The chief minister called upon the people of Delhi to transform the fight against pollution into a Jan Andolan (people's movement).
June 5, 2023The camels died after drinking "contaminated" water from a lake during a stopover in Kacchipura village in Vagara taluka of the Bharuch district.
May 23, 2023The slopes are said to be littered with empty oxygen cylinders, discarded tents, food cans and, of course, human waste. And as glaciers melt with global warming, they are revealing the debris of the years gone by.
April 26, 2023The civic body has decided to identify the source of air pollution in densely-populated areas of the city
March 24, 2023In January 2023, the EPA announced a proposal to tighten the annual PM2.5 standard by reducing the acceptable level to between 9.0 to 10.0 micrograms per cubic meter. The EPA said it was advising this change because the current standard did not adequately protect public health under the guidelines required by the Clean Air Act.
February 28, 2023The Haryana government has prepared the Yamuna Action Plan, which envisages control of pollution of all 11 drains that discharge treated or untreated effluents into the Yamuna river, the Assembly was told on Wednesday.
December 29, 2022On Monday, the SAFAR recorded Delhi's AQI at 317. At the Delhi University area, the air quality was recorded 'very poor' with the presence of PM 2.5 in the air recorded at 371, whereas the Pusa area recorded it at 341.
November 29, 2022The Delhi government had imposed restrictions on BS-III and BS-IV vehicles in view of rising pollution. But the curbs were ended on Sunday.
November 14, 2022Continuing its attack on the Centre, the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday said the Union government is accusing Punjab of spreading pollution by burning stubble in order to hide its failures.
November 4, 2022L-G Saxena named the present situation, a violation of the citizens' fundamental right to health and the right to life. "
November 4, 2022Kejriwal and Mann, respectively, took responsibility for the excessive stubble burning that has led to a decline in air quality over the last few days.
November 4, 2022Addressing a press conference here, Rai said, "The BJP first increases pollution and then does politics on it. The Delhi government is making every effort to reduce pollution on its end.”
November 2, 2022Keeping environmental concerns, NCRTC has been using pre-cast segments for construction.
November 2, 2022The ban has been imposed under stage three of the Graded Response Action plan (GRAP), the Minister said.
November 1, 2022The capital witnessed a drop to the severe category for the first time this season due to poor dispersion of pollutants.
October 29, 2022An AQI between zero and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, 301 and 400 very poor, and 401 and 500 severe..
October 22, 2022Apart from crackers, there are many reasons which contribute towards pollution including, crop burning, emissions of vehicles, and weather patterns.
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