The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Workers at coal-based power plants in Delhi are suffering from asthma, bronchitis, or TB; industries account for 11 per cent of Delhi’s air pollution. or 34-year-old Mahesh Raja the easiest way to keep respiratory problems at bay is to eat a piece of “jaggery”. He picked up this remedy while …
Delhi’s air may be more toxic than previously imagined: a study by IIT Kanpur found traces of a deadly chemical among the pollutants in the city. Called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), the toxin is a product of emissions of diesel vehicles that, even in small quantities — such as the …
NEW DELHI: The alarming level of Delhi's air pollution created panic among the people during 2015 prompting the judiciary to act tough to give citizens the right to live in a healthy environment. The judiciary, be it the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, which once described that residing in …
Soaring pollution levels, crippling floods, quivering Richter notes to scores of environment laws awaiting implementation — this, in short, was India's environmental standing this year. As alarming as the climatic challenges posed to the nation have been, India is still found struggling to find the right laws to fight climate …
Fossil-fuel burning for cooking purposes accounts for 12% of PM2.5 pollution in Delhi, traditional stoves produce soot that can cause asthma imla’s eyes burn and a cough escapes her throat as she prepares lunch for her children on a bright winter’s day. A stay-at-home mother, Simla cooks and heats water …
NEW DELHI: The draft IIT-Kanpur report on pollution in Delhi has triggered fresh alarm over the city's winter air quality as it has found "very high" levels of an extremely toxic group of 100 chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), emitted mainly due to incomplete combustion. According to several past …
NEW DELHI: Seeking to minimize the impact of drought on farmers, the Centre on Tuesday approved assistance of Rs 5,083 crore to two states. Worst hit Maharashtra will get Rs 3,050 crore while Rs 2,033 crore will go to Madhya Pradesh. Actual relief will, however, depend on how the states …
The world's “most polluted city“ may have reached a turning point going into 2016. Crowning a two-year public campaign for clean air in Delhi, Supreme Court on December 16 delivered a landmark judgment placing numerous restrictions on private and commercial diesel vehicles. It stopped the entry of trucks with pre-Bharat …
Often termed as the “laggard” in terms of tapping solar power potential, Jammu and Kashmir is finally set to enter the environment friendly energy sector through a scheme involving farmers and unemployed youth, who have pledged their land for setting up 60 MW solar power plants. This October Jammu and …
The civic authorities constructed a waste-to-energy plant at the site to dispose waste and check pollution, but the plant is far from being operational. The over-saturated Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi is one of the biggest contributors to the alarming level of air pollution in the region. While the …
GHAZIABAD: As you approach Raj Nagar Extension in Ghaziabad, you find yourself enveloped in smoke and dust. This isn't an encouraging sign, especially for an area that is earmarked for residential use. In the two years since housing societies started constructing flats there, the locality has attracted homebuyers in big …
NEW DELHI: Daily bulletins will keep you informed about the odd-even formula's impact on air quality from January 1 to 15. The environment department will monitor air quality at 200 locations from 8am to 8pm using data from six mobile units, 20 stationary air quality samplers and the monitoring stations …
Soaring pollution levels, crippling floods, quivering Richter notes to scores of environment laws awaiting their implementation - this, in short, was India's environmental standing this year. As alarming as the climatic challenges posed to the nation have been, India is still found struggling to find the right laws to fight …
India is devising a plan to combat smog in the capital New Delhi, the world`s most polluted city, two senior officials said, but the government is stopping short of targeting the powerful transport industry. Instead, the plan will call for enforcing bans on what some environmentalists regard as relatively minor …
Delhi Air Pollution, Air Pollution in Delhi Under the plan, the government will enforce a ban on burning garbage and tyres in Delhi and its three surrounding states; require that construction sites are covered with curtains; and clean road dust. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav) Government is devising a plan …
Moving towards stricter emission norms to minimise pollution, the Union environment ministry has notified revised norms of emission standards for coal-based thermal power plants in the country and made it mandatory for the existing plants to meet those parameters within two years. Besides tightening the emission norms, the ministry through …
GURGAON: The ban on registration of new diesel vehicles is being seen as a temporary measure in the fight against pollution, but environmental experts say air pollution could be reduced by almost 30% if the number of diesel vehicles on roads could be brought down significantly. According to a Haryana …
The general prefernce for diesel vehicles is turning the air in Gujarat's cities toxic. In Gujarat today, around 1.21 crore vehicles, including two-wheelers, guzzle 18 crore litres of petrol a month. In stark contrast, just 24.06 lakh diesel vehicles burn a whopping 50 crore litres of the fuel which is …
The Paris climate conference has been feted as historic and ambitious. US President Barack Obama has personally called Prime Minister Narendra Modi to thank him for India's cooperation to make the deal successful. But read the fine print, and it becomes clear that poorer countries have lost big time. This …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has moved National Green Tribunal seeking a hike in the amount of fine being imposed on vehicles flouting the pollution under control (PUC) norm. The environment department has sought directions to impose a penalty of Rs 5,000 under section 15 of the NGT Act, which …
