Air pollution in delhi

Delhi’s air quality in this period was bad even without the effect of stubble-burning, which only made it worse. read more

Scientists and weather experts said that low wind speed will continue to impact the national capital’s air quality till Thursday, with a possibility of the levels dipping further to reach ‘severe+’ category. read more

PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, in a meeting on Monday reviewed measures taken by Delhi, Punjab and Haryana to tackle air pollution which is choking the capital. read more

There was some relief for Delhi on Monday when the sun finally shone and air quality is likely to improve further if steady wind persists on Tuesday. read more

The chief secretaries of these states have been asked to monitor the situation in various districts of their respective state round the clock. read more

Instead of paddy, farmers have to be incentivised to move to millets read more

Ind vs Ban: Shakib was banned from all forms of cricket for two years, with one year of that suspended, after he accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. read more

Amarinder said air pollution in Delhi was directly related to rampant construction activity, widespread industrialisation and total mismanagement of city traffic and Kejriwal was trying to divert public attention from his government’s failures by indulging... read more

According to the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) directions, polluting activities such as dumping and burning of waste and open storage of construction material, among others, are prohibited. read more

“I will stay away from attacking individuals. I will promise things that are doable. I believe, with time, I will connect better with the people and identify more problems,” said professional boxer Vijender Singh. read more

The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) conducted the study on behalf of the Delhi government’s environment department, taking the source apportionment study done by IIT Kanpur in 2016, as its basis. read more

Scientists said conditions over the past few weeks have been in complete contrast to the favourable meteorological conditions that cleaned up Delhi’s air last month making it the cleanest November since 2015. read more

Environment activists punch hole in EPCA’s ‘blanket ban’ plan in Delhi. They say unlike Beijing and Paris, Delhi doesn’t have a robust transport network to fall back on and will come to a standstill. read more

Pollution forecasting agency Safar had already warned that Delhi’s pollution level could peak between 11pm on Wednesday and 3am on Thursday, even if 50% of the total load of toxic firecrackers as compared to Diwali 2017 were brunt this time. The warning... read more

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reiterated for the third time in eight days that only ‘green firecrackers’ can be sold and burst in the national capital region in order to curb rising pollution that chokes the city every winter. read more