Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The National Capital these days is in the grip of an emergency. An emergency triggered by air pollution. Delhi's air quality has begun to show a trend towards the 'very poor' category... forcing authorities to kick in an emergency plan that will see the implementation of several measures to improve …
On today's Prime Time, a discussion about the deteriorating air quality in NCR. We ask whether the Centre and the state governments of Delhi, UP and Haryana are doing enough to control pollution. With Delhi's air quality levels deteriorating day by day, the Supreme Court directed the transport department of …
As winter slowly sets in in North India, so is the toxic smog. The air quality in Delhi has fallen so badly already that the government's graded response action plan came into effect this week. But will this be enough? Clearly not. And what of the farm fire in Punjab …
As the air quality index in Delhi-NCR deteriorates, the Delhi government and Centre have decided to jointly combat it from November 1st. Teams will be mandated to take action against garbage burning, stubble burning, vehicular emission/traffic choke points/measures to ease congestion, dug up and dusty roads, industrial emission, construction and …
The Air Quality Index (AQI) according to pollution apex body Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) was 291 on Tuesday, just nine points away from 'very poor' marker. Watch this video to know more.
India is fighting its biggest health crisis at the moment. The air quality of the national capital has spiked as the respiratory distress speaks. The people are gasping for fresh air. When will they be able to breathe pure air? When will the government find a solution to all these …
Two days before Diwali, residents of Delhi and its neighbouring cities woke up to dense smog this morning. The capital's weather index showed a sharp decline in air quality across the city. While the Air Quality Index in Delhi's Anand Vihar showed a reading of 912, which means 'hazardous' pollution, …
Air pollution in Delhi continued to worsen, causing serious health concerns among residents even as weather officials warned of further worsening of air quality in the coming days. On 5 November, the levels of particulate matter PM10 and PM2.5 in the National Capital spiked to ‘hazardous’, leaving Delhiites gasping for …
आज वायु प्रदुषण हमारे जीवन के लिए सबसे बड़ा खतरा बन गया है। हाल ही में विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन ने रिपोर्ट जारी कर दुनिया में बढ़ते वायु प्रदूषण पर गंभीर चिंता जताई है। इसके मुताबिक 15 साल से कम उम्र के दुनिया के 93 फीसदी बच्चे जहरीली हवा लेने को …
हवा दिन-रात हमारे साथ हैं जिसके बिना कुछ पल रहना भी नामुमकिन हो जाता है लेकिन अब ज़हरीली होती आबोहवा दम घोट रही है। वायु का बढ़ता प्रदूषण अपने चरम पर पहुंच गया है। वायु प्रदूषण हमारी सांसों में ज़हर घोल रहा है। स्थिती दिन प्रतिदिन खराब होती जा रही …
The air in Delhi is now at dangerous levels almost at the same levels as we saw in the aftermath of Diwali and yet. Is it genuinely hopeless now at a time when there are statistics emerging that one in eight deaths in India can be linked directly to pollution. …
सरकार ने राष्ट्रीय स्वच्छ वायु कार्यक्रम की शुरुआत की है। इस कार्यक्रम के जरिए दिल्ली लहित देश के 102 शहरों की हवा साफ होगी। सरकार की कोशिश है कि वायु प्रदूषण के मुख्य कारक पार्टिकुलेट मैटर पीएम 2.5 और पीएम 10 के स्तर में 20 से 30 प्रतिशत की कमी …
1 billion people in India, or 100 million more than the number of voters we have in India, live in water scarcity! And this number is expected to go up to 5 billion by 2050. This is the appalling statistic that has come out from research by Water Aid on …
Why isn't environment becoming an election issue despite growing awareness among people about pollution and depleting natural resources? Ravish Kumar says that as he travelled across Delhi, Haryana, UP and Bihar during his road shows highlighting concerns of voters, one thing that was common was the scarcity of clean drinking …
Air pollution is India's biggest health emergency today. Why are our political parties & policy makers not serious about tackling this growing crisis? We discuss on Urban Reality this week.
The odd-even scheme is returning to Delhi for the third time from November 4 to 15, which means vehicles with odd and even number plates will be allowed to operate on alternate days. Women drivers and two wheelers are exempted from the scheme. In 2017, this scheme was put on …
#DelhiChokes after pollution levels across Delhi-NCR shot up & average 24 hr AQI crossed 300 today. EPCA claims stubble burning contributes 11%, pollution body says states' local sources are larger contributors. Is this blame game, also choking Delhi?
