Tag: Delhi Pollution

BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra
Delhi Police Told To File FIR Against Sambit Patra

A court in Delhi directed the Police to register an FIR against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sambit Patra for allegedly posting a doctored video of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on social media

  • Tuesday, 23 November 2021
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Big Cars, Bureaucratic Inertia, Blaming Farmers: SC Raps Centre, Delhi Govt Over Air Pollution

The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday criticised both the Centre and the Government of Delhi while blaming a lack of sincere efforts on both their parts as the reason behind the serious air pollution situation in the National Capital.

  • Wednesday, 17 November 2021
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Air Pollution: No Lockdown, But Several Other Restrictions In Delhi-NCR

The air quality in the Delhi-NCR is likely to remain 'severe' on Tuesday night, improving to 'very poor' on Wednesday and Thursday.

  • Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Delhi Pollution Hazard: CM Kejriwal Orders To Shut Schools; No Lockdown For Now
Delhi Pollution Hazard: CM Kejriwal Orders To Shut Schools; No Lockdown For Now

"All the government offices will function in a work from home manner for a week. All the government offices will be shut... but it is not a holiday. The entire workforce will continue to work remotely for this week.

  • Saturday, 13 November 2021
Declare 2-Day Lockdown If Need Be: SC On Severe Air Pollution In Delhi
Declare 2-Day Lockdown If Need Be: SC On Severe Air Pollution In Delhi

The Chief Justice noted that stubble burning by farmers is only responsible for 25 per cent of the pollution, and the remaining 75 per cent was from firecracker burning, vehicles and dust.

  • Saturday, 13 November 2021
Delhi's Air Quality Deteriorated Due To Farm Fires, Bursting of Firecrackers: Gopal Rai
Delhi's Air Quality Deteriorated Due To Farm Fires, Bursting of Firecrackers: Gopal Rai

According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality forecast agency SAFAR, stubble burning accounted for 36 per cent of Delhi's PM2.5 on Friday, the highest so far this season.

  • Saturday, 06 November 2021
Delhi Gets First Smog Tower At Connaught Place To Combat Pollution
Delhi Gets First Smog Tower At Connaught Place To Combat Pollution

The Delhi government plans to add more smog towers after studying the impact this one makes on pollution. During the inauguration, Delhi's environment minister Gopal Rai said the AAP government will form a team of experts for the study which is expected to last two years.

  • Monday, 23 August 2021
Delhi chokes, records most toxic air-quality

New Delhi: The air quality of the national capital and regions around it dropped severely, with Friday recording worse pollution than what it was a day after Dussehera. The Air Qaulity Index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded was 361, against 331 on Thursday and 326 a day after Dussehera, all recorded “very-poor”, according to the […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
Over 60 per cent Delhiites say no to firecracker this Diwali: Survey

New Delhi: While the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to impose a blanket ban on firecrackers, about 68 per cent people in Delhi said that they will not burn fireworks this Diwali, a survey said. The survey conducted by LocalCircles, a community social media platform, covered Delhi and the National Capital Region, in which 75,000 […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
Smog and pollution in Delhi NCR
Delhi Sees Highest Increase Of NO2 In Air Pollution In Last 1 Year

Between April 2020 and April 2021, NO2 pollution has increased in all the eight capitals of states studied -- Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur and Lucknow.

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Delhi breathes normal air in December, a first in 3 years

New Delhi: With air quality in Delhi-NCR finally improving to “moderate” due to the meteorological conditions, the pollution monitoring agencies say it is the first December in three years when the national capital inhaled “normal” air. On Thursday, Delhi and the region around it saw a “moderate” air quality with the Air Quality Index (AQI) at […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
India vs Sri Lanka Test: Air pollution briefly halts play in Delhi

New Delhi: The second session of the third and final Test match between India and Sri Lanka was halted for a few minutes after concerns over the poor air quality here on Sunday, forcing the Lankans to wear anti-pollution masks. The visiting Sri Lankan players wore masks while fielding after the lunch session on the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Smog and pollution in Delhi NCR
NGT nods to odd-even scheme, emergency vehicles exempted

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given a thumbs up to the odd-even scheme of vehicle rotation from November 13-17. However, there will be no exemption for women, two-wheelers and government servants. It also said that in future the odd-even scheme will automatically come into force if the PM2.5 level goes above 300 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Delhi Pollution: Government in talks with Pawan Hans for aerial sprinkling

New Delhi: The Delhi government informed that it was in talk with the sate-owned helicopter service company Pawan Hans to work on a plan to sprinkle water over the city to settle pollutants here on Friday. Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain tweeted: “Delhi govt is in talks with Pawan Hans for aerial sprinkling of water […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Punjab draws up plan to curb stubble burning

Chandigarh: Faced with environmental and health concerns over stubble-burning by Punjab farmers, the state government on Wednesday announced an elaborate action plan to curb the menace. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to farmers to abstain from the harmful practice, though farmers are not too enthusiastic about the plan drawn up by the Department of Science, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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