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 …
Greenpeace India had earlier said that the targets, which were deliberated in the environment ministry as per the file noting and was also communicated by the minister to the press earlier, was lacking in the draft. The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which proposes multiple strategies to combat air pollution, …
NEW DELHI: A US-study has estimated that India and China together account for more than half of global deaths due to air pollution. The US-based Health Effects Institute’s State of Global Air study, released in Boston on Tuesday, has also found that increasing exposure to air pollution combined with an …
The Modi government has finalised a Rs 637-crore National Clean Air Programme to improve the air quality in India. The 20-point programme shifts the onus of fighting air pollution to the state governments, emphasises on collection of authentic data on pollution sources, introduces monitoring of rural air pollution and a …
California has the most polluted cities in the United States, a report issued on Wednesday said, as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to force the state to weaken its vehicle emissions standards. The study published by the American Lung Association—which covers the period from 2014 to 2016, the year before …
China’s war on pollution is at risk of reaching a “stalemate”, with poor weather conditions undermining the country’s efforts to reduce smog, an environment ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Air pollution rose by more than a quarter in parts of northern China in March, and the region has been hit …
Environmentalists surprised by omission in draft In a strange move that is unlikely to impress anyone concerned over the worsening air quality in our cities, the government has refrained from specifying pollution-reduction targets in its draft National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). This is despite the fact that Environment Minister Harsh …
Assembly panel visits Erumely, Nilackal, Pampa The Travancore Devaswom Board and various other stakeholders at Sabarimala should explore every possibility to reduce the environment pollution, air pollution, water pollution, and noise pollution at Sabarimala situated in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Mullakkara Ratnakaran, MLA, has said. The MLA was chairing a …
The Environment Ministry today came out with a draft national action plan proposing multiple strategies to reduce air pollution. However, a green body claimed that the draft lacked its earlier set target of bringing down air pollution by 50 per cent in five years. The ministry today put up the …
Specific to India, the report pointed out residential biomass burning was the largest individual contributor to disease burden. Coal combustion, open burning and open burning of agricultural residue were also contributors to disease burden. The highest mortality burden due to air pollution is concentrated in Asia, with China and India …
Project will be on display at IIT-Delhi’s Open House To come up with a solution to deal with air pollution in the Capital during the winter due to stubble burning, Kriya Labs, a start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi has come up with a method to convert agro-waste …
Concerned about the rising pollution levels in Siliguri, a voluntary organisation on Tuesday sought measures to be taken against the same. Members of the Green Forum also demanded that authorities concerned find a solution to the problem. “Siliguri, once one of the cleanest and greenest towns in India, has witnessed …
Efforts to reduce dangerous air and climate pollutants by Latin American and Caribbean countries could reap immediate and long-term benefits for health, food security and the climate according to the first ever Integrated Assessment of Short-lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) for the region. Short-lived climate pollutants – which include black carbon …
NEW DELHI: Automobile manufacturers on Monday told the SC-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority that early introduction of BS-VI-compliant cars in the capital was nearly impossible. They said no retrofitment was possible on older vehicles, particularly BS-II and BS-III, either to have a cleaner fleet. One of the leading auto manufacturers …
Air pollution is a great menace not only for the city but for the whole planet. It is becoming a cause of concern for the whole ecosystem. This triggers various repiratory diseases like asthma, worsen previously existing respiratory diseases such as lung cancer and many more ailments. In February when …
MUMBAI: The most common complaint for which a Mumbaikar visits the BMC’s 175 dispensaries is acute respiratory illness (ARI). The civic morbidity survey shows that respiratory illnesses, including cold, cough or viral/bacterial infection, account for 20% of the patient load at the dispensaries. The BMC’s executive health officer, Dr Padmaja …
GURUGRAM: There has been a three-fold rise in PM2.5 level in the city in the last five days as compared to the previous week. Experts attribute this increase to the onset of stubble burning season in Punjab and Haryana, while officials blame a decline in wind speed for the same. …
Researchers Monday called on African governments to develop and implement home grown policies to help reduce air pollution in the emerging mega-cities. Nicholas Ozor, the Executive Director of African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), said the increasing air pollution as a result of climate change requires that all countries set …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India dated 17/04/2018 regarding cases of fire at Ghazipur landfill, Delhi. East Delhi Municipal Corporation has failed to issue a statement on steps taken to avert instances of fire. Also the report from NCT Delhi …
More than 95% of the world’s population breathe unsafe air and the burden is falling hardest on the poorest communities, with the gap between the most polluted and least polluted countries rising rapidly finds this comprehensive study on global air pollution by the Health Effects Institute Cities are home to …
The Environment Ministry came out with a draft national action plan proposing multiple strategies to reduce air pollution. However, a green body claimed that the draft lacked its earlier set target of bringing down air pollution by 50 per cent in five years. The ministry put up the draft of …
