The holy town of Katra, which on an average witnesses the arrival of 35,000 pilgrims from across the country and abroad on a daily basis and over one crore of them every year, may soon have an air

The growing number of vehicles in the city may be proving to be a traffic hazard and causing shortage of parking space.

Tough Time For Those With Respiratory Disorders

Jaipur: Call it post-Diwali blues as number of people with respiratory problems queuing outside city hospitals saw a sharp rise over the last two days. The level of air pollution increased significantly during Diwali compared to previous year. At certain places, it was two times the figures recorded for 2011. According to the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) which measured the air quality at its monitoring stations, in almost every part of the city, except one place, the pollution level went up during the festival.

In order to assess the impact of the bursting of fire crackers and other predominating noise generating activities on the occasion of Diwali festival in the Jaipur City, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board has undertaken noise level monitoring at five commercial areas viz.

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MUMBAI: The air you breathe has worsened over the last year.

Will the market-based approach to controlling air pollution prove more effective than enforcement methods used by pollution control boards? After failing to check air pollution through the usual enforcement methods, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has introduced a market-based mechanism to reduce air pollution. It is called the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The ministry has initiated a pilot ETS in industrial areas of three states—Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu—with the aim of improving overall ambient air quality.

The umpteenth efforts taken up by the Delhi Government in making the city pollution free have come to a nought as the air in national Capital is fast becoming poisonous with the increasing level of

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