<p>Submission of Quarterly Progress Report related to Implementation of action points of action plan for 15 non-attainment cities of Uttar Pradesh in compliance of National Green Tribunal (NGT) order of
Chandigarh: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to incentivize farmers not to burn paddy straw by giving them a bonus during paddy procurement. The practice is
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Economic loss due to air pollution, 25/11/2019. As per CAAQMS data, 24-hourly average for PM2.5 concentration ranged between 109-486 µg/m3 in the first week of November.
NEW DELHI: Stubble burning in neighbouring states may be drawing everyone’s attention during the peak pollution days in the capital in pre-winter harvest season, but it is the vehicular emission which
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution due to Burning of Paddy Stubble, 29/11/2016. Burning of paddy stubble has been banned in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Delhi High Court has assigned
Issuing a notification to ban stubble burning seems to be a paper exercise for the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and Department of Science, Technology and Environment in the state. Even while
NOIDA: It is high time to stop crop residue burning (CRB) which is practised in the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab during the post-harvest season, according to senior NASA scientist Sudipta
MOHALI: With the administration failing to check the practice of stubble burning, farmers are violating the ban with impunity. VIP road is constructed on the periphery of Zirakpur town and is surrounded
<p>Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/11/2019 regarding air pollution control in Delhi NCR.</p> <p>A joint affidavit was submitted on behalf
Already awaiting funds from the Union government to deal with straw management in the state, the cash-strapped Punjab government has sought help from private companies to solve the problem crop residue
NEW DELHI: Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), the sole supplier of clean-burning natural gas as automotive and kitchen fuel in the NCR (National Capital Region), has stepped in to help stop crop stubble burning,
There is no conclusive study available that burning of paddy straw or crop residue in states like Punjab and Haryana would always impact air quality in Delhi and Rajasthan, Parliament was told on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: The Union Budget on Thursday announced a special scheme to subsidise machinery required by farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to deal with crop residue in the belief that this would
NEW DELHI: The Centre's move to earmark Rs 1000 crores to tackle stubble burning in NCR states was welcomed by air quality experts, but they also say critically polluted areas like Singrauli, Ghaziabad
With crop residue burning in northwest India contributing to a quarter of Delhi's air pollution during winter, a professor from Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has claimed to have developed a
Burning of paddy stubble on fields continue unchecked in Sirsa district despite have imposed a complete a ban. Fields set on fire and blackened fields can be witnessed on both sides of the national
Farmers are being provided subsidy on farm implements like happy seeder, rotavators, straw reapers for managing straw Ignoring warnings by state authorities on burning paddy stubble, many farmers in
The districts to be monitored include Ambala, Fatehabad, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Sirsa Sonipat and Yamunanagar. THE HARYANA government has asked Haryana Space Applications Centre
While some regions across Delhi-NCR saw an improvement in the air quality from “severe plus or emergency” to “severe” on Saturday, the national capital continues inhaling toxins with no respite likely
According to the experts from Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), the air quality in Delhi may deteriorate further as fog formation is likely due to drop in temperature
