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Coastal road Control Centre in Breach Candy almost ready
An Integrated Command and Control Centre is set to enhance coastal road traffic management, monitoring air quality and emergencies, nearing completion.

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 09:05 AM IST
Environment dept dismisses Awaaz’a AQI readings
MPCB deployed air quality monitoring vans before Mumbai Marathon, addressing pollution concerns highlighted by Awaaz Foundation's citizen science study.

Updated on Jan 19, 2025 06:46 AM IST
Shreya Jachak, Mumbai
10 locations in city breaches PM2.5 limits on 50 days: Report
Mumbai's air quality worsened in Nov-Dec, with 10 monitoring stations exceeding PM2.5 limits; experts call for targeted pollution strategies year-round.

Updated on Jan 10, 2025 07:18 AM IST
Delhi pollution: CAQM invokes GRAP Stage 3 as air quality deteriorates
Delhi's air pollution levels showed an increasing trend and the 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) stood at 371 at 4 pm.

Published on Jan 03, 2025 06:10 PM IST
Delhi fog: Airport issues advisory, 18 trains delayed; IMD predicts rain today
India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported a minimum temperature of 7 degrees Celsius in Delhi on Thursday, along with a forecast of dense fog.

Published on Dec 26, 2024 10:19 AM IST
Delhi AQI: Air quality at ‘severe-plus’ category in some areas amid GRAP curbs
While the overall AQI was at 442 at around 7 am on Wednesday, the figures in some monitoring stations of Delhi were at the ‘severe-plus’ category.

Updated on Dec 18, 2024 09:24 AM IST
PCMC introduces GRAP to combat air pollution with advanced tech
The launch of GRAP, with robust technology powered by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), PCMC has prepared a strategy to forecast, monitor, and act upon air quality challenges proactively

Updated on Dec 12, 2024 09:12 AM IST
MPCB recommends road repair, maintenance & plantation to curb air pollution in Wagholi
The western bench of the NGT in its latest hearing on December 3 accepted the MPCB’s recommendation, and directed the MPCB to conduct periodic inspection to check whether or not the recommendation is being followed, and to check work progress to control air pollution in the said area

Updated on Dec 07, 2024 06:56 AM IST
U.P. to add 193 new air quality monitoring stations
The initiative includes several innovations, such as the development of a real-time air quality monitoring app, ‘Samir,’ and the construction of three super sites supervised by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) at a budget of ₹61.38 crore.

Published on Dec 02, 2024 08:30 PM IST
Gaurav Saigal, Lucknow
How do AQI readings work? Why do the pollution board and IQAir data differ?
Delhi pollution: AQI is determined by pollutant with the highest concentration at the time of measurement, assigning that AQI value as overall rating.

Published on Nov 13, 2024 12:16 PM IST
Concerns raised over air quality monitors in Gurugram
Gurugram currently has only four Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (CAAQM) stations, which several activists deem insufficient for a rapidly growing district

Published on Nov 04, 2024 11:30 AM IST
Peak Diwali pollution in Delhi 13% higher than last year: CSE report
PM2.5 levels spiked 13% higher on Diwali 2024 compared to previous years, revealing increased firecracker use and environmental impact, per CSE report.

Delhi AQI alert: Expert tips for healthy eyes, skin and throat
Rising pollution levels in the Capital region threaten health, affecting eyes, skin, and respiratory systems.

Published on Oct 24, 2024 01:19 PM IST
DPCC seeks revised real-time pollution study, unlikely this year
A senior DPCC official, requesting anonymity, said there were concerns over IIT Kanpur’s methodology and the same was raised multiple times last year, following which they decided to prepare a new methodology

Updated on Sep 18, 2024 07:52 AM IST
HC discharges two IITM officers from corruption case related to air quality displays in Pune
The Bombay High Court discharged two IITM officers from a 2019 CBI case, citing lack of evidence for wrongdoing in a contract dispute.

Updated on Sep 12, 2024 07:38 AM IST
Delhi’s traffic hot spots suffer ozone pollution: DPCC report
The highest concentration, 224.9 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3), was recorded at Nehru Nagar, located near Lajpat Nagar

Updated on Sep 06, 2024 05:38 AM IST
Delhi's AQI in ‘severe’ category again, rain may bring respite from toxic air
A thick layer of smoke blanketed the national capital on Monday morning and reduced the visibility in several areas across Delhi.

Published on Nov 27, 2023 12:59 PM IST
Lessons for Mumbai and Delhi's crusade for clean air
Rather than reinvent the wheel, we need to learn from the global playbook. New York, Beijing and London have tackled air pollution through specific measures.

Published on Nov 23, 2023 09:00 AM IST
BMC’s lab to track air quality has staff of 5 of 42
Both EIG and ED “died a slow death since 2009-2010” said a BMC officer, as it was understood that MPCB was on the job anyway, unknowing that it is tasked to monitor industrial emissions across the state, while the other two bodies were set up for micro monitoring

Updated on Nov 07, 2023 07:32 AM IST
AQI woes: Delhiites go the green way as air purifying plants go out of stock
With worsening AQI, Delhiites queue up at nurseries to buy air purifying plants in bulk. Many plant varieties are already sold out at about 16 nurseries in NCR.

Published on Nov 02, 2023 10:52 PM IST
Delhi air quality poor at 231 AQI amid farm fires, lower temperatures
On Friday, amid poor air quality, the Centre's air quality panel swung into action and ordered GRAP measures.

Published on Oct 07, 2023 11:17 AM IST
CSE report: State has highest number of stations that do not comply with PM 2.5
Only 13% of India's cities and towns have air quality monitoring stations, according to a report by the Centre for Science and Environment. Maharashtra has the highest number of monitoring stations that do not meet pollution mapping criteria, and only 12% of cities comply with national air quality standards. This leaves nearly half of the country's population outside the air quality monitoring grid. The report highlights concerns over the performance of monitoring stations, particularly for key pollutants like PM2.5 and ozone. Efforts are being made to increase the number of monitoring stations in Maharashtra and other districts.

Updated on Jul 09, 2023 11:57 PM IST
State plans major upgrade to manual air quality monitoring network
A total of 205 new manual monitoring devices, including 123 low-volume dust samplers for measuring PM2.5, and 82 high-volume samplers for monitoring PM10 -- are proposed to be deployed in more than two dozen cities; including Mumbai, which will get nine new manual monitoring stations

Updated on May 13, 2023 10:44 PM IST
As Delhi chokes, these cities recorded the best AQI in past 24 hours. Full list
According to the government organisation, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered to be ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.

Updated on Oct 31, 2022 07:55 AM IST
Sharangee Dutta, New Delhi
AQI 'very poor' in Delhi, slips to 'critical' in Noida: Check details
On Tuesday, Delhi’s air quality deteriorated to 402, in the severe zone. On Monday, the average 24-hour AQI was 332, in the ‘very poor’ category. Senior IMD scientists said that with a western disturbance expected to impact Delhi and its neighbouring states from December 22.

Published on Dec 22, 2021 08:42 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Weather conditions to turn hostile, to intensify winter air pollution in Bengal
According to meteorologists, an anticyclone is likely to develop over West Bengal region in the coming days, which would be responsible for intensifying the pollution levels in the coming days.

Published on Nov 20, 2021 04:04 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Enforcement under new ordinance could be tricky, warn experts
The ordinance says polluters in Delhi-NCR can be fined up to Rs1 crore and/or face imprisonment up to a term of five years for violations.

Updated on Oct 31, 2020 05:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Soumya Pillai
CPCB turns 46; promises to prioritise science in policies, health risk in pollution control
On the occasion of CPCB Foundation Day, its authorities on Wednesday said they would provide technical leadership for “science-based environmental management” and would provide guiding policy decisions to the government

Updated on Sep 23, 2020 04:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Jayashree Nandi
Mumbai records its cleanest air in 2020 thanks to Cyclone Nisarga
The air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 22, falling under the “good” category and the lowest for the year, said the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR).

Updated on Jun 04, 2020 02:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Air pollution: India waking up, but there’s a long way to go
After our initial, reactive steps, we must now take the fight forward by building public engagement and political pressure, says the Centre for Policy Research.

Updated on Dec 22, 2018 10:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Navroz K Dubash, Shibani Ghosh and Santosh Harish
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