Tag: Smog

Air Quality Index in National Capital Delhi in Very Poor Category

Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh disappears under thick blanket of smog.

Beijing: A Chinese man has proposed a bizarre plan involving 1.5 million people with hand-held fans to tackle the capital city’s smog, a media report said on Monday. The man, Du filed an application with the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in March in the hopes of turning his “fan-away smog plan” into reality, the Global […]

New Delhi: With Delhi reeling under a blanket of smog and toxic smoke over the last couple of weeks, Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday urged Delhites to use public transport for atleast once a week to help bring down the pollution levels in the national capital. “We all know what the situation […]

New Delhi: Foggy Saturday morning with addition of smog here has delayed least 64 trains. On the other hand 14 trains were rescheduled and two trains were cancelled due to the shallow fog in northern India. “The sky will remain partly cloudy during the day, with mist and shallow fog in the morning,” an official […]

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, […]

New Delhi: The capital may not witness smoggy mornings this winter as many farmers in the neighbouring state of Punjab have stopped burning paddy stubble and are using it to generate electricity with the help of biomass machines, chairman of Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) Bhure Lal has said. Stubble is also being used to produce […]

Bhubaneswar: With the dense to very dense fog going to fog over Odisha till Monday, it’s the time to protect one from getting ‘smog’-ged over. The air quality forecast for the State looks very grim. Smog in Odisha is predicted to get aggravated from tonight and will continue so till tomorrow. In order to remain […]