreat #NoZooInAravallis #SaveNCR

[Bhavreen Kandhari @BhavreenMK]

Dear PM,
Compassion also means, stopping reckless tree felling/protecting wildlife corridors/preserving wetlands & forests/rethinking destructive infrastructure projects.

A clay bowl outside the house helps a bird for a day.
Protecting habitats helps entire species survive.

[Ipsita pati🌳 @IpsitaTOI]

Rescuers are rushing dehydrated and sick birds to hospital, via delivery apps @FawpsIndia
@SoIB_India @WildlifeSOS
@Andrew007Uk

https://t.co/nq3i6M50Bs

[Ipsita pati🌳 @IpsitaTOI]

Tree cover among the lowest, but Haryana stalls free sapling drive @moefcc @byadavbjp
@NayabSainiBJP @rahuulchoudhary
@lifeindia2016 @AravalliBachao

https://t.co/OZ6HvVdje6

[Kumaon Jagran @KumaonJagran]

Amid all the noise online, this heartwarming video from Kasar Devi near Almora stands out for the right reasons.

A tourist from London was seen collecting plastic and garbage scattered along the trail instead of ignoring it like most people do.

Sometimes outsiders end up respecting the mountains more than those living around them.

Uttarakhand is not just a tourist destination. It is Devbhoomi, and keeping it clean is everyone’s responsibility.

[Anu P.D. @anu_p_d]

@leenadhankhar @HT_Ed @DiksshaR @htcity @bombaytimes @MatchboxShots 😇👍🏼👍🏼 congratulations @leenadhankhar

[Dr. Leena Dhankhar @leenadhankhar]

Deeply grateful to @HT_Ed for always believing in fearless journalism and giving me the freedom to pursue difficult stories with honesty and persistence.

Thank you to @DiksshaR and the incredible team at Matchbox Shots for believing in The Gurugram School Murder and adapting it for the screen with sensitivity and responsibility. Truly humbled to see this journey reach a larger audience.
And heartfelt gratitude to my spiritual coach @Soulmiracles111 for guiding me through the emotional weight that came with writing this story.
What began as years of reporting, investigations, and court hearings has now become something far bigger than I ever imagined. This is only the beginning.
@bombaytimes @HTCity
#TheGurugramSchoolMurder #MatchboxShots #SriramRaghavan #Journalism #TrueCrime #OTT #InvestigativeJournalism #BookToScreen

[Himalayan Hindu @himalayanhindu]

The obsession with breaking records has successfully turned the fragile Himalayas into the world's longest PARKING LOT. Joshimath is currently choking under a massive 25-30 KM long traffic jam. From Vishnuprayag to 15 km beyond, tourists are stuck in their cars for hours.

[Anu P.D. @anu_p_d]

@IpsitaTOI @rameshpandeyifs @moefcc @lifeindia2016 @AravalliBachao @byadavbjp Exactly. Where?

[Ipsita pati🌳 @IpsitaTOI]

Govt plans 5-hectare plantation drive, but where’s the land, ask experts @rameshpandeyifs
@moefcc @lifeindia2016
@AravalliBachao @byadavbjp

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[Sumedha Sharma @sumedhasharma86]

The world bank team reviewed #Gurugram sanitation yesterday. Some say they appreciated waste management. Wish they could have visited areas like sector 23 A. People use to have community parks now we have community garbage mound .#Gurgaon #Haryana @MunCorpGurugram

[Bhavreen Kandhari @BhavreenMK]

URBAN HEAT TRAPS!

Why securing the “ridge” is essential to prevent the desertification of Delhi!

Ground Report with @snehamordani @IndiaToday

[Ruchika Sethi @SethiRuchikaT]

Sharing this with concern.

It’s a long note…

Manavi, my daughter, is again unwell today -mild chest congestion, difficulty clearing phlegm and vomiting. Doctor has now advised starting nebulisation again.

What worries me is that there seems to be no respite fm pollution even in peak summer. Even conditions that shld normally help dispersion r not translating into relief at ground level in our area. For those of us living in this rapidly urbanising part of Gurugram, the air remains polluted across seasons -winter or summer.

In fact, last winter we had to temporarily move out of Gurugram because after prolonged years of exposure to bad air, her ability to cope has genuinely diminished. She is 24 now and we have been living in Gurgaon since 2008.

She was much better whn we were away earlier this yr. Since returning in Feb, I hv genuinely felt a decline again in her stamina & overall health.

What is also important to say is this: many gated communities with substantial tree cover are often perceived as “green” and relatively protected. But sadly that greenery creates a false sense of protection fm air pollution.

Within and around this residential area- sec 50 -several hundred ongoing redevelopment and builder floor projects, large surrounding commercial developments and fractured infra issues, besides all of this -we hv our own “malba hill” on our boundary.

One drive around the complex &you can visibly see fine dust settling over vehicles,balconies & even inside homes. Residents witness open malba movement, construction dust,
broken roads, sariya &stone cutting & exposed soil daily mostly without even basic dust mitigation norms being followed

What is painful is that this is not new

I had written to CAQM as far back as 2023 asking who exactly was responsible for implementing and monitoring construction dust mitigation norms within these residential urbanising sectors , as well as highlighting the need for a policy review of low-body tractors used for movement of soil, sand &debris. To their credit, CAQM did respond and forwarded directions to MCG for monitoring and action.

But on ground, not one communication from MCG was ever received by me, and more importantly, little visibly changed.

Over the years one has developed a ground-level understanding of these violations -what causes them, how pollution travels thr these sectors and what mitigation measures could reduce exposure if sincerely implemented, inc the waste burning issue across residential sectors.

And then there is the monitoring data.

Last night the Sector 51 CPCB monitor showed AQI worsening from 204 at midnight to 228 at 2 AM. PM2.5 peaked at 376 -severe category.

At the same time:
Vikas Sadan AQI: 97(Satisfactory)
Teri Gram AQI: 99(Satisfactory)
Gwal Pahari: no data

See the contrast …residential versus other areas

As citizens collective @CleanAirBharat, we hv been consistently documenting &highlighting these issues over several years

Beyond the monitors, the real indicator is what your own body feels -the heaviness in the air, visible dust/smoke, throat irritation, cough and recurring congestion in children and elderly.

We had again escalated these issues to CAQM in February and April this yr with evidence &details of local dust sources. Yet even in peak summer of 2026, these pollution levels continue.

As a citizen, as a parent, as a member of Clean Air Bharat, and as someone who has been voluntarily working on these issues since 2013, I sincerely appeal to the concerned authorities to please see the lives behind these numbers and the complaints.

At some point,we residents are left simply documenting lived experiences because the truth must be recorded and inaction documented too.

Just wanted to ask others as well -how are your children or elderly family members coping with the air right now in #Gurugram? Sharing this with some concern

@CAQM_Official @MunCorpGurugram @OfficialGMDA @DC_Gurugram @moefcc @HspcbN @CPCB_OFFICIAL @ulbharyana

[CitizensForCleanAirBharat @cleanAirBharat]

We have today submitted a letter to HSPCB and concerned authorities requesting a least-harm scientific hierarchy for disposal of seized SUP waste in Gurugram.

This is important for air quality and public health in the NCR region.

Disposal should prioritise material recovery and co-processing, with Waste-to-Energy as a last resort.

Seizure of -2.6 tonnes of illegal SUP waste is a welcome enforcement step by Gurugram authorities.

(HT report: https://t.co/o1vQWX2U22)

@CAQM_Official @CPCB_OFFICIAL @Haryana_spcb @HspcbN @MunCorpGurugram @DC_Gurugram @OfficialGMDA

#AirQuality #DelhiNCR #CleanAir #PublicHealth #WasteManagement #PlasticWaste

@CSIR_IND @moefcc @BARCIndia

@ab_reports_ @HTGurgaon @htTweets

[Kailash Anerao @AneraoKailash]

@Vaishali_Rana__ @AravalliBachao @Suhelseth @ajeetbharti @ARanganathan72 @Iyervval @PercyBillimoria @MeghUpdates @Manekagandhibjp @BhavreenMK @GauriSarin @IndiaToday @joedelhi @leenadhankhar @rahuulchoudhary @RaipurNitin @republic @sumedhasharma86 It reflects current quality & mentality of Supreme Court judges who seem to have forgotten what is written in the Constitution of India.
Such contempt for poor, unemployed youth & environment & other activists working in public interest to save Indian civilisation from collapse.

[Vaishali Rana Chandŕ @Vaishali_Rana__]

@AravalliBachao
@Suhelseth
@ajeetbharti
@ARanganathan72
@Iyervval
@PercyBillimoria
@MeghUpdates
@Manekagandhibjp
And all of this funded by us,family & friends! NO FOREIGN FUNDING (fav excuse)!!
& thr is so much MORE SELFLESS work done..list is long,whether environmnt or animals

[Ajay Joe @joedelhi]

Dwarka forest in Delhi is being destroyed under Supreme Court–directed orders.

As the destruction begins, families of hungry Nilgai — Asia’s largest antelopes — are being forced out of the forest and onto the streets of Dwarka in search of food and shelter.

@mssirsa @moefcc can you help them ? At least let some part of the 12 acres be left for them to live a dignified life !

[Ipsita pati🌳 @IpsitaTOI]

Haryana imposed nearly Rs 170 crore in environmental compensation on polluting ready mix concrete plants across NCR districts, but recovered just around Rs 21 lakh so far. Data shows recovery at barely 0.12%, raising serious questions over enforcement. @LordYamraaj

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

Common people are not the ones wasting fuel. They are struggling just to survive.

It’s politicians who waste fuel with hundreds of cars in election rallies & long VIP convoys.

Time to end this entire VIP culture !

[Sann @san_x_m]

Her name was Ruchika Girhotra.

She was 14 years old. A tennis player from Panchkula, Haryana.

On August 12 1990, she went to meet S.P.S. Rathore at his office. He was the Inspector General of Police and head of the Haryana Lawn Tennis Association. He had promised her father he would arrange special coaching for her.

When her friend stepped out of the room, he molested her.

Her family filed a complaint three days later.

Rathore had her expelled from school. Her father was suspended from his bank job on false charges. Six cases were filed against her brother Ashu. The family's house was forcibly sold. They fled to the outskirts of Shimla and took up earth filling work to survive.

On December 28 1993, days after Ashu was paraded in handcuffs through their neighbourhood, Ruchika consumed poison.

She died the next day. She was 17.

Rathore threw a party that night.

He then refused to release her body to her father unless he signed blank papers. Those papers were later used to forge documents accepting a false autopsy report.

Despite a police inquiry recommending an FIR against him, Rathore kept getting promoted. He became the Director General of Police of Haryana in 1999.

The case went through 40 adjournments and more than 400 hearings over 19 years.

In December 2009 a court convicted him of molestation. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and fined Rs 1,000.

The sentence was later enhanced to 18 months. The Supreme Court upheld his conviction in 2016 but reduced it to the time already served. He walked free.

The judge who tried to add abetment to suicide charges against him was forced into premature retirement.

The judge who dismissed those charges was a neighbour of Ruchika's family involved in a property dispute with them.

S.P.S. Rathore was later invited as a VIP guest to a Republic Day event in Panchkula.

Ruchika Girhotra was 14 when he molested. She was 17 when she died.

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