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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The Total Soluble Solids (TSS) in the water that flows out of the Jagannath Temple kitchen into the municipal drain in Puri is 4,830 mg/l as against the permissible limit of 200 mg/l. The Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) in the water is 10,200 mg/l as against the permissible limit …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs. Union of India & Others dated 22/10/2013 on the issue of degradation of environment of Jagganath Puri, Temple and its precincts. The NGT order states that the report of the Orissa Pollution Control Board shows water samples …
The most polluted city among the metros being crowned the country’s lung cancer capital is no coincidence, but Calcutta failed — or rather refused — to see it coming. This “congenitally dust-prone” city has done little over the years to lower air pollution from multiple sources, mainly automobile exhaust. Metro …
New Delhi: If you did not consider air pollution a major threat, then think again. Scientists from the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) at Kolkata have been studying air pollution in Delhi and Kolkata for over 15 years now. In their study, they have found that the alveolar macrophage (AM) …
In many regulated markets, private, third-party auditors are chosen and paid by the firms that they audit, potentially creating a conflict of interest. This article reports on a two-year field experiment in the Indian state of Gujarat that sought to curb such a conflict by altering the market structure for …
Bus ridership in Delhi has dropped from 60% in 2000 to 41% now. Every year, Delhi needs an area the size of 310 football fields for parking its vehicles. And Delhi has one of the highest particulate matter (PM10) levels in South Asia. These are some of the findings of …
At a time when most Indian cities and towns show pollutants in the air due to emissions from different sources, two towns in Kerala - Malappuram and Pathanamthitta - have met the clean air benchmark of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The finding is part of a book -- …
Conclave of change makers for clean air and sustainable mobility - a presentation by Dr. B. Nagappa at STEPPING TOGETHER: A Conclave of Changemakers for Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility held in New Delhi from September 26-27, 2013.
The presentation on Health effects of air pollution by Dr. Manas Ranjan Ray at Stepping Together : A Conclave of Changemakers for Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility held in New Delhi from September 26-27, 2013.
Govt Fails To Save Riverine Ecosystem; Also Unable To Improve Air Quality, Contain Private Vehicle Surge If the Congress government’s performance were measured on the yardstick of urban ecology, it would fail miserably at least on one count—the Yamuna. Despite repeated promises of cleaning up, the river’s condition has been …
New Delhi: Delhi’s not the only culprit. A recent study by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has found that the city’s emissions, though considerable, are not alone responsible for the sudden peaks in particulate matter (PM 10) levels in it. Far-off sources in north India or even beyond India (within …
Now Chennaiites can dial the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to bring a mobile air sampler to measure the quality of air. The city's air pollution status was based on samples collected from a four or five places in Chennai. But with mobile monitors, all neighbourhoods can know their …
Under the provisions of the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the CPCB has notified fourth version of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in 2009. This revised national standard aims to provide uniform air quality for all, irrespective of land use pattern, across the country. There are …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Goa Paryavaran Savrakshan Sangharsh Samitee Vs Sh. Zacarias Antao & Ors dated 08/08/2013 regarding compensation to victims of environmental destruction due to illegal and unauthorized mining of iron ore and destruction of forest cover in and outside of mining constructions/ …
The state government has admitted that the pollution level in Chembur has gone up in the last one year. One of the reasons behind the surge in pollution level is coal-based power plant of Tata Power in the vicinity. During the question hour in the Legislative Council on Thursday, minister …
Ambient air pollution is suspected to cause lung cancer. We aimed to assess the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and lung cancer incidence in European populations. This prospective analysis of data obtained by the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects used data from 17 cohort …
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has claimed that it has in place systems to check pollution, notwithstanding complaints in areas where the Metro construction work is in progress. From uncleared construction debris to pollution at the sites, citizens have many complaints against the BMRCL. BMRCL, sources said, has …
Bangalore, known for its salubrious climate, according to Central Pollution Control Board Senior Scientist M Madhusudanan, is among 24 most critically polluted cities today. The reason for this dismal situation, according to him, is high density of vehicles, which are major contributors to air pollution. In order to reverse this …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a public interest writ petition to take immediate and adequate steps to prescribe stringent emission standards on all parameters such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide for both petrol and diesel vehicles so as to control …
In January 2013, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) created an expert committee on “Auto Fuel Vision and Policy—2025”, charged with establishing a roadmap for fuel quality and vehicle emission standards through 2025. The committee can also make recommendations regarding emission control measures from in-use vehicles, fiscal measures …
