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Health ministry to study deaths due to pollution soon: Environment Minister Anil DaveBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 22, 2017
Expressing his reservations on global reports linking deaths to air pollution, Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday said a study will soon be conducted by Health Ministry on the issue.... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , report |
Delhi Pollution: Measures implemented under 'severe' category may be liftedBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 21, 2017
Measures implemented under the 'severe' category of the graded response plan on January 20 to combat air pollution may soon be lifted as the city's air quality has improved over the last few... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , Graded Response Action Plan |
Delhi, Patna among cities with highest air pollution: studyBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 20, 2017
A study recently released by 48 leading scientists has placed two Indian cities — New Delhi and Patna — among the worst polluted in the world with high PM 2.5 levels or the fine particulate... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , report |
Centre plays down global alarm on India pollutionBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 18, 2017
The Union government expressed concern on Friday over a recent global report attributing over a million deaths in the country in 2015 to air pollution. However, it adhered... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution |
Hyderabad Clean Air Authority to be set up soonBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 13, 2017
Hyderabad will soon have a clean air authority on the lines of Clean Authority of Tokyo. To be headed by the State Chief Secretary, it would include heads of all departments. ... Read more.. |
India’s Megacities Join EU-Led Global Climate And Energy PactBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 9, 2017
Mayors in megacities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad as well as smaller cities in the country of more than one billion will be signing up, the European Commission... Read more.. |
Delhi air pollution: Supreme Court to hear PIL todayBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 6, 2017
The Supreme Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in relation with the rising level of air pollution in the national capital, Monday. ... Read more.. |
Delhi: 55 more stations to monitor pollutionBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 1, 2017
Monitoring of air quality, which forms the basis of the graded response action plan to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR, has been patchy for long. In the 46,208 square kilometre area that forms... Read more.. |
Badarpur power plant to stay shut till notice on account of air pollutionBy : sustainabilityo..., Feb 1, 2017
The environment department of the Delhi government on Tuesday extended the closure directive of the Badarpur power plant, which means it won't reopen till further orders. Officials said this was... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , graded response plan |
Despite PUC paper, polluting vehicles in NCR will lose permitsBy : sustainabilityo..., Jan 24, 2017
Under the newly-implemented Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle pollution in the Capital, visibly polluting commercial vehicles in Delhi’s neighbouring states will end up losing their... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , vehicular pollution |