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 …
A day after a meeting with Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in relation to the fire incidents at the Deonar dumping ground, BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Thursday said it would follow a scientific process to dispose of waste. The smoke from the dumping ground had caused the air quality …
MUMBAI: After a few days of 'good' to 'moderate' air quality levels, the pollution in the city breached the 'poor' category on Monday. According to the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (Safar), Mumbai recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 228 during the day which bettered only …
Terming the fire at the Deonar dumping ground as a serious lapse, the Central government on Monday said the two-member probe team has prepared its report and a meeting will be convened soon to discuss it, following which strict action will be taken against those who violated norms. Union Environment …
While initially the masks will be exclusively available on Amazon India, they will later be made available on other e-commerce websites. Dettol and Amazon India have joined hands to provide air masks to protect against rising pollution in the country, especially the national capital. While initially the air masks will …
MPCB officials said that these four polluters usually caused the maximum damage to air quality. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has sought steps to monitor four major air polluters in the city — dumping grounds, Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) plants, industries and vehicles. In January, the Air Quality Index …
Not much was learned about the way pollution behaved during the trial phase of odd-even in January except that the air quality monitoring plan will have to change. Learning from mistakes made in the first round of odd-even, the Delhi government will be expanding its air quality monitoring during round …
Even as the government downplayed Greenpeace India's report where it said India had overtaken China's air pollution levels in 2015, the NGO today said a discussion on it would reinforce the call for a comprehensive National Air Quality Index (NAQI) and clean air action plan. "We welcome the fact that …
Ghaziabad: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday formed a committee of experts, comprising representatives from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), to study air pollution in and around Kaushambi. The move comes after members of Kaushambi Apartments Residents Welfare …
Chennai: Rising air pollution levels in the city have increased the appeal of air purifiers among anxious residents, with manufacturers witnessing a significant rise in sales. The World Health Organisation recommends 10 micrograms of PM 2.5 ( indicator of pollution) in ambient air. However, in Chennai, it is between 40micrograms …
NEW DELHI: Weekend showers in the capital have broken adry spell that lasted five-anda-half months, bringing relief not only from unusually warm weather but also providing a break from dangerously high pollution levels. Since Saturday, Delhi recorded more than double the rain seen in the city since September 20, 2015. …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air Pollution, 01/03/2016. The Govt. of India has taken number of steps to control the increasing air pollution.The steps taken by the Government inter-alia include; Notification of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (2009), envisaging 12 pollutants; Formulation of environmental regulations / statutes; Setting up …
Greenpeace analysed NASA’s satellite data on particulate matter from 2003 to 2015 in India and China The average Indian was exposed to more particulate matter than the average Chinese citizen in 2015 — the first time that has happened in the 21{+s}{+t}century — according to a report released here on …
BEIJING - Beijing is to raise the thresholds for issuing its highest air pollution warnings, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, two months after smog triggered the city's first ever "red alerts". In future, the highest alert will only be issued when the daily average air quality index …
For the first time this century, the average particulate matter exposure was higher for Indian citizens than that of Chinese people, a Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite data on particulate matter has shown. China’s strong measures to curb pollution have contributed to the biggest year-on-year air quality improvement on record; …
More than 5.5 million people worldwide die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution, and India and China together account for 55% of these deaths, new research has found. About 1.6 million people died of air pollution in China and 1.4 million died in India in 2013, …
MUMBAI: The city relived last year's most polluted day on Sunday as a dust storm blew towards the suburbs, worsening the air quality drastically. The air quality index (AQI) was 313, same as what was recorded a day after Diwali in November 2015. Worryingly, the levels of suspended particulate matter …
Delhi-based advocacy organisation urges Global CEO Ralph Speth to retract them and support govt in bringing clean diesel technology The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has condemned the remarks made by Ralph Speth, chief of Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover over Delhi's air quality. The Delhi-based research and advocacy …
Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) on Thursday submitted a status report on the city's air quality from 2011 to 2015 to the high court. It suggests that the air pollution levels in Delhi see three peak phases annually-May-June, October-November and December-January. DPCC also submitted monthly average concentrations for five years, …
The city has been enveloped in a heavy layer of smog caused by a fire last week at the Deonar dumping ground. It released hazardous gases into the air, raising the pollution levels to a dangerous point and is causing breathing difficulties. The Municipal Corporation (BMC) shut down 74 schools …
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has set up Real Time National Ambient Noise Monitoring Network in the year 2011 covering nine cities (Delhi, Lucknow, Chennai, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore). Under section 2 (a) of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 noise is defined as …
