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 …
Dhaka's air quality has almost returned to its notorious levels as a rise in vehicle numbers, brick kilns, and building constructions wiped out improvements made by the phasing out of two-stroke vehicles in 2003. According to the government's Air Quality Management Project (AQMP), now defunct, the annual average of particulate …
The government has successfully concluded negotiations with the World Bank for a US$62.20 million Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) project aimed at helping the capital out of environmental hell. An official release says CASE is an innovatively designed project that aims at integrating environment and transport concerns towards a …
In a series of major decisions, the federal courts have effectively done away with nearly all of the Bush administration's clean-air regulations - most of them wrongheaded. That gives President Obama a clear shot at fashioning a new and coordinated attack on pollutants like smog, soot and mercury. The U.S. …
In this paper an attempt has been made to undertake performance evaluation of the two well-known regulatory models, AERMOD (07026) and ADMS-Urban (2.2) for a tropical city such as Delhi. The model is applied to estimate ambient air concentrations of SO2 and NO2 for the years 2000 and 2004 over …
Asansol city is an industrial urban area which is also part of the Raniganj Coalfield area and is located in the Burdwan district of West Bengal. Over the last five years there was hectic development in the area in terms of industries, vehicles and infrastructures. These have resulted in significant …
West Bengal's Left Front government is sitting on a powder keg even as Mamata Banerjee walks around with a lighted match. In a year in which the Lok Sabha elections are due and a hobbling economy has spread widespread anxiety in the cities, the quasi-ban on Kolkata's polluting auto rickshaws …
This document presented by the MoEF in response to a recent parliament question focuses on the state of pollution in our cities. Gobindgarh in Punjab has been rated as the most polluted city while Delhi has been rated as the most polluted metro followed by Kolkata. Lok Sabha question and …
The Environment Pollution Prevention and Control Authority (EPCA), the pollution monitoring arm of the Supreme Court of India, has held that critically polluted cities in the country need a massive transition to public transport that run on clean fuel in order to deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion. …
Date: 22-Jan-09 Country: US Author: Gene Emery BOSTON - Dramatic improvements in U.S. air quality over the last two decades have added 21 weeks to the life of the average American, researchers reported on Wednesday. Reducing fine particles given off by automobiles, diesel engines, steel mills and coal-fired power plants …
Exposure to fine-particulate air pollution has been associated with increased morbidity and mortality, suggesting that sustained reductions in pollution exposure should result in improved life expectancy. This study directly evaluated the changes in life expectancy associated with differential changes in fine particulate air pollution that occurred in the United States …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: In an effort to monitor the levels of highly-toxic Carbon Monoxide in the ambient air, CO analysers will soon be installed at five locations in the city. The equipment will be installed in Anna Nagar, T. Nagar, Vallalar Nagar, Adyar and Kilpauk. Equipment of the Chennai …
The paper examines the spatial distribution of air pollution in response to recent air quality regulations in Delhi, India. Air pollution was monitored at 113 sites spread across Delhi and its surrounding areas from July
The increasing air pollution levels in urban areas, particularly in the metropolitan cities, are seriously affecting the health of the inhabiting citizens. In the present study, the ambient air quality (with respect to sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and suspended particulate matter) of the city of Delhi is analysed in conjunction …
This paper arises from a concern over the lack of information (quantitatively) on the contributions of different source categories of air pollution in developing countries - especially for fine particulate matter (PM), which is the major contributor to the adverse health effects of air pollution. Without reliable and accurate source …
This paper by CAI-Asia recaptures highlights of 2008 related to urban transportation, air quality, and climate change. Summarizes some of the significant events, news, issues of 2008 for policy makers, researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders working on SUT issues in Asia. Year 2008, from the urban transport perspective,can be considered …
The development of modern biofuels for various energy applications is gaining momentum - both in terms of applications and impacts. Liquid biofuels for transport received special attention in the literature and numerous studies on the sustainability (economic and environmental) of large-scale biofuels production continue to be undertaken. This includes large …
This study compares basic transport and air quality indicators for 12 Indian cities. These indicators are reported in city development plans, comprehensive mobility plans, comprehensive traffic and transport studies and detailed project reports submitted to the Ministry of Urban Development between 2005 and 2007. The list was created with an …
Surface ozone variability at Pune (an urban location) and nearby rural locations has been studied using KI solution chemical method. The measurement showed well-marked diurnal cycle of ozone concentration with minimum at sunrise and maximum at noon hours. Simultaneous measurements of humidity and temperature along with ozone suggest that the …
