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 …
Spot checks across Delhi reveal CPCB norms being flouted by govt. agencies; dust control measures not being enforced On the morning of June 11, the city’s pollution levels touched ‘severe’ category for a while and at 3 p.m., a message by a government pollution monitoring agency read: “Delhi is experiencing …
Concentration of fine pollutants found to be way beyond permissible limit Mumbai’s average annual concentration of particulate matter (PM) 2.5, the extremely fine pollutants that penetrate our lungs, has been much higher than the permissible limit. If measures are not implemented soon, the city will go the Delhi way, say …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pratap Bhanu Singh Shekhawat Vs Department of Mines & Geology & Others dated 01/07/2019 regarding pollution due to open cast mining in the city of Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. Mining is even going on within the city/municipal limits of Chittorgarh. In its …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vedprakash Vs State of Haryana dated 01/07/2019 regarding handling of the accumulated fly ash at the units of M/s NTPC Aravali Power Co. (P) Ltd. and M/s Jhajjar Power Ltd. (CLP India) in District Jhajjar. According to the complaint, huge …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Village Rampur, District Sirmaur Vs State of Himachal Pradesh dated 01/07/2019 regarding pollution caused by M/s Valley Iron & Steel Company, Rampur, Majri, Paonta Sahib, District Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The complainant alleges burning of rubber tyres and using …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents of Village Mohamadpur, Sikri Kalan Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 01/07/2019 regarding illegal operation of brick kilns in Modinagar Muradnagar area of NCR in District Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Tribunal through its previous order had directed the District …
As the three most populous countries in Asia, China, India and Indonesia share a lot in common when it comes to projected significant economic growth, and along with it, an increase in the power capacity driven by booming demand. This energy demand is met to a large degree by fossil …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in Delhi, 01/07/2019. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January 2019 to tackle the problem of air pollution in a comprehensive manner with targets to achieve 20 to 30 % reduction in PM10 …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Most air-polluted cities, 01/07/2019. 102 non-attainment cities have been identified based on ambient air quality data for the period 2011 – 2015 and WHO report 2014/2018 and placed at Annexure-I. The AQI status in various cities in India during the year 2018 is given …
It is clear that without an augmented public transport system, Delhi and other cities of India will not be able to combat toxic air pollution. It is also clear that currently our public transport infrastructure is grossly inadequate. Cities like Beijing, for instance, have 107 buses per lakh people. Delhi …
This brief provides policy recommendations to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions in Bhutan’s transport sector. Increasing air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles has become a major concern in Bhutan, where vehicle ownership is growing by 15% per year. This brief discusses five policy interventions to reduce …
This report presents the results of an air quality performance evaluation project. The goal of this project is to deploy 50 real-time air quality monitors (known as "Atmos") spread over 10 Indian cities, evaluate the performance of and provide contextual analytics of this data in periodic reports. This is one …
Asia and the Pacific’s unrelenting industrial development has been a driving force in the economic growth of scores of countries in the region and beyond. This shift has led to greater prosperity, increased urbanization and sustained population growth. Yet as the region has become the “world’s factory”, it is increasingly …
Gurgaon: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has warned 32 industrial units to connect their online monitoring systems with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website within 15 days or face closure. The CPCB had on Wednesday given the HSPCB two weeks’ time to prepare an action taken report …
Do ensure to vacuum your beautiful couches and curtains regularly. Use wet mops as it helps reducing the fine dust. - Studies suggest incense sticks and scented candles release chemicals that can cause skin allergies and even heighten risk of respiratory illness. Avoid them. - Carpets can capture a lot …
Hyderabad: Women exposed to higher air pollution levels are more at risk of hypertension, says a recent study. The study covered 5,531 adults from 28 peri-urban villages near Hyderabad. Researchers led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) examined systolic and diastolic blood pressure of participants and estimated their …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Impact of Air Pollution on Life Expectancy, 28/06/2019. Various Organizations/ Institutes, from time to time, have been publishing estimates of mortality/ morbidity attributable to environmental pollution based on models, simulations and extrapolations. One such estimate published in 2019 reports total life expectancy loss in …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Impact of Air Pollution on Life Expectancy, 28/06/2019. Various Organizations/ Institutes, from time to time, have been publishing estimates of mortality/ morbidity attributable to environmental pollution based on models, simulations and extrapolations. One such estimate published in 2019 reports total life expectancy loss in …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rise in Ozone Levels, 28/06/2019. The monitoring data of ozone in Delhi-NCR is regularly displayed on Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website on real time basis. The analysis of AQI for Delhi reveals that during last three years (2016-2018), ozone was reported as prominent …
Improved biomass cookstoves have been promoted as important intermediate technologies to reduce fuelwood consumption and possibly cut household air pollution in low-income countries. This study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine household air pollution reductions from an improved biomass cookstove promoted in rural Ethiopia, the Mirt improved cookstove. This …
