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 …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on air quality, 21/07/2015. The ambient air quality is monitored by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with various State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) for UTs and NEERI at 249 cities, towns and industrial areas under National Air …
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) does not have equipment to monitor revised ambient air quality (NAAQ) norms notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in November 2009. This is acting as an impediment in the implementation of the norms. The SPCB is not following the revised norms. It …
Nearly 75 percent of China’s big cities failed to meet air quality standards in June, the environment ministry said yesterday. However, this was an improvement over the same month last year, as the country continues to wage its “war on pollution.” Nineteen cities met air quality standards every day, according …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Thursday, indicated that it would direct pumps not to sell fuel to vehicles that don't possess 'Pollution Under Control' certificates. Expressing its opinion on the subject, the bench sought the opinion of the state government on the issue. The NGT …
India's technology hub, that had become an international byword for outsourcing, is gasping for fresh air as high vehicular emissions, increasing industrial fumes and rising dust from construction activities are polluting its atmosphere and harming its 10 million denizens. Once known to be a pensioners' paradise for its salubrious climate …
PANAJI: If the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB), while granting 'consent to operate' accepts the recommendation of the technical advisory committee (TAC), then mining companies which have not obtained forest clearances may not be allowed to carry out mining activities in forest areas. TAC has identified around 13 mining …
In the first six months of 2015, Beijing's air quality improved significantly, registering fewer air pollutants and more clear days, according to the municipal environment protection bureau on Thursday. Concentration of PM2.5, airborne particles measuring less than 2.5 microns, which are small enough to enter the bloodstream, dropped to 77.7 …
ABU DHABI // Fahad Hareb, director of air quality at the Ministry of Environment and Water, said pollution levels in the UAE were safe for residents. Particle pollution levels, known as PM2.5, did not exceed measurements recommended by the World Health Organisation guidelines, he said. According to the WHO, the …
The air quality in Delhi has worsened considerably in past few years, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi 2014-15 released on Wednesday The PM10 - particulate matter or the mixture of extremely small particles and liquid droplets like acids, chemicals, gas, water, metals, soil dust particles, whose concentration defines …
Delhi’s appalling pollution has prompted fears that millions of youngsters will suffer serious health problems later in life. The dusty patch of ground in the centre of the narrow lanes and overcrowded tenements of Anand Vihar Colony is empty. No children play cricket, wrestle or run. Even when evening comes …
Air pollution from respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) could be responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 premature deaths in Delhi — up to 80 deaths each day — authors of an international study released on Tuesday indicated. Scientists who conducted the study, published in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, said most …
Long-term exposure to air pollution may lead to loss of white matter in the brain, a research has found. White matter in the brain is made of axon cells, which enable the nerves to communicate. In a new study, older women who lived in places with higher air pollution had …
NEW DELHI: Never mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent action to clear the skies, according to a report published on Tuesday. The findings — gleaned from a new global model for how changes in outdoor …
In a new study, scientist have claimed that air pollution could cut down the white matter in our brains. For the study, a research team took brain MRIs of 1403 women who were 71 to 89 years old and used residential histories and air monitoring data to estimate their exposure …
The office of the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board would also be upgraded with the required computer devises to start the new system Chhattisgarh government had asked the industrial units to install required devises that would make the authorities to check pollution online. The industrial facilities across the state would install …
Aim to set up real-time air quality monitoring stations defeated: Draft audit inspection report. Needless delays in executing projects have led to the worsening of air quality across several cities in the country and a new draft audit inspection report shows that the purpose of setting up continuous real time …
The National Air Quality Index (NAQI), one of the few major achievements of the environment ministry in NDA's first year, has received a timely financial boost, at a time when questions were raised about how the ministry would sustain the Rs500 crore project. The NAQI, launched by Prime Minister Narendra …
The sudden boom in diesel cars and trucks in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) has escalated the level of ozone gas in the air. Ozone, which forms an ultraviolet (UV) protection layer in the upper reaches of the atmosphere, is extremely harmful when produced at surface level. The …
New Delhi: Alarmed over a report about poor ambient air quality inside its premises, Delhi High Court on Thursday castigated its own concerned panel for not doing anything on the issue, saying it was "unacceptable" that everyone going there was at risk. Taking note of an air quality monitoring report …
This is the first time that air pollution and its associated health risks have been discussed at the highest forum of WHO. Putting air pollution on global priority, the World Health Organisation has adopted a resolution on health impacts of air pollution, and urged its member countries to implement its …
