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 …
NEW DELHI: China’s dirty air often grabs global headlines with photos of its cities swathed in smog. But it is India where air quality has been plummeting for years and is now the worst in the world. The cost of India’s economic growth is partly recorded in the fact that …
It's probably the best time to be outdoors in the city. After inhaling highly-polluted air for months, Delhiites seem to be breathing easy with PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) levels remaining within the safe limits. The sudden spell of showers on Sunday and Monday washed out the suspended particles from …
China's Ministry of Science and Technology has started planning for a five-year air pollution prevention and control project, the ministry announced on Tuesday. A draft blueprint for the project has been published on the ministry's website and the ministry is soliciting public comment. According to the draft, the focus of …
Concerned over high pollution level in the capital, European Union has directed its diplomats here to soon install air purifiers in their offices and residences. Ambassador and head of delegation of the European Union to India Joao Cravinho said the decision has been taken keeping in mind the well-being of …
The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) will set up air temporary monitoring stations to measure air quality during the Pongala at the Attukal temple. The board had made arrangements to set up stations in at least three places in the city. The board would also monitor the decibel levels …
Final report on air quality status in the National Capital Region as per Hon’ble National Green Tribunal order in the application No. 21 of 2014 (In the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India). As per Order of Hon'ble National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its order on 04.12.2014 as …
Scientists have now turned smartphones into personal, real-time air pollution monitors. The team used smartphone and sensing technology to better pinpoint where and when pollution is at its worst. The researchers equipped more than 50 schoolchildren with smartphones that could track their location and physical activity. It found that travelling …
Plans To Monitor Other Asian Capitals Too. Forget end use of nuclear fuel, supercomputers, and other frontier science, high-tech stuff that Washington has wanted to review in India for years. Even something as mundane as the quality of air in India is now deemed so suspect that the Obama administration …
Terming as “unacceptable“ that majority of kids in the Delhi were suffering from respiratory problems owing to poor ambient air quality , Delhi high court on Wednesday said it intends to take up the issue of air pollution if the Supreme Court is not already dealing with it. “Look at …
The air on Monday around India Gate was relatively clean, thanks to unexpected rain during the Republic Day parade. Even though the PM2.5 (fine, respirable particle) level was high between 6 and 6.30am--at about 200 micrograms per cubic metre, it had begun to fall by 9.30am, at 11am it was …
BEIJING - The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) on Thursday said air quality checks would be intensified in 2015. According to the MEP, 14 inspections were made by the ministry in 2014, including to the city of Tianjin; North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region; and Hebei, Shanxi and Henan provinces. …
Although data provided to smartphones allow the general public to access information about local emissions levels, the programs are only as effective as the official agencies tasked with dealing with complaints, as Zheng Jinran reports. After downloading a smartphone app called Pollution Map in September, Fang Zheng has used it …
An IIT-Bombay professor has debunked the myth that industrial effluents are the chief cause of air pollution. Environment science professor Virendra Sethi, in his paper 'Air Quality: Status and Management' cites pollution generated from homes and vehicles as an equally worrisome factor. What the research reveals Citing his research work …
REDUCING pollution caused by heavy trucks and ships will be a priority for Shanghai this year, an environment official said yesterday. Although the city has far fewer vehicles than Beijing, the amount of pollution they create is much higher, said Luo Hailin, an official with the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau. …
Bad air affects the western reaches of the city more seriously than other areas, a report by an environmental group has found - and it may deteriorate further in the next decade. Green Power urged the government to consider the health risks bad air poses when planning new-town developments. "You …
VASCO: The officials of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) inspected the coal handling plant of Adani. Speaking to Herald, GSPCB Chairman Jose Manuel Noronha said they inspected the plant on Monday and directed the company to install Continuous Air Quality Monitoring System to check the pollution level. “Besides directing …
Waigaoqiao plant in Shanghai releasing dangerous nitrogen oxides in excess of national emission standards, study finds China’s largest coal-fired power plant has been violating national emission standards for chemicals that cause dangerous fine particulate matter pollution, official figures show. The Waigaoqiao coal-fired power plant located in Shanghai has been violating …
Air quality is an important subject of relevance in the context of present times because air is the prime resource for sustenance of life especially human health position. Then with the aid of vast sums of data about ambient air quality is generated to know the character of air environment …
A majority of people living in Asian cities are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution every day. Seven out of 10 cities in developing Asian countries have unhealthy levels of air pollution, when measured as annual levels of particulate matter with size range of not greater than 10 microns …
