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 …
Private as well as government hospitals saw a substantial rise, around 20 per cent, in the number of patients complaining of respiratory issues. As air quality entered the ‘severe’ category on Monday, hospitals in the capital witnessed a busy day with people complaining of respiratory tract infections and asthmatic attacks …
Not enough funds for monitoring stations: Officials Each year, air quality in Punjab deteriorates after paddy is harvested. But the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has no mechanism to record the air quality index (AQI). The state depends on the air monitoring stations in six cities, whereas stubble-burning occurs in …
When residents of Whitefield felt the government had not done enough to record pollution in the area and formulate remedial plans accordingly, they took matters into their own hands. Now 13 low-cost monitors have been set up in various locations, and the air quality is measured every five minutes. “Over …
NEW DELHI: If no crackers are burst in the NCR this Diwali, the air quality will be “very poor”. And things will be “severe” if half the amount of crackers used in 2017 is burst this time, says a forecast by System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research …
Action needs to be taken to minimize the use of private vehicles, which contribute nearly 40 per cent to air pollution in Delhi, a green body said Monday as the air quality of the national capital nosedived to severe category. Anumita Roychowdhury, an executive director at the Delhi-based think-tank Centre …
The World Health Organisation has listed Delhi under the worst places in the world due to its high pollution levels. This time with air quality levels already so poor, we can’t even imagine the condition post Diwali. Exposure to smog can be severely harmful for our health in several ways. …
Air pollution is linked with many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Strategies aiming at the improved air quality interact directly with climate mitigation targets, access to clean energy services, waste management, and other aspects of socio-economic development. Continuation of current policies in the key emitting sectors implies that …
The three-year analysis will look at patients admitted for acute diseases at the selected hospitals. A National Environmental Health Profile Project, aimed at evaluating the quantum of health effects arising from environmental exposure, is underway at the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), a senior MoEF official said. The study …
Air quality this year in October has been cleaner compared to 2016 and 2017. This has been revealed by the Central Pollution Control Board’s air quality index (AQI) data for 2018, 2017 and 2016. While the average AQI this month is 268.6, in 2017 it was 284.9 while in 2016, …
GURUGRAM: A Central Pollution Control (CPCB) report on the performance of NCR cities in taking action against specific incidents of pollution has rated Gurugram as the worst . Delhi, unsurprisingly, was the best performer by a long margin. Gurgaon NCR’s worst city in acting against pollution The report says authorities …
Angry residents blame officials for worsening air quality Despite air pollution touching severe level here, the Noida Authority has failed to take action against violators, residents claimed. They accused the Authority’s projects of generating dust in several parts of the city. Heaps of sand lie dumped along the roads, with …
System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) said the coming 10 days are expected to see a sharp deterioration of air quality in Delhi-NCR. A day after Delhi recorded its first severely polluted day, the air quality improved to very poor category on Wednesday. Air pollution experts, …
AGRA: Even after being reprimanded by the apex court and NGT, UP Pollution Control Board has failed to take any effective steps to control air pollution in Agra where pollution levels are getting worse every day. According to the data released by CPCB, Agra's air quality has been continuously deteriorating …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding the entry of commercial vehicles in Delhi leading to air pollution. The Counsel for the Government of Delhi has informed the Court that Radio Frequency Identification Device …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aditya N. Prasad & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding installation of Stage-I and Stage-II Vapor Recovery Devices (VRDs) at all fuel stations, distribution centers, terminals, railway loading/unloading facilities and airports in the National Capital Territory …
Modifying its earlier order that fixed a slot of two hours from 8 pm to 10 pm for bursting firecrackers on Diwali, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the southern states can burst firecrackers anytime in the day, but for two hours only. It asked state governments of to …
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s transport department is planning to crack down on 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles, and about 40 lakh vehicles — going by official figures — are on its radar. The decision comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s direction to this effect on Monday. The SC …
Some cities in India attribute more than half of their PM2.5 to this dust The contribution of indoor air pollution is estimated to vary between 22 and 52 per cent, according to a UNEP study which said emissions from household cooking and heating will need to be reduced to greatly …
While BS-IV contains 50 parts per million (ppm) sulphur, the BS-VI grade fuel only Following the recent directive by the Supreme Court that banned the sales as well as registration of Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) vehicles across the country from April 1, 2020, auto companies are rushing to meet the deadline. …
Nagpur: Rising air pollution in India is likely to have a significant impact on long-term rainfall patterns which can cause extensive financial losses, warns the latest United Nations report. ‘Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions’ presents the first scientific assessment of air pollution in Asia and the …
