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 …
LUCKNOW: Lucknow University will have its own air quality monitoring station. LU received the air quality monitoring device from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) on Tuesday. The instrument will help record real-time date of atmospheric pollution. "The de vice has a PM analyser which will help find out …
Even though city residents might have heaved a sigh of relief after a decrease in pollution level was reported in the city during Diwali, the situation is actually grim as a majority of pollution sources, including vehicular traffic, water and construction-related problems, go unchecked in the city. The Municipal Corporation …
BENGALURU: With anti-cracker campaigns stepping up and cracker sales seen to have lost their sparkle, officials had expected a less polluted Diwali this year. However, data shows that pollution levels actually increased, despite even traffic volumes reducing by almost half in the city. Data collected from two Continuous Ambient Air …
PM10 pollution was down, PM2.5 figures being worked out. Hyderabad: Many Hyderabadis said no to crackers this Diwali, and this was reflected in the city’s pollution data for Sunday. Last year the maximum PM10 level was recorded at Kukatpally at 412 micrograms/metre cube(µg/m3) whereas this year at the same location …
Delhiites on Thursday inhaled severely poor quality air which had respirable pollutants up to nine times above the safe limit at certain places even as authorities warned of a "critically polluted" period ahead. Anand Vihar, the city's pollution hotspot, had PM 1O (suspended particulate matter) at over 962 micrograms per …
Concentration levels of harmful particulate matter were on average three times the standards. With days to go before Diwali, when pollution levels usually peak due to firecracker use, the air quality across the city was very poor on Thursday. And the forecast for the next few days did not look …
The Supreme Court of India-appointed Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority for Delhi & NCR (EPCA) mandated to improve the air quality in Delhi-NCR, introduced the Hawa Badlo App here today. According to Shri Bhure Lal, chairperson, EPCA: "The App aims at an inclusive participation of citizens in reporting incidences …
Testing in Pune was conducted at an open ground recently. “We have submitted our report to the MPCB HQ for further analysis and the results will be declared soon,” MPCB officials said. Even as testing of samples of firecrackers in Mumbai showed a decline in noise levels as compared to …
INDORE: Ahead of Diwali, the regional Pollution Control Board (PCB) has started monitoring air and noise pollution levels in the city. The drive started this week will extend till October 30. The department will take air samples from different parts of the city and also measure noise levels with the …
TRICHY: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will set up temporary Ambient Air Quality Stations at three places in the city to monitor pollution levels during Diwali. Like in previous years, the TNPCB has chosen three places - Gandhi Market, a commercial place; Bishop Heber College area, a sensitive …
INDORE: A proposal to install air monitoring stations at 3 new locations in Indore has been sent to the Central Pollution Control Board. The proposal has been sent with an aim to expand the ambit for accurate monitoring in the city which has just 3 monitoring stations since past several …
With every Diwali witnessing a rise in asthmatics and concerns raised about both noise and air pollutiom due to the use of crackers, the PPCB teams have the job to monitor the city for pollution and to spread awareness to keep the festival clean, green and happy. With a detailed …
Farmers are being provided subsidy on farm implements like happy seeder, rotavators, straw reapers for managing straw Ignoring warnings by state authorities on burning paddy stubble, many farmers in Haryana and Punjab are still continuing the banned practice, leading to health risks and adversely affecting soil health. Both the Haryana …
Contrary to previous studies indicating poor air quality around the Golden Temple, the air pollution monitoring system has found that air quality is good in and around the shrine. The state-of-the-art Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station, set up by the central and state pollution control boards, has released the …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has come up with an expenditure plan for the 1% green tax imposed by the Supreme Court on diesel SUVs. It proposes to use a large chunk of the funds on a "morphological study" of particulate matter (PM) pollution in the city. The study …
The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) officials will be monitoring the air quality in the city a week before Diwali and on Diwali i.e. on October 24 and October 30, since pollution is at its peak on Diwali. Teams have been set up to monitor the ambient air quality …
GHAZIABAD: A two-stage analysis to ascertain air and noise pollution in Ghaziabad during the Diwali season will be conducted by UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) later this month. The board will measure levels of pollutants in Ghaziabad before Diwali and on Diwali night on October 30 in order to carry …
The ritual of marking the victory of good over evil — burning Ravana effigies — had quite the opposite effect on air quality in Delhi-NCR, with the national capital, Gurgaon and Faridabad among the five most polluted cities in the country on Dussehra, according to data on 25 cities released …
Doctors say number of such children has risen sharply over the years owing to increasing air pollution Forty-five-year old Rajesh S., a software professional who resides in BTM Layout, would rather have his son play video games than go out to play cricket. He says that the rising air pollution …
CHANDIGARH: The threat of a thick cover of smog enveloping the region in the weeks to come looms large as stubble burning is likely to continue unabated this season too. Besides, authorities are yet to formulate any new plan to tackle the problem. The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has, …
