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 …
Ranchi: SS Memorial College - one of the oldest constituents of Ranchi University - has become the first institution arguably in the whole of Jharkhand to take a concerted decision to observe no-vehicle day twice a month to buffer rising emission levels in the city. The exemplary campaign was launched …
The number of patients that Kanpur's Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College receives with respiratory illnesses has more than tripled over the past five years to 600 a month Kanpur: In the world's most polluted city, Kanpur, the biggest hospital is so overcrowded with patients with respiratory ailments that they …
PATNA: All school buses, vans, traveller buses and trucks in Patna will have to undergo fitness and pollution test from May 23. The permits of those commercial vehicles, except auto-rickshaws, will be cancelled if they failed to pass the test, Patna divisional commissioner Anand Kishor said on Tuesday. He has …
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has set up 75 air quality monitoring stations in the state to check air quality level and combat pollution, a top official said today. WBPCB Chairman Kalyan Rudra said that of the 75 air quality monitoring stations, 17 alone were located in Kolkata where …
Already awaiting funds from the Union government to deal with straw management in the state, the cash-strapped Punjab government has sought help from private companies to solve the problem crop residue burning under their Social Corporate Responsibility (CSR). Interestingly, as many as 15 such companies from the state and outside …
Even though air pollution affects not just the environment but also health, the draft entrusts all responsibility on MoEF and CPCB. No inter-ministerial or inter-departmental coordination is outlined. The draft National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) has missed out Patna, Gaya and Muzaffarpur in its list of polluted cities even though …
Calcutta: The city had the highest rate of rise in the level of PM 2.5, an ultra-fine toxic pollutant, among the metros between 2014 and 2016, according to a World Health Organisation report. The level is almost twice that of the national permissible limit and eight times the WHO prescribed …
HYDERABAD: A pollution monitoring station at US Consulate at Begumpet has revealed that on most days air quality is ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’. On Sunday evening, Air Quality Index (AQI) was 126. On May 8and May 9, the index was worse and above 150. In a tweet, US Consulate General …
Children exposed to higher levels of air pollution during the third trimester of their mother's pregnancy face a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according to a study. Fine particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less (PM2.5) is a form of air pollution produced by motor vehicles and …
BEIJING - Coal burning is no longer a major source of PM2.5 in Beijing, while car emissions have become the top cause, according to a study released by Beijing's environment watchdog Monday. The new findings come as Beijing is encouraging the use of natural gas instead of coal for winter …
The Yamuna has become a breeding ground for insects that swarm the monument at night. Rising pollution and the entry of newer pollutants have aggravated the problems The Supreme Court said last week that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) “will have to be thrown out of the picture” if …
Srinagar: At a time when official records suggest a whopping increase of over 160 percent in the number of vehicles in Kashmir over the past decade, Delhi-registered vehicles are selling like hot cakes in the state, giving departments curbing traffic increase a tough time besides increasing pollution levels. Dealers here …
An innovative bicycle scheme will be introduced in the city from June to tackle the persistent pollution problems and congestion. As per this scheme, Smart City Development Corporation will provide the citizens with bicycles on hire. The Corporation has already entered into an agreement with the Tata Group Companies for …
GURUGRAM: Air pollution in the city rose sharply over the weekend, with the highest level of PM2.5 reported on Sunday at 198 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m³), compared Friday’s high of 95µg/m³. The dust storm on Sunday evening made the situation worse. Air quality index (AQI) also went up to …
DALLAS, May 14, 2018 - Children who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during the third trimester of their mother's pregnancy had a higher risk of elevated blood pressure in childhood, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension. Fine particulate matter of 2.5 microns …
The Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force in August 2017, committing its currently 92 parties to take action to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury. But how can we tell whether the convention is achieving its objective? Although the convention requires periodic …
Air quality researchers are demanding that air pollution data for India’s 43 critically polluted zones be made public. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) air quality database released last week revealed India has 14 out of 15 most polluted cities in the world led by Kanpur. But air quality researchers associated …
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said electric vehicles will be introduced in road transport corporation buses and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) vehicles in a phased manner. Private vehicles, too, will be encouraged to turn electric to reduce vehicular pollution. The CM inspected the electric vehicles being manufactured by …
PATNA: In a bid to minimise pollution level, the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) on Thursday decided not to allow commercial diesel vehicles more than 15-year-old to ply on city roads from December this year. The action plan envisaged by BSPCB for reducing air pollution in the city will …
PATNA: The air quality near Maurya Lok Complex, Bihar Veterinary College and Walmi has been found to be “very poor”, as per ‘An Assessment Report of Air Quality of Patna City at Different Micro-Environment’ released by deputy CM and minister of environment and forest department Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday. …
