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 …
Pattern of climate is changing, which is worrisome. It is an important issue that may affect the future of mankind. This was stated by Professor Emeritus Dr CK Varshney while delivering the keynote address at an event, “We4Climate: Lecture Series on Climate Change and Sustainable Development”, at an auditorium in …
Is the pollution level bothering you? If yes, what are you doing to rectify your concern? Is sitting indoors an option? Should life come to a standstill? While many such questions remain unanswered the people of Gurugram especially children are actively stepping out to voice out their concern against the …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed EPCA on Thursday asked all NCR states to file a status report on a fuel sticker scheme to identify, and if required ban, diesel vehicles in the national capital region on bad-air days. The process of installing hologram-based fuel stickers on all vehicles other than …
Panel formed I Will prepare action plan to regulate number of vehicles, construction The government today constituted the Air Quality Monitoring Committee (AQMC) to check the high pollution levels in the seven towns of Baddi, Damtal, Kala Amb, Nalagarh, Poanta Sahib, Parwanoo and Sundernagar. The committee will prepare an action …
The National Green Tribunal has taken note of a plea alleging air pollution by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited's Panipat Refinery in Haryana and formed a committee to look into the issue. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel constituted a joint team comprising representatives of the …
All taxi operators in Delhi including cab aggregator companies Ola and Uber have been directed by Supreme Court-appointed Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to submit an affidavit on their diesel taxis plying on the roads of Delhi-NCR. EPCA sought the information from the companies during its meeting on Thursday …
PATNA: Air quality in Patna continued to deteriorate for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. The air quality index (AQI) of the city, as per a bulletin issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), surged from 402 on Tuesday to 423 on Wednesday, the third highest in the country. …
NEW DELHI: No artificial rain for Delhi this week as there are not enough clouds and government clearances. Sachchida Nand Tripathi, professor, IIT Kanpur, who is working closely with the environment ministry and Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for the artificial rains project, told TOI on Wednesday that lack of clouds …
NEW DELHI: The capital’s air quality index on Wednesday notched 373 in the ‘very poor’ category — same as Tuesday. The overall AQI on Monday was 330 — a slight increase from Sunday’s 311— all classified as ‘very poor’. Over the past four days, the air quality has stayed foul …
Improvising air quality requires a concerted effort to reduce particulate matter. Hyderabad: To tackle air pollution, it is important to reduce the levels of Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 — fine particules that can enter the blood stream — and both the Central and state governments have to work together to …
MUMBAI: Alarming pollution levels at Mazgaon continued to breach the ‘severe’ category levels for the second day in a row, according to System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). The high levels were not due to heavy construction in the area, as attributed by SAFAR, but a result …
AHMEDABAD: The minute you step outside your house, vehicular fumes hit you. As you go further, under-construction roads or building add to the particulate matter you breathe in. These suspended particles come from waste burning and industrial activities. As the world marks Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day on Wednesday, …
Cloud seeding project to be led by scientists of IIT-Kanpur Officials in the Environment Ministry have approved a project led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to induce artificial rain via cloud seeding to clear smog in Delhi. However, the success of the endeavour depends on …
Active western disturbances this year have kept at bay any possible episodic high pollution days. Compared with the last two years, when two episodic high pollution events — October 28-November 6, 2016 and November 7 -14, 2017 — had put Delhi-NCR under a blanket of smog, this time two active …
NEW DELHI: With a blanket ban in NCR on all diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old and petrol vehicles which are 15 year old in force, the road transport ministry will approach the Supreme Court to keep tractors and private cars out of the purview of the order. …
Hebei province in North China will see moderate to heavy air pollution from Saturday to Tuesday due to unfavorable weather conditions to disperse pollutants, the province’s air monitor forecast on Wednesday morning. Influenced by unfavorable airflow, high humidity and temperature inversion, the air pollution is expected to linger in east …
Air pollution cuts the average lifespan of people around the globe by almost two years, analysis shows, making it the single greatest threat to human health. The research looked at the particulate pollution produced by the burning of fossil fuels by vehicles and industry. It found that in many parts …
Copenhagen has been struggling with air pollution for many years now. Pollution from lorries, vans, buses and cars each year costs lives. Now, research conducted by the University of Copenhagen and a series of collaborators shows that the average lifespan of Copenhageners could increase by an entire year in 2040 …
China’s top steelmaking province Hebei issued second-level smog alerts to its 10 cities, effective from Nov. 22, state-owned China Nation Radio (CNR) reported on Wednesday. The alert came as the provincial environmental bureau expects a wave of air pollution from Nov. 24 to 27. Heavy industry in the province will …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashis Thakur & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/11/2018 regarding Steel Authority of India carrying on coal mining activities in Ramnagar Colliery and there have been earth cutting and and blasting of dynamites within hundred metres of …
