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 …
THE Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked the State Government to put all environmental quality data related to critically polluted areas (CPAs) on the public domain. The information, including revised Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) scores, which evaluate level of pollution, must be put on public domain through a …
Contrary to popular perception that air pollution is going up in the State, two of the major air pollution parameters — nitrogen dioxide from vehicle emissions and sulphur dioxide from industrial emissions — were well within the permissible limits in the State during the past five years. This forms part …
Air pollution is the leading environmental killer in the world, with more than seven million people dying from air-pollution-related causes in 2012 alone, a new UN report has revealed. Some three billion people, most of whom are in Africa, still use solid organic fuels to cook and heat their homes, …
BEIJING - A UN report lauded Beijing's efforts to battle air pollution but said it needs to do more to meet particulate matter standards. "A Review of Air Pollution Control in Beijing: 1998-2013" was published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), through cooperation with Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, the …
With regard to industrial pollution, the ministry had issued directions to 150 grossly polluting industries More than 2,000 environmental approvals have been granted in the past two years, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. Faster approval of environmental clearances was another major achievement, he said. All this would unlock …
Excessive ozone gas has become the prime pollution problem in Beijing in recent days, replacing the notorious PM2.5, and it's likely to linger for a couple of days, the capital's environmental monitoring authority said on Monday. Because of the sunshine, many residents may not have noticed that ozone reached an …
Chairman, Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority for Delhi-NCR & Member, Supreme Court Monitoring Committee, Dr. Bhure Lal asked India Inc. to invigorate and intensify its R&D; efforts for generating sufficient solar energy for India's mass consumption and enable it breath in pure air. With this assuming a priority at …
As global air pollution levels rise, Nigeria appears to be the country most affected by the phenomenon. New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows four of Nigeria’s cities are among the world’s 20 worst-ranked cities for air quality. Onitsha, a densely-populated commercial hub in the east of Nigeria …
Ahmedabad: In a unique experiment, the Indian Institute of public health (IIPH) Gandhinagar will now measure the amount of heat as well as pollution levels our traffic police personnel standing at major crossroads in the city are exposed to each day. This is the first time that both parameters are …
With Raipur being listed as the seventh most polluted city in the world in a World Health Organisation report, the Chhattisgarh government has drafted an action plan to arrest rising pollution in the city over the next two years. "Government has chalked out a strong action plan which will help …
The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi had implemented oddeven scheme from 15th to 30th April, 2016. As per as Direction of Hon’ble NGT, ambient air quality of Delhi was monitored through a set of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Systems (CAAQMS) and manual stations (NAMP) spread across different …
A parliamentary panel has pulled up the environment ministry for unsatisfactory performance and low utilisation of allocated funds, saying that it should prepare long term plans and ensure that targets are achieved. Raising concern over pollution, the panel described the ministry as an under-achiever in terms of controlling pollution in …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday came down heavily on the “laxity” shown by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in providing the final report on the ambient air quality recorded during the recently-concluded second phase of the odd-even scheme. The bench demanded that the Delhi government submit the report …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has questioned the rationale behind the odd-even scheme for vehicles on Delhi roads. This, after receiving a report that indicated no significant improvement in the capital's air-quality as a result of the initiative. In a suggestion, the tribunal asked the Delhi government, "Wouldn't it be …
A parliamentary panel has pulled up the Union environment ministry and the country's national pollution watchdog — the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) — for their poor performance in controlling pollution and not even achieving physical targets to create air, water and noise pollution monitoring infrastructure. The panel — parliamentary …
Agra: In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Union ministry of environment and forest informed that neither it nor the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has initiated any nation-wide study to assess the impact of pollutants on monuments. Questions were asked about the government's endeavours to understand the impact …
Only 11% of funds were utilised for National Action Plan on Climate Change The Centre and more specifically the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is not putting money where its mouth is — literally. While the Ministry, led by Minister of State (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar, has fought …
A Parliementary panel has pulled up the Environment Ministry for its "poor peformance" in controlling pollution and using its fund, and recommended it to take necessary measures to ensure targets are met in the future and funds optimally utilised. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forest …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Monitoring of air quality in Delhi, 09/05/2016. The ambient air quality is being regularly monitored with manual and continuous air quality monitoring systems in National Capital Region (NCR) including Delhi by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards …
This report by the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forest has pulled up the environment ministry for its "poor performance" in controlling pollution. The ministry has failed to achieve the physical targets relating to ambient air quality monitoring stations and new noise monitoring stations says the report …
