Festival

Action taken report by the District Magistrate and Collector, South 24 Parganas on steps taken to prevent coastal erosion, Sagar Island, West Bengal, 22/02/2025

Action taken report in the form of affidavit on behalf of the District Magistrate and Collector, South 24 Parganas District dated February 22, 2025. The matter related to a newspaper report which appeared in the Hindu, January 15, 2024 titled "Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar mela". …

NMC removes 40 tonnes of garbage from Godavari

The Panchavati division of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) carried out a cleanliness drive at Ramkund, Laxmankund and Pataleshwar Kund in the Godavari river on Tuesday, extracting 40 tonnes of material used in rituals and garbage. The exercise was conducted to cleanse the river of all waste after three consecutive …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding festival of Moharram and immersion of Tajiyas, 12/11/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Subhash C Pandey Vs. State of M.P. & Others dated 12/11/2013 regarding festival of Moharram and immersion of Tajiyas. The applicant has pointed out that the District Administration Jhabua, keeping in view the directions issued by the Central Zonal …

Delhi pollution likely to worsen during weekend

Pollution in Delhi is likely to worsen during the weekend with the day temperature expected to fall by 2-5 degree Celsius and calm winds, thus hampering dispersion of suspended pollutants. Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) were engulfed in thick smog post Diwali, making the air quality very unhealthy. …

Post Diwali, respiratory ailments up 20%

It isn’t just eye injuries, after Diwali hospitals and clinics in the city are also seeing a rise in the number of respiratory infections and allergy cases. City-based pulmonologists said that over the past two-three days such cases have gone up 10-20 per cent. “For the past two-three days I …

Varanasi Municipal Corporation expedites cleaning work on ghats

After the district magistrate Pranjal Yadav got miffed over the poor state of the ghats on Tuesday, the officials of the Varanasi Municipal Corporation are camping on the city ghats in order to get them in shape before the festivities of Dala Chhath which commences on Wednesday and would end …

Air pollution levels dip during Deepawali this year

Campaigns, awareness programmes seen as reason for less pollution Campaigns and awareness programmes about ill effects of bursting crackers during Deepawali seems to have paid off as air pollution during the festival has come down by 31.6 per cent compared to statistics recorded during 2012 Deepawali days. Although respirable suspended …

A quieter, but more polluted Diwali in Gurgaon

The Millennium City had a quieter Diwali this year though the levels of air pollutants like sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) registered sharp increase compared with normal days. The noise levels measured from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. at different locations …

50% dip in pollution, 15% in injuries

Growing awareness about harmful crackers leads to decrease in RSPM. With growing awareness among people about the harmful implications of burning crackers and self-discipline, Indore saw 50% reduction in air and noise pollution levels this Diwali as compared to the last year’s figures. The data generated by the MPPCB has …

Noise pollution rises during Diwali, blame it on crackers

MPCB's noise level monitoring across 15 locations shows blatant violation of permissible limits during 3 days of festival The noise pollution level across all the 15 areas of the city monitored by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) crossed the maximum permissible limits during the three days of Diwali. This …

Festival over, but air quality continues to remain poor in city

SAFAR advises people with respiratory problems to stay indoors Even after the activity of bursting of crackers has reduced after Diwali festival, the air quality measured by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology under its System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) continues to be poor in parts of …

Cracker pollution was down in Punjab this Diwali

Thanks to little campaigns by kids in schools, dissuading public from bursting crackers during Diwali, Punjabis kept their promise not to paint the green Diwali black this year. The upper limits of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), the major pollutant during Diwali, remained significantly lower as compared to last Diwali. …

In Sector 22, the air was most polluted

Respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM), which remains more than permissible limits even during normal days in the city, shot up on Diwali, giving a tough time to those with respiratory problems. RSPM level graph went up four times more in Sector 22, recorded at 450 microgram per cubic meter against …

Arera breathes easy this Diwali

Unlike past two years, Arera Colony residents had to put up with less decibel, indicating less inclination for bursting cracker this Diwali. Sound of vehicles also remained somewhat less in the posh residential area. However, it does not mean that overall air pollution level was down in the area. The …

More air pollution this Diwali: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board report

This Diwali, there has been a rise in the air pollution levels in the city as compared to last year, according to the reports of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The MPCB monitors the air before and during Diwali every year to gauge the levels of air pollution during …

Post Diwali air chokes Ludhiana

As a huge quantity of pollutants have permeated the air during Diwali, and since rain has not occurred in the city to dissipate these pollutants, it has resulted in a spurt in cases of viral fever and other infections. Specialists say they have witnessed a huge jump in the number …

Diwali pollution casts shadow on people's health

JAIPUR: A higher number of patients suffering from asthma and other respiratory diseases are coming to city hospitals as this Diwali the Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) in the air has increased due to firecrackers. The national standard level of RSPM in per micro gram of cubic area is 100. …

This Diwali was noisiest in 3 years

The festival of joy and revellery is over, but the lingering side-effects of bursting crackers are here to stay. Sources said this Diwali, the city recorded high levels of noise pollution. This is the highest in the past three years. Noise from crackers reached 69.7 decibels this year. Various programmes …

Diwali din rocks Choti Chaupar, Jawahar Ngr

For the first four peak hours (6pm to 10pm) it was Choti Chaupar and for the next two hours (10pm to midnight) it was Jawahar Nagar residential area that produced the highest noise in the city on Diwali. At Jawahar Nagar, it was almost 35dB higher than the National Noise …

Noise levels 20 decibels higher in Noida on Diwali, but less than last year's

Results of the analysis of pollution data recorded in Noida have revealed that noise levels were nearly 20 decibels higher on Diwali night as compared to a normal night. The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) released the results on Wednesday, after conducting a two-stage analysis of pollution levels on …

Air Purity, Peace Go Up In Smoke With Crackers...

...As City Folk Burn 35Cr On Diwali This Year Lucknow: As Lucknowites lighted up fire crackers of nearly Rs 35 crores this year, it resulted in an increase of air pollution by over 100% and noise pollution upto 37.35% in several areas of the city. The air and noise levels …

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