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 …
Committee noted that subsidy schemes have not helped much to address the issue. New Delhi: Despite a series of measures, including a statutory ban, taken by the neighbouring states of Delhi to curb crop burning, the air pollution in Delhi-NCR hasn’t improved much and, in fact, has been deteriorating further, …
The capital witnessed 981 deaths due to Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) from 2013 to 2017. Over 17 lakh others were diagnosed with ARI, stated a standing committee report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. The report said the polluted air in Delhi-NCR is a significant risk factor for a number of …
China’s major coal mining hub, Shanxi province, plans to curb industrial manufacturing output voluntarily during the next three winters as part of its 2018-2020 anti-pollution crackdown. The move is the latest by local authorities in China seeking to step up action to protect the environment by reducing pollution, a key …
California air regulators on Tuesday said they plan to keep tightening state vehicle emissions rules despite a Trump administration proposal last week that would strip the state of the ability to set its own limits. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed maintaining strict Obama-era rules mandating rising fuel efficiency …
Task force set up on Monday to develop early warning system for air pollution in Delhi-NCR Referring to the pollution levels in the Capital, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that the number of “good days” had gone up in Delhi and the “bad days” declined. ‘Good days’ Replying …
Even as Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has commissioned and inaugurated 10 new Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) across the city since June 6, citizens continue to wait for the real-time updates online. In what is one of the most important projects by MPCB for monitoring the air …
NEW DELHI: A new Lancet study on the impact of China’s Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (2013-2017) could be a document of interest to a city like Delhi that is struggling to fight pollution. The study The study by Peking University School of Public Health found that annual …
GURUGRAM: Air quality remained poor in the city on Monday despite a slight improvement in the air quality index (AQI) that dropped to 215 from 321 (very poor) on Sunday. As a result, Gurugram continued to be the most polluted city in NCR for the fourth consecutive day. Also, it …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ankita Sinha Vs. State of Maharashtra & Others dated 07/08/2018 regarding illegal disposal of waste from the dumping zones of the garbage at Deonar in Mumbai. The unregulated and unauthorized activities are carried out for profiteering which results in massive …
The Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests submitted its report on ‘Air Pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region’ on August 7, 2018. Key findings and recommendations of the Committee include: Measures taken for mitigating air pollution: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has taken …
GURUGRAM: The city, which has been NCR’s most polluted for the past three days, was on Sunday declared the most polluted among 62 cities in the country surveyed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), with air quality index (AQI) crossing the 300 mark. With AQI hovering between ‘poor’ and …
Pune: Bioenergy scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) have discovered a method to reduce the impact of stubble burning, which is the main cause of air pollution in New Delhi. Stubble burning or the burning of paddy residues, more commonly known as rice straws, generally occurs in north India, particularly …
Thoothukudi is termed one of the Non-attainment cities by Ministry of Environment primarily on the basis of excess PM10 under the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program. CHENNAI:Thoothukudi is the sole city from Tamil Nadu which figures in the list of 100 cities that have been found by Union Ministry …
In February, artist Avril Stormy Unger spent 10 hours each day for five days on Old Madras Road, sitting with wilted flowers and an anti-pollution mask, on an over-sized chair, next to an air quality index monitor with giant lungs that showed just how bad the air is that we …
PATIALA: Having remained in the line of fire of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over its failure to check air quality and then being in a peculiar situation following the Gurdaspur sugar mill molasses spill into the Beas waters, the Punjab government has worked out a Rs 1,700-crore investment target …
Atmosphere was totally cleaned up owing to the continuous rains over the past few days. New Delhi: Days after the national capital recorded “good” air quality, the pollution levels increased in the city making it a “poor” air quality day once again. On Thursday, the air quality index (AQI) was …
NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the states in the national capital region (NCR) to file reports on compliance to the graded response action plan (GRAP) notified by the Centre. While disposing of a four-year-old case on air pollution in Delhi filed by advocate Vardhaman Kaushik, NGT also …
Environment Ministry to implement emission standards of coal plants, one of the biggest contributors to air pollution, without further delay. The doctors from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Bangalore wrote a letter to Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan, asking him to implement the emission norms proposed by the ministry as …
Currently, lung cancer is responsible for five deaths per 1,000 in India and seven per 1,000 in Delhi Smokers and non-smokers now represent an equal number of lung cancer patients, according to a study carried out by the Lung Care Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation focused on improving lung health in …
A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan cited a report that said 20-25 per cent children suffer from respiratory diseases. The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over growing respiratory problems among children due to air pollution and said it will decide whether there has to be …
