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 …
Many studies have reported associations between ozone pollution and morbidity and 18 mortality, but few studies focus on the health and economic effects at China's regional level. This 19 study evaluates the ozone pollution-related health impacts on China's national and provincial 20 economy and compares them with the impacts from …
KOLKATA: If Delhi is the worst polluted city in India on Diwali night, Kolkata is not far behind. The pollution level in Kolkata, which remains within the limit most of the time of the year, spikes during Diwali night and almost catches up Delhi's pollution levels. With reports of huge …
Chandigarh: Students of the Tricity schools set out to spread the message of green and anti-cracker Diwali in a bid to raise awareness in the adjoining areas on Friday. St Anne's Convent School, Sector 32D, Chandigarh celebrated the festival of lights 'Diwali' with great enthusiasm and devotion. A special assembly …
NEW DELHI: A report submitted in the Supreme Court last week by Harish Salve, the amicus curiae in air pollution matters, highlighted how the Union environment ministry's stand on various measures to control pollution contradicts the Centre's research reports and findings. For example, the ministry had submitted before the apex …
The city is likely to witness cleaner air this Diwali and a less polluted year overall, Union environment ministry and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) officials have said, based on forecasts of meteorological conditions and anti-pollution steps which are beginning to show results.The Supreme Court's recent ban on sale of …
As per the plan, the Central Pollution Control Board will provide air quality data, and the IMD will provide weather data. EVEN AS the Ghazipur landfill smolders and Delhi’s air veers between ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’, the city’s emergency action plan to combat air pollution will come into play on …
For the average Metro rider, the non-Metro part of the commute -getting to the station and to the final destination after the ride -is just 20% of the total journey distance. Yet, riders spend more than 50% of travel cost and over 40% of commute time on this part of …
Singhu border is one of the busiest tolls in the Capital 70% trucks entering Delhi are from other states and use diesel; quite a few do not have pollution fitness certificates while other use the city only as a thoroughfare Of every 3,500 trucks that enter the city from Singhu …
The only official document on the ‘known health impact’ of fireworks is a compilation of findings of surveys, put together by Central Pollution Control Board. Citing toxins in the air, Supreme Court has banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR this Diwali. The only official document on the ‘known health …
Scientists warn air quality will "worsen" in coming days A week before Diwali, the air quality of the Capital on Thursday stood at 268 mg per cubic metre — categorised as "poor" — for the third consecutive day. What is further alarming is that scientists warn of the air quality …
Bathinda: Openly defying the orders of the Punjab government banning stubble burning, farmer organization Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) called upon its members to lay siege to the officials try to impose fines for burning paddy straw. BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) has asked the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to give farmers …
NGT seeks FCI, Delhi govt reply before October 16 A plea seeking directions to stop plying of 10-year-old “overloaded” trucks registered outside Delhi from supplying food grains to the PDS shops here, has led the National Green Tribunal to seek responses of Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the Delhi …
Firecrackers are undoubtedly a threat to environment and our health, but it may not be possible to accurately measure how effective this ban will be The Supreme Court of India recently banned the sale and stocking of firecrackers in the National Capital Regionuntil November 1, barely 10 days before Diwali. …
NOIDA: In a hearing on an ongoing case in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) based on prevention and abolition of crop burning, a principal bench of the Tribunal headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar has asked all states to take strict action for compliance with a December 2015 order where the …
Urban air quality in most megacities has been found to be critical and Kolkata Metropolitan City is no exception to this. An analysis of ambient air quality in Kolkata was done by applying the Exceedance Factor (EF) method, where the presence of listed pollutants’ (RPM, SPM, NO2, and SO2) annual …
Campaign #MyRightToBreathe aims to create safer air for all Calling it strictly a people’s movement which has nothing to do with politics, a group of citizens from various walks of life came together on Wednesday to reiterate their demand for not just a “smoke-free, green Diwali” but also better air …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to mull over whether on-board diagnostics (OBD) scanners could be made compulsory for vehicle pollution test centres in grade A cities like Delhi, from December 1. OBD is an automotive term referring to a vehicle's self- diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD II …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the Punjab Government to produce before it 21 farmers which it claimed to have helped by giving incentives and infrastructural facilities to prevent them from burning crop residue in a bid to check air pollution. Over a 100 farmers had gathered outside the …
Gurgaon: The Environmental Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) on Wednesday lashed out at NHAI for not following construction norms at the ongoing flyover-underpass project sites along NH-8, while giving directives to other departments concerned to implement preventive measures at the earliest to check air pollution before and after Diwali. The EPCA …
Most people living in European cities are exposed to poor air quality. Latest estimates by the European Environment Agency (EEA), show that fine particulate matter continues to cause the premature death of more than 400 000 Europeans annually. Road transport, agriculture, power plants, industry and households are the biggest emitters …
