Twitter joins hands with Delhi for odd-even scheme
Micro-blogging site Twitter will help Delhittes know the best mode of transportation and route to take during the 15-day odd-even car scheme. Twitter India has partnered with the Delhi government to make
View ArticleGhazipur landfill site in Delhi is a ticking garbage bomb
The civic authorities constructed a waste-to-energy plant at the site to dispose waste and check pollution, but the plant is far from being operational. The over-saturated Ghazipur landfill site in east
View Article‘Very high’ levels of toxic chemicals in Delhi air: Study
NEW DELHI: The draft IIT-Kanpur report on pollution in Delhi has triggered fresh alarm over the city's winter air quality as it has found "very high" levels of an extremely toxic group of 100 chemicals
View ArticleIndia’s environment report card
Soaring pollution levels, crippling floods, quivering Richter notes to scores of environment laws awaiting implementation — this, in short, was India's environmental standing this year. As alarming
View ArticleOdd-even scheme: Delhi govt decides against repeat fine
Two days ahead of the roll out of the odd-even scheme, the Delhi government today decided to withdraw its earlier order to slap repeat fines of Rs 2,000 for each violation by motorists in the course of
View ArticleFile status report with pollution data for first five days: High Court to...
In response to a PIL challenging the exemptions granted to two-wheelers and women drivers, the court asked for data to see whether the restrictions would “make a difference”. With three separate pleas
View ArticleTell parents to follow odd-even rule, Kejriwal to children
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged school children to ask their parents to follow the odd-even scheme. "You should talk to and convince your parents to get a Pollution Under Control
View ArticleOdd-even scheme: Why exempt women, two-wheelers, Delhi high court asks
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Arvind Kejriwal government why women and two-wheelers have been exempted from the odd-even traffic rule effective for 15 days starting January 1.
View ArticleCarcinogen in Delhi’s air, IIT Kanpur’s study finds
Delhi’s air may be more toxic than previously imagined: a study by IIT Kanpur found traces of a deadly chemical among the pollutants in the city. Called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), the toxin
View ArticleCentre directs state governments of Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana and UP to...
Just before the Delhi government's odd-even formula comes into effect, the Centre on Wednesday stepped in with the environment ministry shooting off a series of directions with timelines to state...
View ArticleThey told us jaggery would protect us from asthma
Workers at coal-based power plants in Delhi are suffering from asthma, bronchitis, or TB; industries account for 11 per cent of Delhi’s air pollution. or 34-year-old Mahesh Raja the easiest way to keep
View ArticleDelhi ‘odd-even’ plan starts today
2-wheelers are biggest pollutants, but left out Amid a raging tussle between the AAP government and the Centre, the “odd-even” formula for cars to curb air pollution in Delhi will be implemented from
View ArticleWorkers Brace for 12-Hour Days as Delhi Battles Pollution
For the next two weeks New Delhi resident Saurabh Sanyal will work for more than 12 hours every other day. Sanyal isn’t alone. Starting today, Manoj Sharma, chief executive of Mindpie, an event management
View ArticleOdd-even plan: An odd start to New Year in Delhi and perhaps, cleaner air
NEW DELHI: As the sun rises over the capital in the new year, people will be anxiously waiting to see how Delhi government's odd-and-even experiment for checking air pollution unfolds. It will no doubt
View Article'Switch to CNG bus, cut per capita PM emission'
If you have a BS IV-compliant diesel car and usually ride alone, you can reduce your per capita particulate (PM) emissions per kilometre by at least 40 times by using a CNG bus instead. And if you have
View ArticleHappy New Odd, Happy New Even Year
Most polluted city in the world wakes up today — to change. All eyes on 15-day Delhi pilot plan for odd and even cars on alternate days. Friday, January 1 will signal the start of an unprecedented...
View ArticlePollution may come down by 50%
Pollution levels in the Capital will decrease by almost 50 per cent if the odd-even plan is implemented successfully, according to a report released by the Aryabhatta College on Thursday. The report,
View ArticleThe fight against dengue and first steps towards mohalla clinics
With over 15,000 dengue cases this year, the capital suffered the worst outbreak of the viral disease in recent years. Looking back The year began with a 45 per cent budget hike for the health sector
View ArticlePollution this winter was worse than 2014
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released the result of its analysis of air quality data from the continuous monitoring by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to show that pollution...
View ArticleExemption to 2-wheelers will affect drive’
The effectiveness of the AAP government’s ambitious odd-even scheme is set to be compromised as it exempted the two-wheelers from its ambit, which due to their staggering number are major polluters in
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