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 …
Damning information obtained by Greenpeace India through online reports and Right to Information applications from State Pollution Control Boards across India, shows that none of the Indian cities comply with standards prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and very few cities in southern India comply to Central Pollution Control …
Breathing is injurious to health: this should be the statutory warning to party animals out to claim the night. And morning walkers, do not venture out too early, for Calcutta is experiencing unprecedented pollution levels this winter with air toxicity at its worst between midnight and dawn. A thick blanket …
A Guide to the Methodology of Estimating Transport Emissions Inventories and the Associated Social Cost. The Transport Emissions & Social Cost Assessment is a project under the World Resources Institute’s Sustainable and Livable Cities Program, funded by the Caterpillar Foundation. The project aims to develop a methodology guide, with a …
The research report describes a study by Frank Gilliland and colleagues that was funded under HEI’s Accountability research program. The investigators collected air quality data and lung function and respiratory symptoms in three cohorts of children who participated in the Children’s Health Study in Southern California. During the 20-year study …
Noise and Air pollution due to bursting of fire crackers during Deepawali is well known. It is, therefore, necessary to conduct ambient noise and air monitoring during this festival to understand the level of pollution and correlate with the effectiveness of pollution abatement measures. Like every year, Central Pollution Control …
Centre's Plan Not To Focus On Just Emergency Measures The Centre is drawing up a `month to month' plan to deal with air pollution in Delhi and the national capital region rather than concentrating just on emergency measures as data show that the capital did not enjoy a single “good“ …
This quick assessment has been carried out by Centre for Science and Environment to ascertain how switching from biomass-based solid fuels to cleaner liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking of midday meals in anganwadis (day care centres that facilitate informal learning under supervision) in Bihar can help reduce exposure of …
Around 70 north-bound trains, including Rajdhani services, were delayed, while around 30 others were rescheduled due to fog. New Delhi: For the second consecutive day, road, rail, and air traffic was disrupted in the national capital due to dense fog. Flight operations at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport were …
The Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order of November 10, 2016 directed framing and submission of graded response action plan for various categories of National Air Quality Index (AQI). It also directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to convene a meeting on November 19, 2016 to get the views and …
Patna: The air quality index (AQI) in the state capital on Tuesday stood at 476, the highest in the country and probably the highest-ever in the city. The AQI in Patna was the highest in the country even on Monday and the second highest on Sunday. Central Pollution Control Board …
LUCKNOW: Pollution level soared again in Lucknow with change in weather condition. For the second time in the month, the city was engulfed in dense smog on Tuesday. City was in very poor air quality/ severely polluted category throughout November, which means exposure to such air can lead to respiratory …
MUMBAI: An experiment will soon get underway at three busy traffic junctions in the city to ascertain if a new air purifying device, called WAYU, can disperse the deadly particulate matter. The three spots—Sion flyover, Andheri-Ghatkopar Link Road in Ghatkopar and Bhandup—are part of the seven locations identified through a …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Particulate Matter, 29/11/2016. The Central Pollution Control Board has reported concentration of particulate matter less than 10 micron (PM10) as1297 μg/ m3 at one of the monitoring location in Delhi on 30.11.2016. The rise in air pollution, predominantly with respect to PM10, can be …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution in Delhi, 29/11/2016. The methodology for calculation of pollution index in various parts of world is not same. Cities can be ranked on the basis of different criteria pollutants with different results. An ambient air pollution database released by the World Health Organisation …
Authorities in the national capital plan to have around 20 monitoring stations that will exclusively measure the levels of ultrafine particulates PM 2.5 and PM 10, the dominant pollutants in Delhi's toxic air. These stations, to be set up by the Delhi government, will differ from the existing monitoring centres …
Delhi, Faridabad and Varanasi have the poorest air quality among the 32 Indian cities which are connected to the web-based system National Air Quality Index Portal. Howrah, Nashik and Durgapur had the cleanest air. Average AQI for the period Nov 2015 to October 2016 was released for these cities by …
Almost nine out of 10 European city dwellers breathe air that is harmful to their health, though the continent's air quality is slowly improving, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said today. Air pollution remains the single largest environmental cause of premature death in urban Europe, and was linked to around …
Air pollutants, such as ozone, have adverse impacts on human health and cause, for example, respiratory and cardiovascular problems. In the United Kingdom (UK), peak surface ozone concentrations typically occur in the spring and summer and are controlled by emission of precursor gases, tropospheric chemistry and local meteorology which can …
This report presents an updated overview and analysis of air quality in Europe. It is focused in the state in 2015 and the development from 2004 to 2015. It reviews progress towards meeting the requirements of the air quality directives. An overview of the latest findings and estimates of the …
The principle that "polluter pays" was on Thursday applied by the National Green Tribunal which said that it is builders and not the construction workers who will have to face "consequences" for polluting ambient air quality in the national capital. The green panel clarified that whenever work is halted due …
