Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Amit Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant has raised a grievance against setting up of a tyre pyrolysis plant by M/s Adideva Carbon LLP. According to the applicant, the tyre pyrolysis plant has …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in Delhi, 21/11/2016. The ambient air quality data monitored by Central Pollution Control Board at six locations in Delhi, under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP), during October 2016 is annexed. The data reveals that, SO2 and NO2 are within National Ambient …
Pollution levels in Delhi are on a rise and yet again a marathon takes place despite the risks. The contestants braved the conditions and this happened after the city's High Court said that it was not safe. Well, you can't keep the enthusiasm down can you? If you can run …
With Delhi and many other cities grappling with increasing pollution, the European Union has offered its best technical expertise to help India combat deteriorating air quality. Under the initiative, the EU will initially launch a project in three cities in January to help authorities come out with effective measures to …
As per the study, the rate of Premature Deaths in India has been increasing at an alarming rate, and from 2,140 deaths per day in 1990, it has reached to 3,280 in 2015. India has overtaken China in terms of the number of deaths due to ambient (outdoor) air pollution …
This week started off with better air quality compared to the last, when toxic levels of particulate matter were recorded across New Delhi. On Monday, the levels of particulate matter were on average two times over the safe limits. While still very harmful, the levels of PM2.5 and PM10 were …
Delhi's air quality on Monday was the best the city has seen in 20 days although it was still in the 'very poor' category. The good news is that the city's air is likely to get slightly cleaner in the next few days, the Central Pollution Control Board said. The …
Air pollution in the National Capital Region may finally be treated as a common problem, experts said on Thursday as the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the Central and State governments to work together on a comprehensive regional plan. Monitoring strategy While the Supreme Court ordered …
In the wake of rising levels of air pollution in the national capital, environmentalist Vimlendu Jha on Wednesday said both the Centre as well as the state government have failed to provide better air quality in Delhi. "Good news is the courts have taken cognizance of the situation. Bad news …
NEW DELHI: The air quality continued to remain "severe" despite improved wind speed on Tuesday. In fact CPCB recorded a higher air quality index (AQI) of 432 compared to 423 on Monday. Experts said levels are still high because they had peaked to "very severe" level and dispersion may take …
Pollution levels on Saturday were the worst in the season so far. Facing its worst spell of persistent smog in nearly two decades, the Capital’s air quality slipped to ‘hazardous’ levels on Saturday. Low wind speed and high moisture content ensured that the city remained blanketed in thick smog through …
There's something the hillside retreat of Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh has in common with the industrial town of Korba in Chhattisgarh — both have consistently recorded higher than acceptable particulate matter (PM) levels. Since 2011, at least 94 Indian cities have not met national air quality standards. Many of these …
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday held an emergency meeting to discuss the city's severe air pollution+ and announced a slew of measures, including shutting schools and stopping construction for a few days, to tackle the menace. "Emergency measures are the need of the hour. Instead of politicizing the …
Neither the Centre nor the states have put in place a plan to tackle rising pollution in cities across India. Here are five reasons why we have failed to tackle the pollution menace. 1. We are not monitoring air quality in real time: 573 places still monitor air quality manually …
HYDERABAD: Alarmed over the rising levels of pollution within the iconic Salar Jung Museum, scientists have now called for immediate measures to save priceless artefacts housed within its premises. During a recently-concluded inspection, a team of experts from the National Envi ronmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) spoke of the deteriorating …
NEW DELHI: Brace for severely poor air quality this Diwali, primarily due to two reasons: one, pollution levels are already high because of massive agricultural-residue burning in neighbouring states and, two, weather conditions are unlikely to be favourable for dispersion of pollutants emitted on Diwali. Locally, too, waste burning is …
The state government was to have inducted 3,000 buses by now to check air pollution in Delhi. But with the transport department pleading that there was no depot space available for any additional fleet, it is unlikely that public transport will have a role to play in improving air quality …
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 …
Adverse effects of air pollution, described as the world’s biggest environmental risk by WHO, may linger on in Delhi for generations to come, experts warn. New studies in this area, indicating that its impact may be ‘transgenerational’, have unsettled pollution experts and doctors in New Delhi. T K Joshi, Director, …
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 National Green Tribunal (NGT) Tuesday directed the Delhi government to convene a meeting of authorities concerned to come up with a solution to tackle the deteriorating air quality in the capital. The direction to the AAP government came in the context of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) having …
