Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution due to suspended particles, 21/07/2015. The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) were revisited and notified in November, 2009. In line with international senerio, the earlier listed pollutant ‘Suspended Particulate Matter’ (SPM) has been withdrawn from the list of notified pollutants. Instead PM10 …
Chennai had the highest proportion of ‘severe’ days based on AQI Official air quality data for the first half of this year shows that while Delhi does indeed face high levels of air pollution, Kanpur, Varanasi and Chennai are worse off. Averaging across the ten pollution monitoring stations in the …
Nearly 75 percent of China’s big cities failed to meet air quality standards in June, the environment ministry said yesterday. However, this was an improvement over the same month last year, as the country continues to wage its “war on pollution.” Nineteen cities met air quality standards every day, according …
The glass industries in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district today came under the scanner of the National Green Tribunal which sought response from the Centre and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on a plea seeking their closure. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to Uttar Pradesh …
According to Central Pollution Control Board trends, air quality in Vijayawada is worse than in Vizag and Hyderabad According to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the deaths due to lung diseases in India were on the rise accounting for 11 per cent of the total deaths. As …
The government also proposed to increase registration tax for all categories of private vehicles — registered in the name of companies and partnership firms — by 25 per cent of the existing rate. Terming vehicular pollution as the main cause of Delhi’s deteriorating air quality, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia …
The air quality in Delhi has worsened considerably in past few years, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi 2014-15 released on Wednesday The PM10 - particulate matter or the mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets like acids, chemicals, gas, water, metals, soil dust particles, whose concentration defines …
Discussing the increasing air pollution in the Capital, experts viewed that lack of public awareness and concern besides missing political will has led to Delhi acquiring the dubious distinction of being among the highest polluted cities in the world. Many among them blame it on poor air monitoring system while …
Administrative staff to serve in New Delhi for three instead of four years now The German Embassy in New Delhi has quietly curtailed the posting of its administrative staff from four to three years making Germany the first country to act on concerns over the poor air quality in the …
Air pollution from respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) could be responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 premature deaths in Delhi — up to 80 deaths each day — authors of an international study released on Tuesday indicated. Scientists who conducted the study, published in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, said most …
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday blamed the erstwhile UPA government for not doing much to improve the national capital's air quality, which started deteriorating in 2007. "It's not that the pollution has risen suddenly as Delhi's air quality had been worsening since 2007. The previous government did little …
GURGAON: The city's air could already be as foul as Delhi's, except there is no way to know. Gurgaon has once again released debatable figures on its air quality, numbers obtained through a mechanism that is both obsolete and inadequate, betraying the administration's indifference to an issue that has now …
KOCHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state government to check noise pollution in areas where hospitals were situated. Hearing a petition filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) here, stating that high noise levels in major junctions have been severely affecting patients, the NGT urged the state …
As India rapidly becomes perhaps the most polluted country we have slowed down drastically in adopting cleaner cars. In 2010, we were five years behind Europe. Now, we are 10 years behind them. The reason is an almost criminal cycle of blame between the government, the auto industry and the …
Chandigarh has 9.75 lakh registered vehicles for a population of 10.55 lakh. Apart from this, the floating population of vehicles is around 1 lakh. On World Environment Day, there is mixed news for Chandigarh. Although the air quality of Chandigarh is better than that of adjoining cities, the level of …
Here's some good news on World Environment Day. The quality of fuel which often determines the level of toxic auto emissions will improve sooner than we thought. For a city like Delhi, choking on foul air, this provides a sliver of hope. Speaking at a Times of India Roundtable Discussion …
BENGALURU: If you are taking a joyride or getting a cab home after work at midnight, think twice before sliding down the car window and breathing in deeply. That cool, pleasant breeze is probably bringing in pollutants as well. Air pollution is no longer at its worst only during the …
Elevated toxic ozone levels to reduce with fall in temperature and a partially cloudy sky today Finally Delhi has some good news. The elevated toxic ozone levels in the city are going to reduce drastically by Sunday with temperature going down and partially cloudy sky predicted for the Capital. This …
Since 2005, Istanbul has been pedestrianizing select areas on the city’s Historic Peninsula. According to Assessment of the Air Quality Effects of Pedestrianization on Istanbul’s Historic Peninsula by EMBARQ team in Turkey, these measures have significantly improved air quality in the region. Furthermore, the report notes how pedestrianization is producing …
This is the first time that air pollution and its associated health risks have been discussed at the highest forum of WHO. Putting air pollution on global priority, the World Health Organisation has adopted a resolution on health impacts of air pollution, and urged its member countries to implement its …
