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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhash Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 25/01/2018 regarding air pollution in the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. NGT directs that a comprehensive study of the ambient air quality should be undertaken by a Committee which shall …
NEW DELHI: Poor handling of air pollution abatement and forest protection measures has seen India slip to 177th position in green rankings this year from its 141st position two years ago. The latest global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) rankings released on Tuesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum …
With the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change at the helm, a joint-working group of all scientific ministries has been formed to tackle issues such as air pollution, climate change and solid waste management. Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan is currently in-charge of all scientific ministries and he …
Jaipur: Determined to use literature as a tool to address the growing global environment crisis, the 11th edition of the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival will initiate serious dialogue to save oceans, rivers, mountains, forests, wildlife and so forth with sessions focused around the theme of conservation and environment. From January …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/01/2018 regarding rising air pollution in Delhi NCR caused by stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh. Apex Court has been informed that the report of the …
India has been ranked at a low 177 position in the Global Environmental Performance Index (EPI), that places countries on how well they perform on high-priority environmental issues The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. The tenth EPI report …
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has banned the import of pet coke for trading in National Capital Region (NCR) states and has also imposed a slew of restrictions on use of pet coke in lime kilns in Delhi-NCR. The directions to control use of the major …
The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. The tenth EPI report ranks 180 countries on …
GURUGRAM: Sunday morning brought something to cheer, as pollution meters showed Gurgaon with the lowest concentration of particulate matter among NCR cities, with PM2.5 level at 90.91 micrograms per cubic metre (g/m³). Even peak PM2.5 was 102.55g/m³, compared to 135.67g/m³ on Saturday, a decline of about 24%. Air quality index …
Residents have been complaining about the industrial emissions in city from quite sometime. Hyderabad: Residents of Symphony Park Homes at Beeramguda have complained to the Pollution Control Board about dark smoke and bad odour in the air after a large stock of rubber tyres caught fire in a factory in …
NEW DELHI: As part of measures to control air pollution, the Union environment ministry has banned import of pet coke for purpose of trading in Delhi and its neighbouring states and notified do's and don'ts for its sale and use in cement plants and other end user industrial units, including …
Beijing's population shrank in 2017－the first time in 17 years－as the result of nonessential functions being relocated outside the city and better urban management, authorities said on Friday. The capital had 21.7 million permanent residents by the end of last year, 22,000 less than in 2016, a 0.1 percent fall …
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. 21/2014), the compiled ambient air quality data (of each monitored parameters) of Delhi-NCR with station wise daily …
NEW DELHI: As part of measures to control air pollution, the Union environment ministry has banned import of pet coke for purpose of trading in Delhi and its neighbouring states and notified do’s and don’ts for its sale and use in cement plants and other end user industrial units, including …
NEW DELHI: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is going to commission a study based on data from government hospitals across the country to get an accurate picture of health impact of air pollution. Reacting to a new study, Burden of Disease Attributable to Major Air Pollution Sources in India, by …
NEW DELHI: LED and electronic panels installed at major traffic intersections across the capital, which usually display road safety tips, will now also show real-time air quality data and health advisories. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has collaborated with Delhi Police to display hourly data at 50 such intersections and …
Calcutta: Calcutta's air is unbreathable in the current season, figures thrown up by the measuring stations of the state pollution control board reveal. Metro has accessed the pollution data generated by the 16 manual stations of the board across the city in the second week of January and found that …
As Rwandans usher into the new year of 2018, the ministry of environment through Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has devised new measures while strengthen the existing ones to ensure Rwandans breath clean air. REMA commissioned a new baseline air quality study that was carried out between August and December …
The environment ministry has banned the use and sale of imported petroleum coke in the national capital region, in the latest effort to curb air pollution. Cement plants functioning in the NCR, which use pet coke as fuel, will have to take permission from state pollution control board, a notification …
In a move to curb air pollution, the environment ministry has, in a notification, said that import of pet coke for trading will not be permitted in NCR states. In the notification dated January 19, the ministry has put a host of restrictions on sale and use of pet coke …
