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 …
LUCKNOW: The air pollution levels dropped by 23 units in Lucknow but the air quality continued to be 'very poor' on Monday. The Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city was 313, as per the data released by the Central Pollution Control Board. Lucknow's pollution level was lower than that …
With reference to CPCB Head Office letter no A-21016/1/08-Mon/11351 dated 05.10.2018 & 25.10.2018, Regional Directorate (Central), Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal has Conducted Ambient Air Quality monitoring in Bhopal city during celebration of Diwali festival in the year 2018 from 31.10.2018 to 14.11.2018 for the perameters of PM10, PM2.5, SO2, …
LUCKNOW: Kanpur and Lucknow were the most polluted cities in the country on Sunday. Industrial city Kanpur had the most toxic air with Air Quality Index (AQI) of 373. It was followed by Lucknow with AQI of 349, just 24 units behind Kanpur. This was the first occasion in the …
GURUGRAM: The city’s air quality deteriorated to ‘poor’ level on Sunday after three ‘moderate’ days in a row. The air quality index (AQI) level was recorded at 255 (poor) on Sunday, while it was at 188 (moderate) on Saturday. For the last five days, the city’s air has been the …
Gurugram: An air quality monitoring machine installed in Gwalpahari by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) earlier this week has been linked to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website, making data on pollution levels in New Gurugram available to residents for the first time. The data recorded by this machine, …
NAGPUR: To assess the impact of industrial air pollution on urban air of Maharashtra, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC-India) has now made the ambient air quality data of over 25 cities accessible for the public. As reported by TOI earlier, EPIC-India, in association with the …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has directed 23 states and Union territories, including the national capital Delhi and Chandigarh, to prepare action plans within two months to bring the air quality standard within the prescribed limit. Noting that there are 102 cities where air quality does not meet the …
GURUGRAM: The city has been waiting for its second air quality monitoring machine for the past two years. The second machine has been proposed to be installed near IMT Manesar. The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) had announced in August 2016 that it would install the second air quality …
A truck-mounted fogging machine and Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station were commissioned at the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust on Tuesday. The high-pressure water mist fogging machine, commissioned at a cost of Rs. 2.16 crore, is capable of suppressing dust from sources, including cargo discharge onto stockpiles at coal yard, loading …
A China-based technology company has developed a novel laser-powered device that it says can accurately monitor indoor air quality in real time, and is specially engineered for conditions in India, which is grappling with a high burden of air pollution. The monitor called Sensedge empowers commercial building owners and households …
Nashik: The city is all set to have air pollution control devices in order to improve Nashik’s air quality. On behalf of National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), the devices will be used to control air pollution in the city. Nashik is one of the four cities where these devices …
The worsening air pollution at Anand Rao Circle following increase in high-rise buildings, prompted the board to install the first air quality monitoring station there in 1983. BENGALURU: A systematic assessment of pollutant levels in the air through air quality monitoring stations in and around Bengaluru by the Karnataka State …
Even as Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has commissioned and inaugurated 10 new Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) across the city since June 6, citizens continue to wait for the real-time updates online. In what is one of the most important projects by MPCB for monitoring the air …
Thoothukudi is termed one of the Non-attainment cities by Ministry of Environment primarily on the basis of excess PM10 under the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program. CHENNAI:Thoothukudi is the sole city from Tamil Nadu which figures in the list of 100 cities that have been found by Union Ministry …
In February, artist Avril Stormy Unger spent 10 hours each day for five days on Old Madras Road, sitting with wilted flowers and an anti-pollution mask, on an over-sized chair, next to an air quality index monitor with giant lungs that showed just how bad the air is that we …
The air in the United States is much cleaner than even a decade ago. But those improvements have come mainly in summer, the season that used to be the poster child for haze-containing particles that cause asthma, lung cancer and other illnesses. A new study led by the University of …
China extended monthly air quality rankings to 169 cities from 74, including in the high-pollution region of Shanxi-Shaanxi in the country’s northwest, adding pressure on local authorities as it intensifies its campaign against air pollution. Cities in the Fenwei plains area of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan provinces, the Sichuan-Chongqing region …
An environment ministry official said that Delhi witnessed 56 good air days in January-June period in 2017, while this year the national capital had 65 such days. Ahead of the critical months of November and December when air quality dips to severe levels in Delhi, the Environment Ministry has lined …
Niti Aayog has proposed 15-point action plan for combating air pollution in ten most polluted cities in the country, including Delhi, Kanpur and Varanasi. The draft action plan titled 'Breathe India' includes encouraging electric vehicles, phasing out private diesel vehicle and development of crop residue utilisation policy. According to a …
The Environment Ministry has prepared a draft NCAP with an objective to come up with a comprehensive plan for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution, and to augment the air quality monitoring network across the country. With the Centre likely to notify the ambitious national clean air programme (NCAP) …
