Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pankaj Srivastava Vs Birla Carbon India Private Limited dated 24/07/2023. The grievance in the application is violation of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 by Birla Carbon plant in Renukoot, Uttar Pradesh. It is alleged that the unit …
Beijing on Friday introduced stricter vehicle emissions regulations, which the environmental authority expects will reduce auto pollution by 40 percent. The fifth phrase of emissions standards for automobiles, designed to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, will improve air quality in the capital, the Beijing Environmental Protection …
Carbon monoxide has been blamed for four deaths of workers in a cement plant in northwest China's Gansu Province on Wednesday, local officials said. Seven workers were poisoned by carbon monoxide at 6:40 p.m. when they were adding steel balls into a raw mill at the cement plant in Pingliang …
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has served fresh notice to 23 industries, who failed to install a device for online monitoring of pollution. They have been asked to install the device by the end of February. Earlier, the OSPCB had given November 30 deadline to install the device …
Ten people have died in two suspected carbon monoxide poisoning cases within the space of a couple of days in Beijing. Five residents, including a seven-year-old boy, were found dead at a house near a market in Shilihe Village of Chaoyang District after the emergency command center received calls and …
Residents of the Indian capital, who thought they had conquered air pollution a decade ago, are once again choking on exhaust fumes and dust and New Delhi has regained its status as one of the world’s dirtiest cities, according to environmental campaigners and official air quality data. Scientists have sounded …
Around 25 percent people in Sylhet district have been suffering from acute Respiratory Tract Infection (RTI) due to air pollution caused by the black smoke-emitting unfit vehicles. According to sources, sale of lead-mixed fuel including diesel, petrol and kerosene by a section of dishonest dealers and agents continues in the …
Corporation has opted for burning of garbage on streets Sanitation workers with bamboo-brooms and kerosene cans roaming around the city and burning garbage heaps at street corners is a regular scene at nights in Thrissur these days. As garbage removal to Lalur, where the city corporation’s garbage disposal site is …
Kochi: In a major drive against pollution testing centres, the motor vehicles department (MVD) has closed down around 20 such centres in the district for not having valid licences to operate. The MVD has also found that around 80% of the 200-odd centres in the district were issuing fake licences. …
The city of Beijing got worldwide attention last weekend as its readings for air pollution soared to unconscionably high levels, even for the usually smog-smothered residents of the Chinese capital. By mid-week readings had receded from “beyond index” to merely “hazardous”. But by then Shanghai was grappling with its own …
China has pledged to vigorously curb vehicle exhaust emissions after hazardous air pollution has shrouded parts of the country for several straight days, the environmental watchdog said Monday. China will take effective measures to limit the total amount of nitrogen oxide emitted by vehicles and intensify supervision over the production, …
China plans to release hourly air pollution monitoring data in 74 of its biggest cities starting on New Year's Day, state media said on Sunday, in a sign of increasing responsiveness to quality-of-life concerns among prosperous urban people. Choking pollution and murky grey skies in Chinese cities is a top …
Plasma pyrolysis is one of the technologies which could be opted for disposal of plastic waste. In Plasma pyrolysis, high temperature is produced using plasma torch in oxygen starved environment to destroy plastic waste efficiently and in an eco-friendly manner. To find out its performance, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) …
The government will issue real-time air quality monitoring data in 74 cities starting Ja 1, 2013, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said Friday. The data will include PM2.5, a gauge that monitors fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less, the ministry said. Information on major pollutants in …
High blood pressure (BP) has become the world’s deadliest diseasecausing risk factor. But for Indians, IAP (indoor air pollution) — emanating from chulhas burning wood, coal and animal dung as fuel — has been found to be a bigger health hazard for Indians. The first-ever estimate of the contribution of …
After initial hype and hoopla in 2008, when harried vehicle owners had to queue up outside pollution check centres to get pollution under control (PUC) certificate to escape hefty penalties, these centres have now gone into hibernation. While the vehicles continue to spew poisonous gases on the state roads, it …
Levels of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide are under control across city, but very high in civil lines area. The Civil Lines air quality monitoring station has shown an unexplained rise in the level of two pollutants over the past two years. This beats common theories on air pollution in the …
If your car emits visible fumes, be ready to pay a penalty of Rs 2,000 — double the fine currently being imposed on such vehicles in the city. This is part of the Delhi environment department’s comprehensive action plan for monitoring air quality. The plan, which focuses on several targets …
Despite a campaign by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for a safe and soundless Deepavali, the noise and air pollution levels shot up during the three-day festival in most areas of the City, including silent zones. The highest noise level was recorded in Yelahanka New Town, categorised as an …
NEW DELHI: Along with your tablet, smartphone and car keys, get ready to pack a gas mask. And if you thought the recent smog in Delhi and the more-than-usual pollution levels (20% higher) in the last fortnight were due to the burning of residual crop in Punjab and Haryana, you …
As a measure to check pollution during Diwali festival this year, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will conduct a survey at local markets to examine firecrackers for the level of pollution they may cause. The prescribed sound limit of firecrackers is 125 decibel. "Usually the firecrackers available in the …
