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 …
Thanks to little campaigns by kids in schools, dissuading public from bursting crackers during Diwali, Punjabis kept their promise not to paint the green Diwali black this year. The upper limits of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), the major pollutant during Diwali, remained significantly lower as compared to last Diwali. …
Respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), which remains more than permissible limits even during normal days in the city, shot up on Diwali, giving a tough time to those with respiratory problems. RSPM level graph went up four times more in Sector 22, recorded at 450 microgram per cubic meter against …
Unlike past two years, Arera Colony residents had to put up with less decibel, indicating less inclination for bursting cracker this Diwali. Sound of vehicles also remained somewhat less in the posh residential area. However, it does not mean that overall air pollution level was down in the area. The …
As a huge quantity of pollutants have permeated the air during Diwali, and since rain has not occurred in the city to dissipate these pollutants, it has resulted in a spurt in cases of viral fever and other infections. Specialists say they have witnessed a huge jump in the number …
JAIPUR: A higher number of patients suffering from asthma and other respiratory diseases are coming to city hospitals as this Diwali the Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) in the air has increased due to firecrackers. The national standard level of RSPM in per micro gram of cubic area is 100. …
Results of the analysis of pollution data recorded in Noida have revealed that noise levels were nearly 20 decibels higher on Diwali night as compared to a normal night. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) released the results on Wednesday, after conducting a two-stage analysis of pollution levels on …
Choking winter smog blanketed the Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday, rivalling some of the worst air pollution episodes in Chinese cities and at one point touching more than 31 times the international recommended limit for particles of dust and toxic liquids. Security guards and pedestrians wheezed audibly in the …
While Lakshmipujan was the day of Diwali when maximum air pollution was recorded in the city, the air over Hadapsar area was the most polluted due to bursting of firecrackers. The second most polluted was Shivajinagar. The researchers of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), with the help of …
The awareness drives against crackers and rallies being taken out for Green Diwali seemed to have little impact on city residents with air and noise pollution levels recorded this year being higher than the last. Diwali, this year witnessed increasing trends of air and noise pollution level, in comparison to …
The levels of air pollutants more than doubled in some parts of the city, shooting way past the permissible limit this Diwali. While levels of gaseous pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide were only slightly higher than normal, level of particulate suspended matter shot up to an unhealthy …
Delhi on Diwali is about as happy a city as any other metro but it is certainly the noisiest and smokiest. Noise pollution was the highest in Delhi this Diwali compared to Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata, and particulate matter in the air hit an all-time high. Noise levels, which …
The city witnessed a surge in the number of cases of road rage, rowdyism, brawls, noise pollution and road accidents on Diwali, with the police control room (PCR) receiving nearly 36% more complaints. On an average, PCR normally gets 200 to 225 calls daily, but on Sunday, it received 307 …
The Diwali in the city has been a quiet affair this year if data recorded by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) is any indication. The data indicate that air and sound pollution has been lower this year compared to 2012 notwithstanding the odd residential area that bucked the …
Patnaites seem to have become aware of the health hazards of noise pollution, as they opted for less noisy crackers this Diwali. However, the air pollution created by them was higher. According to the data of Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB), this Diwali there was a decrease in noise …
Noise pollution in Delhi witnessed an upward trend this Diwali compared with other metros like Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Kolkata. However, air pollution was found to be on the lower side this year vis-à-vis previous year’s Diwali, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) noise and air pollution data …
Experts Blame It On Type Of Crackers, Say Situation Critical New Delhi: Many Delhiites felt that decibels levels on Diwali night were a shade lower than previous years, but the dense haze of near-choking pollution told a different story. Now the verdict is out. The PM 10 (coarse particles) levels …
The Central Pollution Control Board has conducted Ambient Air quality and Noise monitoring at various locations in Delhi on the occasion of Deepawali festival, 2013 to see the impact of bursting of crackers on environment.
Delhi at Diwali is about as happy a city as any other metro - but it is also the noisiest and smokiest. Noise pollution was the highest in Delhi this Diwali compared to Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata, and particulate matter in the air hit an all-time high. Noise levels, …
The study was carried out during the month of October, 2013 to see the status of air quality by monitoring and assessment of some selected air pollutants namely Respirable Particulate Matter (RSPM or PM10), Sulphur dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and noise level at 9 representative locations, categorized as residential …
Spot picture of vehicle on pollution paper mandatory The next time you seek emission clearance for your car, make sure it is present on all four wheels at a testing centre. The state transport department has made photographing of vehicles mandatory to curb the popular practice of bending rules to …
