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 …
GURUGRAM: Air quality has entered the ‘very poor’ level in Gurugram in the last 48 hours, as wind speed increased due to dust storm conditions in neighbouring areas. While the highest level of PM2.5 was 191 µg/m³ on Thursday, it was 208 µg/m³ on Wednesday. This compared to highs of …
The estimates should not be perceived as instant deaths, said the report, clarifying that they represent premature (earlier than the expected lifetime of the Indian population) deaths due to chronic exposure from pollution. Worsening air quality in the last two decades has emerged as one of the major reasons for …
LUCKNOW: Lucknow has recorded the second highest number of premature deaths due to pollution-related diseases among 11 north Indian cities assessed. The study, conducted by the Centre of Environment and Energy Development (CEED) in collaboration with IIT Delhi, recorded data for 17 years to come up with the findings. Titled …
Various green groups today submitted their recommendations to the environment ministry on the draft National Clean Air Programme, which proposes multiple strategies to combat air pollution, calling for polluting sectors such as industry and coal thermal power plants to be brought under its regulation. The NCAP is only a "paper …
The study said particles deposited on or in the vicinity of the road may be re-entrained or resuspended into air through vehicle-induced turbulence, shearing stress of tyres and high windspeed. The common used term for these particles was ‘road dust'. While Chandigarh has been ranked the third cleanest city in …
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has set up 75 air quality monitoring stations in the state to check air quality level and combat pollution, a top official said today. WBPCB Chairman Kalyan Rudra said that of the 75 air quality monitoring stations, 17 alone were located in Kolkata where …
HYDERABAD: A pollution monitoring station at US Consulate at Begumpet has revealed that on most days air quality is ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’. On Sunday evening, Air Quality Index (AQI) was 126. On May 8and May 9, the index was worse and above 150. In a tweet, US Consulate General …
Air quality researchers are demanding that air pollution data for India’s 43 critically polluted zones be made public. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) air quality database released last week revealed India has 14 out of 15 most polluted cities in the world led by Kanpur. But air quality researchers associated …
GHAZIABAD: The GDA has constituted an environmental management cell to implement measures suggested by State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) at the time of giving green nod to Hindon elevated road project. “We have invited expression of interest for an environmental expert company which will be the part of environmental …
In compliance to the direction of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Dated: November 17, 2017 (in the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others vide OA No. 44/2018 (Earlier OA No. 21/2014), the ambient air quality data monitored by Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring …
Patna: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who also holds the forest and environment portfolio, hinted at banning plying of vehicles that are over 15 years old. "At present we cannot ban their plying because it comes under the Motor Vehicle Act, which is a central law," Sushil said at …
JAIPUR: When the city woke up on Tuesday morning, the Particle Matter (PM) 10 (particles smaller than 10 microns) and PM 2.5(particles smaller than 2.5 microns) level was as high as 313 µg/m³(micrograms per cubic meter air), which was categorised as very poor by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board …
Launched by PM Modi on May 1, 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims to safeguard the health of women & children. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s signature Ujjwala Scheme came in for rich praise in a new WHO pollution report. The report nevertheless estimated that 9 …
Nashik: Once know for its salubrious climate and scenic beauty, the city now frequently has a haze in the air. Burning of waste, large number of private vehicles on the streets spewing toxic air and unkept public transport buses have triggered deterioration of the air quality in the city. Nashik …
Jaipur: Pollution level has spiked in five cities of Rajasthan and air quality has failed to meet National Air Quality Standards as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report. Prominent cities from the state, including Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Udaipur, are among the 94 cities in the country …
Pollutant spewing coal-based thermal power plants, indispensable because they account for 60% of India’s electricity production, will conform to emission standards by 2022, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The ministry of environment, forests and climate change gave this assurance in an affidavit before a bench of Justices …
Stuggling to contain stubble-burning, Punjab features among the top four states with maximum cities that have failed to meet the national air quality standards in India. The recent report in this regard submitted by Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Environment, on April 6 in Lok Sabha states that Punjab …
Low- and middle-income groups are the worst affected by pollution; 92% of deaths due to pollution occurred in that income group Every third city that failed to meet national air quality standards in India–where most people die of air pollution than any other nation–was in two of the country’s biggest …
Greenpeace India had earlier said that the targets, which were deliberated in the environment ministry as per the file noting and was also communicated by the minister to the press earlier, was lacking in the draft. The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which proposes multiple strategies to combat air pollution, …
NEW DELHI: A US-study has estimated that India and China together account for more than half of global deaths due to air pollution. The US-based Health Effects Institute’s State of Global Air study, released in Boston on Tuesday, has also found that increasing exposure to air pollution combined with an …
