MoS environment urges public participation, avoiding politics
With Delhi's air quality touching the 'severe plus' level today, Union Minister of State for Environment Mahesh Sharma called for public participation in tackling the situation and said politics should
View ArticleBan on gensets in Capital evokes mixed views
The ban on use of generator sets, with exceptions for essential services, has been in force in Delhi since 17 October when the Supreme Court-empowered Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control)...
View ArticleOdd-even a move by Delhi govt, not ordered by EPCA
IMD forecasts reduction of AQI to ‘very poor’ from Saturday The agency responsible for monitoring the National Capital Region’s emergency pollution-control plan did not order the implementation of the
View ArticleScheme may yield better results this time
NEW DELHI: The capital's roads will once again have only odd numbered cars on odd dates and even numbered cars on even dates from November 13. But the efficacy of this scheme in fighting pollution is...
View ArticleBattling dirty air in Delhi: Government gasps; Odd-Even is back, next week
CNG, electric & hybrid, women-only vehicles, those carrying kids exempt. WITH air quality dipping further Thursday to its worst level this year, the Delhi government announced that the odd-even car
View ArticleDelhi air pollution: NGT bans construction activity till Nov 14
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday issued a slew of directions to deal with the situation, including banning construction and industrial activities and entry of trucks, while lambasting the Delhi
View ArticleDelhi air pollution level shoots up after brief let-up
NEW DELHI: Pollution levels skyrocketed by the hour in Delhi today, turning the air quality hazardous, which agencies consider unfit for inhalation even by healthier people. The hourly graph of the
View ArticleMonday Night Rain Could Bring Relief From Delhi's Poisonous Smog
The Indian Meteorological Department says that an acceleration in wind-speeds could result in rain on Monday night and continue till Thursday, washing down much of the unbreathable blanket of smoke.
View ArticleUnlike Beijing, Delhi has no time-bound targets
BEIJING/NEW DELHI: The recently concluded Communist Party Congress saw Chinese president Xi Jinping calling for the establishment of a "beautiful China". His emphasis was on fighting pollution. The...
View ArticleSmog returns, leaves Delhi-NCR gasping
After a brief respite, the national Capital again woke up to thick smog on Sunday, with the air quality index (AQI) clocking at 400 and shooting past the 'severe' category. The AQI in the morning stood
View ArticleTop 8 main causes for air pollution in Delhi
The toxic levels of air pollution in and around Delhi is creating quite a menace. Adding to the severity, the changing weather conditions have locked the pollutants in the air and made the situation...
View ArticleNGT reserves verdict on Yamuna floodplain damage in AOL fest
The NGT had slammed the DDA for casting aspersions on the findings of its expert committee on the damage caused to the Yamuna floodplains due to this cultural event. The National Green Tribunal on Monday
View ArticleWhy it’s wrong to blame stubble burning alone for the mess capital finds...
NEW DELHI: Every smog episode in Delhi is invariably blamed on crop stubble burning by farmers in the neighbouring states. Scientists agree that events like Diwali and stubble burning may be pushing
View ArticleChildren’s day comes with a grim reminder of growing health risk from...
Centre for Science and Environment expresses deep shock at the dubious death tally and massive loss of healthy live years due to illness from growing air pollution in Delhi and the country. Today the...
View ArticleDelhi pollution: Air quality is now ‘very poor, but that’s an improvement
The AQI had reached 486 on Thursday, the highest in several months. According to officials at the India Meteorological Department, light winds will continue on Wednesday as well, and are expected to...
View ArticleBan diesel vehicles, close thermal power plants: EPAC to Delhi govt on air...
EPCA observed that stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana is a contributory factor but not the only problem during winter. New Delhi: The Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA), a
View ArticleAerial sprinkling may fail to take off
NEW DELHI: Delhi government's plan to curb pollution by aerial sprinkling of water may have hit a roadblock with Pawan Hans informing the civil aviation ministry that it doesn't have the capacity to carry
View ArticleCity a dust bowl, ostrich approach to blame
NEW DELHI: Beside a hillock of dry earth near Azad Market, work is on to finish the much-delayed construction of Rani Jhansi Road flyover. As workers scurry around, they raise clouds of dust, which ascend
View ArticleDelhi kids have smaller lungs compared with children in US due to air pollution’
Smaller lungs mean poorer exercise capacity, and greater vulnerability to respiratory symptoms and diseases, says a recently released study A study conducted on Delhi children and released recently
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution in NCT Delhi,...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 14/11/2017 regarding air pollution in NCT Delhi. Court directs that the express highway
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