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 …
BENGALURU: You may feel choked on Bengaluru roads, thanks to smoke-spewing vehicles and dust. But some monitoring stations of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board have recorded a decrease in the level of air pollutants. KSPCB's 16 monitoring centres are spread over dif centres are spread over different zones such …
The most polluted schools in London are to be audited as part of the mayor’s drive to clean up toxic air across the capital. Earlier this year a Guardian investigation revealed that hundreds of thousands of children are being exposed to illegal levels of damaging air pollution from diesel vehicles …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Air pollution caused by coal-fired winter heating has slashed life expectancy in northern China by more than three years compared with the south, according to a new study, underlining the urgency of Beijing’s efforts to tackle smog. Researchers with the Energy Policy Institute at the University of …
MUMBAI: Air quality in Mumbai has shown steady deterioration over the years but the latest findings indicate a mixed picture-extent of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is down and so is percentage of nitrogen dioxide in ambient air in residential areas like Andheri. PM2.5 and NO2 are produced through construction activity …
Chennai: Researchers at IIT Madras are planning to install low-cost sensors at different locations across the city for in-situ and in real-time monitoring of air pollution. Associate professor of civil engineering S M Shiva Nagendra said these sensors, embedded in a device, can be set up anywhere for they require …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s environment ministry warned that unfavorable weather could raise the risks of smog over autumn and winter, and it vowed to improve its emergency response times to ensure 2017 air quality targets are met. In a notice posted on its website on Sunday, the Ministry of Environmental …
From next April, real time pollution data of each vehicle will be available online in Vahan portal of central government, which is the depository of all vehicle related information. To start with, the system will be put in place in NCR. A road transport ministry official said standardisation of the …
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has been asked to set up 20 more real-time monitoring stations by 15th October. The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi on Thursday conducted a meeting and reviewed the measures to alleviate air pollution in the national capital. The L-G Anil Baijal suggested that anti-firecracker campaign should …
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Air quality worsened in China's northern region of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei in the first seven months of this year, piling pressure on authorities to crack down on firms in their efforts to meet politically crucial 2017 pollution targets. The region's 13 cities racked up an increase of 11.3 percent …
Air pollution in 14 provinces across Thailand is much higher than World Health Organisation (WHO) safe limits, Greenpeace revealed Monday in a shock report. The environmental group made the announcement as it disclosed average readings of PM2.5 – particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micron – in the country during the …
Ozone pollution has been worsening in Beijing and its neighbouring cities, a problem that can lead to serious health problems, a new study has found. Levels of the pollutant went up by 13.3 per cent from 2013 to 2016 in the 13 cities of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area – an industrialised …
The stations will provide real time air quality data — Pic for representation In a bid to create awareness among people on the rising levels of air pollution in the Capital, Delhi University's PGDAV College, in collaboration with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), has decided to install an "Air …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has prepared a roadmap to utilise its environment fund made up of cess on the sale of high-end diesel cars that has been lying unutilised for months. The country's apex pollution regulator has around Rs 40 crore in its Environment Protection Fund (EPC) as …
Go to the Kampala Capital City Authority; ask for air pollution levels in Mutungo or Naguru and chances are you will not be given any scientific data regarding those particular suburbs of Kampala. Reason? They simply do not have that information. Everywhere you turn in this city, you see pollution. …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Monitoring of Air Quality, 01/08/2017. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is implementing a number of Schemes for control and prevention of pollution which include National River Conservation Programme (NRCP), National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems …
A plea alleging rising air pollution by diesel-run ships in the Indian territorial waters today prompted the National Green Tribunal to seek replies from the Centre and others. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the ministries of Environment and Shipping, Central Pollution Control Board …
The district administration has chalked out a comprehensive plan to make Mandi Gobindgarh pollution-free. This was stated by Kanwalpreet Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Fatehgarh Sahib, while presiding over a meeting of district officials and the pollution control board here on Tuesday. The DC said there were 102 induction furnaces in the …
AHMEDABAD - A plan to combat extreme heat in India's Ahmedabad city has been so effective in raising awareness and bringing down fatalities that city officials are rolling out a similar programme to fight another environmental risk: air pollution. Ahmedabad, in the western state of Gujarat, has among the worst …
Panaji: Indian School of Mines (ISM) is likely to submit by Wednesday details of measures that need to be taken by mining companies to control air pollution in the mining belt. On Monday, ISM gave a detailed presentation to Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) and mining companies on controlling …
Gurgaon: The city is likely to get its second air quality monitoring system next month. Officials in the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) said a tender has already been put out for the installation of one more air quality monitoring system. "The tender has already been out and some …
