Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxicity of air in Delhi and NCR, 25/04/2016. The analysis of AAQ data of Delhi for the period 2000 to 2015 reveals that SO2 levels are within National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) of 50 µg/m3 (annual standard) and shows decreasing trend during 2000 …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Poor air quality in Delhi, 25/04/2016. The Government of NCT of Delhi has formulated short term and long term action plans to control air pollution in Delhi. After the ‘Comprehensive study on Air Pollution in Delhi’ by IIT, Kanpur, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) …
American Lung Association’s ‘state of the air’ report finds 166 million Americans are living in unhealthy ozone or particle pollution with serious health risks. More than half of the US population lives amid potentially dangerous air pollution, with national efforts to improve air quality at risk of being reversed, a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahendra Pandey Vs. Govt. Of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 19/04/2016 regarding ambient air quality during the period of ODD and EVEN vehicles plying scheme from 15th April, 2016 to 30th April, 2016. NGT disposes of this Application with …
Employing hourly data records from 2013 and 2014 in Beijing, investigate the causal effects of vehicle traffic on air pollution. An arguably exogenous variation in vehicle use that results from the staggered and rotating driving restriction program there, combined with a widespread Chinese superstition about the unlucky number four, allows …
Although black carbon (BC) represents a key short-lived climate forcer, its direct radiative forcing remains highly uncertain. The available results from available studies of absorption enhancement of BC particles during atmospheric aging are conflicting. Using a novel environmental chamber method, we have, for the first time to our knowledge, quantified …
Air quality of several Mumbai areas on Monday oscillated between “poor” and “very poor”, against the backdrop of Deonar dumping ground fire, while in Delhi it was “good” due to favourable weather conditions. According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the average level of fine …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Air Quality Index, 15/03/2016, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) started disseminating the Air Quality Index (AQI) for 10 cities based on the data CAAQM stations. At present, 23 cities are connected to the web-based system of National AQI. They are Agra, Ahmadabad, Bangaluru, …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Level, 15/03/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) are monitoring ambient air quality across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). Three air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in metropolitan cities, 14/03/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) are monitoring ambient air quality across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). Three air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in Delhi, 14/03/2016. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken note of the deteriorating Air Quality in Delhi in Original Application No. 21 of 2014 in the matter of “Vardhaman Kaushik versus Union of India and Others” and has issued directions to …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air Quality, 08/03/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) are monitoring ambient air quality across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). Three air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate …
To understand the impact of the odd-even policy in Delhi researchers will need to take into account prevailing weather conditions of not just Delhi, but also its outskirts and neighbouring states.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Assessment of Air Pollution, 01/03/2016. The ambient air quality is being regularly monitored in Delhi by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with Delhi Pollution Control Committee and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) under the National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Study on Air Pollution, 01/03/2016. The study conducted by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore namely “GHG Footprint of Major Cities in India”, accounted the amount of three important greenhouses gases namely carbon dioxide (CO2), methane(CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) for seven major Indian …
This analysis examines the environmental risks of the commercialization of diesel passenger cars in Brazil, including a potential increase in NOX and PM2.5 emissions, both of which contribute to poor air quality and negatively impact human health, as well as greenhouse gases and other species that contribute to climate change. …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Degraded Air/Water Quality, 01/03/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) is monitoring air and water bodies across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) and National Water Quality Monitoring Programme …
As the first in the series of "China Air - Air Pollution Prevention and Control Progress in Chinese Cities" reports, this report provides air quality data for 74 major cities from 2013-2014, as well as the pollution-control policies of those cities, the three key regions - Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Province (BTH), the …
For the first time this century, the average particulate matter exposure was higher for Indian citizens than that of Chinese people, a Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite data on particulate matter has shown. China’s strong measures to curb pollution have contributed to the biggest year-on-year air quality improvement on record; …
New Delhi may be the world’s most polluted city, but it’s making an effort to relinquish that title. With pollution from particulate matter at potentially lethal levels early last December, city officials took a drastic step: they announced that they would temporarily restrict the use of private vehicles by allowing …
