Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
NEW DELHI: The Union Budget on Thursday announced a special scheme to subsidise machinery required by farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to deal with crop residue in the belief that this would help curb stubble burning, a factor in pollution in the National Capital Region. But agriculture and …
In his budget speech, the Finance Minister's silence on environment and climate change was deafening, considering that the Economic Survey he tabled on Monday had highlighted the dangers posed by these issues. This is the second year in a row that Arun Jaitley's speech has given the issue a complete …
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley acknowledged the rising level of air pollution in Delhi-NCR on Thursday and announced a scheme to support the governments of Delhi and neighbouring states in tackling high levels of air pollution. "Air pollution in the Delhi NCR region has been a cause of concern. A …
NEW DELHI: The Centre's move to earmark Rs 1000 crores to tackle stubble burning in NCR states was welcomed by air quality experts, but they also say critically polluted areas like Singrauli, Ghaziabad or Vapi need urgent attention because air pollution is a regional issue. Ahead of the Union budget …
DEHRADUN: Successive air quality surveys are presenting an alarming trend of cities in Uttarakhand in particular state capital Dehradun -- considered a green haven with clean and fresh air -– being in fact heavily polluted. A recent report by the India unit of global environment group Greenpeace has ranked Dehradun …
NEW DELHI: Clean Air Asia, an NGO working on air pollution, launched its 'VAYU' app on Wednesday at Delhi Public School, Palam Vihar that will help educate schoolchildren and parents about air quality and impact of pollution on children and adults. The NGO plans to reach out to maximum schools …
AHMEDABAD: Efforts to check air pollution may have proved ineffective in the city but Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA) has developed a nano fibre-based virus protective face mask that allows people to breathe fresh air. The mask is made using a special nano web-based technology and helps filter bacteria …
This report provides a comprehensive overview of vehicle remote sensing, an emissions measurement technique which has been used for more than 25 years to evaluate emissions from passing motor vehicles in real-world driving. Review technical details of the vehicle remote sensing test method, describe the multiple types of emissions analyses …
With rapid urbanization, high-density, high-rise megacities have become very common globally. So far, models to estimate exposure to air pollution have been largely two-dimensional. HEI’s Research Report, A Dynamic Three-Dimensional Air Pollution Exposure Model for Hong Kong, describes a study led by Benjamin Barratt of King’s College London, United Kingdom, …
Experts from the Greenpeace India have asserted that it is high for a coastal city. Mumbai: There have been multiple reports recently, both, by the NGOs and government institutions on the increasing PM10 levels that arise from dust pollution, across the country. Mumbai’s annual average air quality in terms of …
BRUSSELS: The European Union's top environment official has warned several member countries that they face legal action if they continue to flout the bloc's air quality standards. Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella said Tuesday that ``we cannot go on postponing and delaying,'' noting that some countries are still failing to meet …
CHENNAI:Chennai Port is developing a green belt on 31 acres inside the port to reduce the carbon footprint besides ensuring ambient air quality parameters to make the port a clean and green one, according to the port Chairman P Raveendran.Raveendran, unveiling his plans to convert the port into a clean …
Kochi: The air in Kerala is much cleaner than many cities in the country, according to the latest Greenpeace India report 'Airpocalypse II', which was released on Monday. The report pointed out that Kerala was the only state where ambient air quality in all its cities and towns was within …
KOLKATA: The air that you inhale inside the warmth of your home could be as poisonous or even worse than the outdoor air, warns a study conducted by a group of city environmentalists and the Calcutta University's economics department. It has found the indoor air quality (IAQ) or the pollution …
KOLKATA: After a brief respite, the PM2.5 count again rose above 300 g/m3 on Tuesday morning. For more than two hours during the peak morning hours, when kids go to school and office-goers to their work, PM2.5 count taken at US Consulate Air Quality Monitoring station stood at 310 — …
London has reached its annual air pollution limit just one month into the year, for the eighth year in a row. Under EU rules, any single location in the UK can only break the hourly air pollution limit 18 times in a year, and Brixton Road in Lambeth reached that …
This report of the European Environment Agency (EEA) provides a summary of the volume and the quality of petrol and diesel sold in 2016 for use in road transport in the European Union (EU), based on the information reported in 2017 by EU Member States under the European Fuel Quality …
At least 47 million children under the age of five live in areas facing severe air pollution with dangerous effluent density, a report said on Monday. The report by Greenpeace-India, based on data from state and central pollution control boards, asserted that as many as 47 million children live in …
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the union home secretary and chief secretaries of all states and union territories over health hazard faced by traffic police personnel due to high air pollution. "The NHRC has taken cognisance of a complaint raising the issue of right …
The survey noted that some 35 million tonnes of rice paddy in three adjoining states (Punjab, Haryana and Western UP) are burnt in late October. Heavy penalties should be imposed for burning agricultural waste, and more incentive for farmers is needed to prevent alarmingly poor air quality in Delhi-NCR and …
