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 …
Experts say such appliances will make living costlier, thus all the more difficult Water filters, despite studies revealing their harmful effects in changing the acidity of water, removing minerals and causing wastage of water, have become a household item and continue to remain so because of the poor quality of …
Is the pollution level bothering you? If yes, what are you doing to rectify your concern? Is sitting indoors an option? Should life come to a standstill? While many such questions remain unanswered the people of Gurugram especially children are actively stepping out to voice out their concern against the …
Panel formed I Will prepare action plan to regulate number of vehicles, construction The government today constituted the Air Quality Monitoring Committee (AQMC) to check the high pollution levels in the seven towns of Baddi, Damtal, Kala Amb, Nalagarh, Poanta Sahib, Parwanoo and Sundernagar. The committee will prepare an action …
Improvising air quality requires a concerted effort to reduce particulate matter. Hyderabad: To tackle air pollution, it is important to reduce the levels of Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 — fine particules that can enter the blood stream — and both the Central and state governments have to work together to …
Active western disturbances this year have kept at bay any possible episodic high pollution days. Compared with the last two years, when two episodic high pollution events — October 28-November 6, 2016 and November 7 -14, 2017 — had put Delhi-NCR under a blanket of smog, this time two active …
Private as well as government hospitals saw a substantial rise, around 20 per cent, in the number of patients complaining of respiratory issues. As air quality entered the ‘severe’ category on Monday, hospitals in the capital witnessed a busy day with people complaining of respiratory tract infections and asthmatic attacks …
Some cities in India attribute more than half of their PM2.5 to this dust The contribution of indoor air pollution is estimated to vary between 22 and 52 per cent, according to a UNEP study which said emissions from household cooking and heating will need to be reduced to greatly …
The report presents an updated overview and analysis of air quality in Europe from 2000 to 2016. It reviews the progress made towards meeting the air quality standards established in the two EU Ambient Air Quality Directives and towards the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines (AQGs). It also …
At times when the Delhi Government is taking all possible measures to deal with the menace of pollution with contingency plans already set in motion to combat it, a scientific study has revealed that 41 percent of the pollution in Delhi is contributed by “transport sector”. A study by System …
NEW DELHI: Capital’s air quality fell sharply on Tuesday and nosedived towards the “very poor” category with the air quality index (AQI) at the upper end of the “poor” zone at 291, even though a number of key measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) were put in place …
NEW DELHI: Technology will be used to ensure better air quality along the route of the Delhi Half Marathon to be held on October 21. The organisers will use systems like ultra high frequency radio pulses, mist fans and pollution removing reagents to reduce pollutants in the air, and thus …
NEW DELHI: Stubble burning in neighbouring states may be drawing everyone’s attention during the peak pollution days in the capital in pre-winter harvest season, but it is the vehicular emission which is the biggest culprit followed by industrial emission in making Delhi’s air dirty. Both these sectors pollute the entire …
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the pollution season, the Centre on Monday launched an air quality prediction system that would forecast the state of the air three days in advance for various areas in the capital and several localities in Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Rohtak. The new service is expected to not …
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 …
The Centre Thursday appealed to neighbouring states like Haryana and Punjab to work with full sincerity and responsibility in persuading farmers not to burn paddy stubble in order to check pollution. Union Environment and Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the Centre is monitoring the matter at all …
New Delhi, Oct 11 (PTI) 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 …
Ashoka University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship hosted the inaugural edition of the Ashoka Pillar Award, to award young talent for their innovative solutions to tackle the worsening air quality in India, at its campus in Sonepat, near Delhi. Last week, Ashoka University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship hosted the inaugural edition of the …
The survey studied 2,000 Indian drivers, owners and those who planned to purchase a car between 2017 and 2018. Hyderabad: After Delhi, the most affected city due to air pollution is Hyderabad. A Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation commissioned a survey that found that 78 per cent of respondents from Hyderabad, the …
Transportation accounts for about 11 per cent of India's carbon emissions and is a major source of air pollution in several cities nationwide. About 87 per cent of Indian drivers and vehicle owners would buy an electric vehicle (EV), if that helped reduce air pollution, according to a new survey. …
