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 …
Over a month after it closed the window for public comments and objections on the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), the Union Environment ministry has sent an Expenditure Finance Committee note on the plan for Finance Ministry's appraisal and approval, sources from the environment ministry said. The Rs 637-crore plan …
Crop residue burning in Punjab and Haryana is often blamed for worsening air quality in the Delhi National Capital Region. Now a new study by scientists working in the US and India has found that impact of crop residue burning in the Northwest region can spread as far as central …
NEW DELHI: The Environment Ministry said on Monday a committee of experts would be formed to look into the technological advances, including application of satellite-based measurement, to improve air quality and reduce pollution. Every winter smog causes deterioration of air quality, raising the pollution to dangerous levels in the national …
In 2018 alone, there have been 50 severe storms across 16 Indian states that have led to more than 500 deaths, compared to 22 storms between 2003 and 2017 Dust storm Deadly dust storms sweeping over the densely-populated north Indian plains are part of a "new normal" of disruptive weather …
Met Department forecasts rain in coming days, could improve quality more The city’s air quality was recorded at ‘moderate’ level on Monday after remaining in the ‘severe’ category for nearly a week, said monitoring agencies. The presence of moisture in the air improved the air quality, said SAFAR. The Meteorological …
The city’s air quality, after remaining for six consecutive days in the “severe” category, has improved to the “moderate” category on Monday. New Delhi: The city’s air quality, after remaining for six consecutive days in the “severe” category, has improved to the “moderate” category on Monday. The concentration of harmful …
Air quality in national Capital improved on Sunday due to dispersion of pollutants and rapidly decreased the pollution level to 'moderate to poor' category from the 'severe plus' for the first time in six days, monitoring agencies said. According to the data by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the PM10 …
Delhi's air quality improved today due to dispersion of pollutants and rapidly decreased the pollution level to 'moderate to poor' category from the 'severe plus' for the first time in six days, monitoring agencies said. According to the data by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the PM10 level (presence of …
With a massive haze of dust enveloping Delhi and the pollution levels dropping to "severe" category, a green body has urged the Environment Ministry to speed up rolling out its National Clean Air Programme, which proposes multiple strategies to combat air pollution. Greenpeace India said air pollution is a "silent …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely: These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2018.
The air quality levels in the national Capital remained in the 'severe' category for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The PM 10 (coarser particles) levels at 981 units were eight times the safe standards while PM 2.5 (one of the major pollutants in Delhi-NCR) levels at 200 units were …
NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality plunged into the "severe" category on Wednesday as dusty conditions continued for a second straight day, trapping the city under a blanket of heat and particulate matter. PM 10 levels shot up to over eight times the safe standard, levels last seen this winter. Track …
NEW DELHI: Strong anti-cyclonic winds blowing from Rajasthan caused ‘hazy’ conditions in Delhi on Tuesday. Visibility dipped in the evening while the air quality deteriorated to the ‘poor’ category for the first time in a week. Track the pollution level in your city The air quality, which had been in …
KOLKATA: Unable to improve its air quality, protect its biodiversity, and cut its greenhouse gas emissions, India – say all available data -- stands today at the bottom of the Global Environment Performance Index (EPI) rankings. In 2016, the country had ranked 141 out of 180 countries. In 2018, according …
An analyis of air quality of 10 state capitals of the country during last winter and in the past two months this summer has showed that they too are in the "dangerous grip" of a multi-pollutant crisis, besides Delhi, a green NGO today claimed. The analysed data is part of …
MUMBAI: Good news seems to be in store for the city on World Environment Day. Pollutants in the air are reducing, revealed an analysis of the city’s air released by System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). The PM 2.5 annual average levels recorded in Mumbai were 70 …
KOLKATA: The city is in the grip of severe air pollution that remains largely unassessed and so is its health impact. In 2017-18, the city’s pollution levels rose faster than ever before because of an exponential growth in the number of vehicles, construction activities and biomass burning. A recent report …
In compliance to the direction of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Dated: November 17, 2017 (in the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others vide OA No. 44/2018 (Earlier OA No. 21/2014), the ambient air quality data of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations …
PATNA: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said he would press for the inclusion of three Bihar cities – Patna, Muzaffarpur and Gaya – under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) of the Centre that covers 96 cities in the country. The three Bihar cities had been left out …
Industrial town of the state Bhiwadi is catching attention for all the wrong reasons. The city has recorded the most polluted air across the country with Air Quality Index of 367. Included among the national capital region, the town of Bhiwadi was way ahead in air pollution in comparison to …
