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 …
Delhi is gearing up to host Commonwealth Games in October 2010. This latest analysis of air quality trends in Delhi and their implications on CWG 2010 by Dr. Sarath Guttikunda suggests innovative interventions for fast & effective air quality management. Delhi, the capital city of India, is gearing up to …
This latest CPCB report provides details of the monitoring study conducted to measure Ozone levels, VOCs including carbonyls in ambient air in the city of Kolkata. It also includes recommendations for control of VOCs releases. Volatile Organic Compounds or VOCs play an important role in tropospheric chemistry byaffecting the OH …
Volatile Organic Compounds or VOCs play an important role in tropospheric chemistry by affecting the OH radical concentration, production of organic acids and photochemical oxidants. In order to develop efficient air pollution abatement strategies, it is important to know the sources and fate of VOCs, specially in the South-East Asian …
The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) provides funds to the States and Union Territories (UTs) including SPCBs/PCCs under various schemes which include the schemes of Assistance for Abatement of Pollution, Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs), National River Conservation Programme (NRCP) and National Lake …
INDIA needs to design and construct green buildings to control the use of electricity as it accounts for nearly 90% of the carbon footprint of a single structure, said panelists at the Economictimes.com Green Business Summit 2010 in Delhi. With an estimated 10% increase in the built-up area of residential …
The rains over the past few days might have brought the city to a halt, but they have given Delhi a much-needed break from air pollution. Newsline had reported how in the past few months, the amounts of Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM)
New Delhi has been named among the top four global cities at the inauguration of Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was appreciated for her charismatic and determined leadership to improve the living environment of the national Capital. Dikshit’s efforts in promoting a “liveable city” were …
Read this in-depth citizen’s report on the city of Kanpur released by CSE as part of its ongoing initiative to build city action on clean air and mobility. It captures air quality & mobility challenges in the city and details agenda for a livable city. The Centre for Science and …
The air quality index (AQI) is an "index" determined by calculating the degree of pollution in the city (as an average) or at the monitoring point and includes five main pollutants
B. Aravind Kumar Air quality in major cities, especially Chennai, is slowly deteriorating with the city topping the State with high levels of particulate matter, both Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) and Total Suspended Particulate Matter (TSPM). According to the Status Report of Air Quality in Tamil Nadu 2006-08 released …
One hundred and forty days before Delhi hosts the Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, on May 15, called a meeting to discuss ways to control air pollution in the city. Officials from various state departments and activists were invited to the meet. Air pollution in the city is increasing …
One hundred and forty days before Delhi hosts the Commonwealth Games, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, on May 15, called a meeting to discuss ways to control air pollution in the city. Officials from various state departments and activists were invited to the meet. Air pollution in the city is increasing …
Santiago was one of the first cities outside the OECD to implement a tradable permit program to control air pollution. This article looks closely at the program
Any information system is normally a computer-based information system that enables capture, modeling, manipulation, retrieval, analysis and presentation of geographically referenced data. The rise of information technology and its use in a wide range of disciplines provides transportation and air quality modelers with a powerful tool for developing new analysis …
ISLAMABAD: The government has initiated a project to promote public transportation including providing 10,000 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in major cities across the country to tackle the air quality issue. While addressing the one-day national workshop on
One challenge in assessing the health effects of human exposure to air pollution in epidemiologic studies is the lack of widespread historical air pollutant monitoring data to characterize past exposure levels. Davis et al. (p. 614) developed an alternative model of exposure based on the hypothesis that economic activity predicts …
