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Chandigarh: NEERI backs city’s new waste plant

Vaidya, who was in the city to attend a CSIR programme, was specially called by MC officials to address the concerns of the councillors. (HT Files)
Updated on Jun 27, 2023 09:06 am IST

113-hectare Lonar Lake in Buldhana turns pink

In the Lonar case, after local residents shared photographs with the Maharashtra forest department, the latter on Wednesday asked the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur to assess why there has been a change in colour.
Updated on Jun 11, 2020 01:00 am IST

British gave India its first anti-pollution law in 1905

The Bengal Smoke Nuisance Act was enacted for the abatement of nuisances, arising from the smoke of furnaces or fireplaces in the towns and suburbs of Kolkata and in Howrah in Bengal.
Updated on Nov 07, 2019 12:01 pm IST

Maharashtra govt to study noise pollution at 25 spots

MPCB said while 15 locations will be identified in Mumbai, another 10 locations will be studied at Nagpur.
Updated on Aug 31, 2019 05:37 am IST

Vegetables in Delhi markets contain toxic metals: Study

The study was conducted in February 2019 by the NEERI, a research institute under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Updated on Jul 26, 2019 07:33 am IST

Studies to check if vegetables from Yamuna floodplain are contaminated

People working in their vegetable farm on the banks of river Yamuna near Geeta Colony flyover in New Delhi.
Updated on Mar 07, 2019 09:27 am IST

WAYU air purifiers on Delhi roads turn dustbins, spittoons

An air pollution control device WAYU at Bhikaji Cama Place, in New Delhi.
Updated on Feb 06, 2019 01:03 pm IST

Mithi River an open drain, another 2005-like deluge inevitable in Mumbai: Panel report to SC

The river, which meets the Arabian Sea at Mahim creek, starts at the Vihar and Powai lakes and passes through several areas of the city’s suburbs.
Updated on Dec 03, 2018 05:26 pm IST

Delhi-NCR could face its first cracker-less Diwali due to poor air quality

Traders say that Supreme Court’s order saying only ‘green firecrackers’ can be sold and burst in Delhi-NCR, has confused them because the directive effectively means no firecracker can be sold or burst in the region this time.
Updated on Nov 01, 2018 07:34 am IST

Mumbai: HC nod to resume Metro work at night in SoBo, but with riders

An earlier high court order had stopped MMRCL from carrying out any construction between 10pm and 6am.
Published on Aug 25, 2018 12:58 am IST

Noise from Metro work along Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ touches new high

The highest noise level during the day — 91.9 decibels (dB) — was at Goolestan building. At night, Revills building recorded the highest, at 83.4dB.
Published on Aug 23, 2018 05:58 am IST

Train, road traffic biggest sources of noise pollution in Mumbai: NEERI study

At 89 decibels, the average noise level from railways on working days was the highest.
Updated on Aug 14, 2018 06:04 am IST

‘Noise at Metro sites in south Mumbai exceeds safe levels, MMRCL to blame’

Metro-3 work in progress in south Mumbai.
Updated on Aug 23, 2018 08:04 am IST