Pedalling towards a cleaner capital
The real crisis lies in major cities, where overcrowded roads, rising pollution, declining patience and poor traffic discipline have become commonplace.
The real crisis lies in major cities, where overcrowded roads, rising pollution, declining patience and poor traffic discipline have become commonplace.
Delhi’s draft EV Policy 2026 opens for consultation, proposing incentives, scrappage benefits and strict timelines to push electric mobility across two-wheelers, commercial fleets and private vehicles.
Pakistan emerged as the world’s most polluted country in 2025, recording PM2.5 levels up to 13 times higher than the safe limits prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The framework aims to improve road cross-sections, right-of-way (RoW) utilisation, greening measures and road maintenance protocols across the NCR.
The CAQM, in view of the forecasts for meteorological conditions and air quality index made available by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), respectively, has taken a call on the preventive, restrictive measures under stage II of GRAP, invoked in the entire NCR on October 19 last year.
Besides, air pollution ranks among the leading risk factors contributing to the disease burden in most South East Asian countries and India is no exception.
The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry to take steps to curb air pollution and negative impacts of climate change in Delhi, Odisha and other states.
With the onset of winter, Asansol's Air Quality Index (AQI) has deteriorated significantly, with air pollution levels reaching alarming levels in recent days.
The leader of the Opposition in the lower house pointed out that the poorest suffer the most being unable to escape the toxic air that surrounds them.
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