Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has proposed to set up ambient air quality monitoring systems in cities with the help of public sector undertakings, the government said today. "CPCB has proposed to set up Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) in 46 million plus cities under corporate social …
Data indicate that the scheme cannot work in the long term without additional actions, such as improving bus services, curbing factory and truck emissions Delhi's air pollution rises 23% during second odd-even phase Air pollution levels in Delhi rose 23 per cent during the second phase of the odd-even registration …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Diseases due to air pollution in metropolitan cities, 02/05/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has been regularly carrying out air quality monitoring under the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) since 1984, for three air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and …
Air Quality Index (AQI) is one such tool for effective dissemination of air quality information to people.As a part of this, Union Environment Ministry proposed to extend the measurement of air quality on real time basis in 22 state capitals and 44 other cities with a population of more than …
Delhi’s pollution levels may not come under control even if all the measures recommended by a report commissioned by the State government are implemented across the National Capital Region. This comes at a time when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has rolled out round two of the odd-even road-rationing …
According to reports from monitoring stations, they recorded April's highest level of surface-level ozone on Tuesday. Delhi's air quality plunged on Tuesday with monitoring stations recording this month's highest level surface-level ozone and a spike in respirable pollutants. The air quality across the national capital was 'very poor'. According to …
Southern parts of Delhi also recorded high levels on pollution on 23 April. Border areas of the city such as Anand Vihar, southern parts including Chirag Delhi and IIT neighbourhood recorded high level of pollution on April 23, the ninth day of the odd-even car-rationing scheme. PM 2.5 and PM …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Deaths due to air pollution, 25/04/2016. The details of funds released to various monitoring agencies under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) for air pollution monitoring during 2012-2016 are given at Annexure-I. The ambient air quality monitoring carried out by CPCB for 13 Indian …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Toxicity of air in Delhi and NCR, 25/04/2016. The analysis of AAQ data of Delhi for the period 2000 to 2015 reveals that SO2 levels are within National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) of 50 µg/m3 (annual standard) and shows decreasing trend during 2000 …
Air quality across Australia has deteriorated to alarming levels with the coal industry the nation's worst polluter, new data has shown. The most concerning rise in air pollution is from PM10, a coarse pollution particle about the width of a human hair. Nationally, total PM10 emissions have increased 69 per …
The week leading up to round two of the odd-even scheme will see Delhiites breathe slightly cleaner air, with particulate matter expected to remain in the moderate range. The Capital sees PM levels of “severe”, “very poor”, and “poor” for the majority of the year, as per the Union Ministry …
The van run by Nevco Engineering Private Limited will start at 8 am from Lajpat Nagar and monitor air quality till 8 pm from the same spots. Delhi government will hire a mobile air quality monitoring van to operate in at least 15 areas on the ring road from April …
In February, apart from particulate matter, gaseous pollutant ozone emerged dominant. Experts say ozone levels go up with the rise in temperature. As Delhi prepares for Phase II of the odd-even scheme this month, along with particulates, the government plans to monitor ozone levels to assess the impact of the …
Britain’s most serious air pollution event in the past 10 years was only partly caused by “natural” dust blowing in from the Sahara desert and mostly came from farmers fertilising their fields and industrial emissions from mainland Europe, a scientific paper has concluded. The event, which lasted nearly two weeks …
Employing hourly data records from 2013 and 2014 in Beijing, investigate the causal effects of vehicle traffic on air pollution. An arguably exogenous variation in vehicle use that results from the staggered and rotating driving restriction program there, combined with a widespread Chinese superstition about the unlucky number four, allows …
Taking a decisive step towards combating the problem of dust from construction activities polluting the air, the Centre on Tuesday notified the country's first ever `Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules' to stipulate proper disposal and recycling of such waste. The rules, which are to be implemented and enforced by …
Environmentalists are calling for the NSW government to include coal mining in its "pay to pollute" scheme after analysis revealed the industry was responsible for a significant proportion of the heavy metal pollution in NSW waterways including arsenic, lead and selenium. According to research by community action group Lock the …
Raipur: Listed among one of the most polluted cities in country, Chhattisgarh capital has witnessed significant fall in pollution level in 2015 as measured on scale of sulfur-dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10). In a reply to question raised in Lok Sabha recently, minister of environment, forest …
Data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s (DPCC’s) monitoring stations showed that at Punjabi Bagh, in the last 24 hours, a peak of 291 micrograms per cubic metre of particulate matter (PM) 10 was observed. Air quality in Delhi — often called the most polluted city in the world — …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution Level, 15/03/2016. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) are monitoring ambient air quality across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). Three air pollutants viz., Sulphur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate …
