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Air Pollution Due To Stubble Burning: Punjab Records 25 Per Cent Increase In Farm Fires, No Challan Issued

Unabated Stubble Burning Leads To Rise In Pollution In Delhi-NCR

As per the satellite pictures from NASA, the stubble burning goes on even within Delhi, while it continues unabated in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

#Smog: There Is No Magic Solution, Scientific Basis For Action Should Be Established, Says United Nations Environment Head: Erik Solheim

Air Pollution7 years ago

#Smog: There Is No Magic Solution, Scientific Basis For Action Should Be Established, Says United Nations Environment Head Erik Solheim

Delhi's smog problem is caused by a variety of factors. These ranges from agricultural burning, the burning of waste, transport, construction and power generation, among others,...

News7 years ago

Discarded Plastic Wrappers Could Soon Become Fuel For Your Car, Courtesy EDMC’s Plastic Waste To Fuel Project

While EDMC will provide infrastructural help for the plastic to fuel project, the NGO IPCA will be in charge of collection of plastic waste and ensuring...

Delhi To Witness Poor Air Quality In Next Few Days, Stubble Burning Not The Cause

Air Pollution7 years ago

Delhi Government To RWAs: Avoid Open Fires, Provide Heaters To Security Staff

Apart from crop residue burning in fields of neighbouring states, open burning of bio-mass- leaves, wood, coal, garbage and other waste material- has been identified as...

Air Pollution: Diesel Generators responsible for increased pollution levels

Air Pollution7 years ago

Air Pollution Is Neither Delhi Specific, Nor Limited To Winter Alone, Says Chicago Based Study

The study conducted by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago analysed some of India’s major terms and assessed them in terms of air...

National Green Tribunal Questions Delhi Government On Mechanisms Adopted To Discard Seized Plastic

Air Pollution7 years ago

National Green Tribunal Directed Delhi And Four Other States To Submit Action Plan On Air Pollution

The green body had earlier directed the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi Pollution Control Committee and every state pollution control boards to file ambient air quality...

Air Pollution7 years ago

As Delhi Breathes Toxic Air, Here Is What It Can Learn From Other Megacities To Clear Its Toxic Smog

As per the experts, currently Delhi is the most polluted city in the world in terms of air quality and if Delhi wants to get serious...

Delhi Turns Into A Gas Chamber: Wake Up Call, React Netizens

Air Pollution7 years ago

Dust From Construction Waste Can Be Tackled Effectively By Following These Newly Issued CPCB Norms

The norms, set by the Central Pollution Control Board, lay down rules to be followed to contain dust emission during construction and demotion waste, a major...

Air Pollution7 years ago

As Air Quality Continues To Deteriorate, Delhi Government Issues Health Advisory, Again

Air quality in Delhi remained ‘very poor’ for the fourth day. According to SAFAR, an agency under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, PM2.5 and PM10 levels...

Dust Pollution Triggers Breathing Issues In Healthy People, Worsens Plight Of Asthma Patients

Air Pollution7 years ago

Every Third Child In Delhi Has Impaired Lungs: Study

The report titled 'Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases' states that air pollution causes 30% of the premature deaths in the country

Only 32 Buses Added Since 2012, Here’s The Current State Of Public Transport In Delhi

Air Pollution7 years ago

Environment Pollution Control Authority Sets A Deadline For Delhi Government To Augment Bus Fleet To 10,000 By December 2018

The EPCA’S proposal to increase the bus fleet is not new. The Supreme Court had directed the Delhi government in 1998 and 2016 to hasten the...

Punjab Pollution Control Board Advises Senior Citizens, Patients And Children To Not Go Out

Air Pollution7 years ago

Delhi-NCR Still Breathe Toxic Air As Stubble Burning Continues And Winds Slow Down

The System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research has predicted the air quality of Delhi-NCR to further worsen over the next three days, ten...