Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
It also suggested additional emergency measures such as “stickers indicating fuel and age on all vehicles through PUC”, so that categories of vehicles can be prohibited based on threat level. While noting that crop burning was a “contributory factor” to the capital’s air pollution and “not the only problem”, the …
In Beijing’s battle against pollution lies lessons for New Delhi, amid the debate in the capital over the effectiveness of the government’s odd-even scheme to curtail deteriorating air quality. On November 2, a text message to all mobile numbers issued in Beijing warned of worsening air quality and that an …
Environmentalist and EPCA member Sunita Narain on Thursday told the Delhi high court that the AAP government should have procured 2,000 buses by now to augment public transport. She submitted that the government delayed buying the buses and that parking space for additional 2,000 buses is available after handing over …
NGT directs govt to come up with solutions to stop stubble burning. New Delhi: As sale of air purifiers in Delhi have shot up in recent times, especially in the national capital, due to severe levels of air pollution and the toxic smog that had shrouded the city for seven …
According to the experts from Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), the air quality in Delhi may deteriorate further as fog formation is likely due to drop in temperature and lowering of wind speed towards November 23 and 24. New Delhi: With stubble burning increasing in neighbouring states and …
Dust billows as a worker grinds the concrete divider of an under-construction flyover as vehicle drive through a smog covered Capital (AFP) The situation will improve in the coming days as entry of pollutants from external sources has been stopped After a brief respite for Delhiites over the weekend, the …
Vehicular emission contributes to 20 per cent of the city’s air pollution While toxic smog remains one of the biggest concerns in Delhi, a large number of vehicles are flouting pollution under control (PUC) norms. Vehicular emission contributes to 20 per cent of the city’s air pollution. DNA had sought, …
According to the Central Pollution Control Board, average Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi-NCR at 5 p.m. on Sunday was 292 compared with 298 on Saturday, both considered "poor". Even as the air quality in the National Capital Region, including Delhi, recorded an improvement, increased stubble burning in the western …
The SC bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur also asked the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to ensure that all fuel refilling centres in the National Capital Region (NCR) have PUC centres. General insurance companies have expressed their inability to implement the directive by the apex court of …
Delhi and NCR saw a substantial drop in pollution levels on Tuesday as air quality in six out of 15 regions in the national Capital improved to “very poor” level from “severe” for the first time in the past week. Incidentally the improvement has been witnessed soon after farmers in …
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 and join the grey clouds hanging heavy over the city for the past 10 days. …
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 Supreme Court-appointed panel to monitor pollution in Delhi-NCR, has suggested banning plying of diesel vehicles and shutting down thermal power …
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 pollution levels to "emergency" levels briefly, but that cannot take away from the fact that Delhi's local emissions …
GURUGRAM: The administration may have rolled out several proposals to combat air pollution in the city, but on ground, most of these still remain on paper. This, in a city whose air quality remains in the 'poor' category for 80% of the year, with the situation worsening after Diwali. The …
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 rationing scheme will be rolled out in the city for five days from November 13 to November 17. Announcing this, …
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 odd-even car rationing scheme in Delhi, which the AAP government announced on Thursday. While announcing the car rationing measure from November …
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) Authority (EPCA) launched several measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)’s “very poor” and “severe” categories to combat air …
Gurgaon: The Gurgaon administration ordered the closure of all schools for two days — Friday and Saturday — as the city recorded the second worst air quality index in Delhi-NCR on Thursday. The level of PM2.5, the main pollutant measured by monitoring agencies, shot up to a peak level of …
EPCA suggests diesel vehicle ban to combat winter smog. It also suggested additional emergency measures such as “stickers indicating fuel and age on all vehicles through PUC”, so that categories of vehicles can be prohibited based on threat level. While noting that crop burning was a “contributory factor” to the …
New Delhi: As air quality in the capital and its surrounding areas deteriorated further on Wednesday — with AQI levels staying in the "severe" category for the second day — the Centre for Science and Environment said temporary steps, such as shutting down schools, were not the solution. It said …
