<p>Bihar's Begusarai emerged as the world's most polluted metropolitan area while Delhi was identified as the capital city with the poorest air quality, according to this report by the Swiss organisation IQAir.</p>
If your car emits visible fumes, be ready to pay a penalty of Rs 2,000 — double the fine currently being imposed on such vehicles in the city. This is part of the Delhi environment department’s comprehensive
<p>This recent study published by Department of environmental sciences, JNU points out alarming levels of aerosol and heavy metals in Delhi's air.</p>
Punjab and Haryana may have given themselves a clean chit over allegations of being directly responsible for the hazardous smog that engulfed the Delhi region, but the Centre today clearly held the two
PANJIM: Except for the public sector Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, which has asked for financial support from State government, all other 15 companies, which were issued show cause notices by Goa
PANJIM: The public sector Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd, has decided to ask the State government for funds to install online air ambient quality monitoring system, in the wake of a show cause notice issued to it by Goa State Pollution Control Board for failure to install such systems. The sugar factory officials during their hearing before GSPCB on Wednesday said that a proposal would be put up before government seeking financial assistance for installation of the system. The factory has been given one month time to complete the installation.
PANJIM: Syngenta India Limited, Corlim, and three other steel companies have agreed to install online stack emission, effluent and ambient air quality monitoring system, bringing the total number of companies which have agreed to comply, to eight, since Monday. While the steel production units- Shrithik Ispat, Shraddha Ispat Private Limited, and Ambey Metallic Limited have agreed to install the system and asked for four-five month time, Syngenta India Limited has sought time till August 2013 to comply.
The BMC is planning to include the radiation levels of cellphone towers in its annual environmental status report (ESR) after concerns surfaced over the impact of emissions on the health and environment.
In order to assess the impact of the bursting of fire crackers and other predominating noise generating activities on the occasion of Diwali festival in the Jaipur City, Rajasthan State Pollution Control
In order to assess the impact of the bursting of fire crackers and other predominating noise generating activities on the occasion of Diwali festival in the Jaipur City, Rajasthan State Pollution Control
Air quality registers a marginal improvement Having gasped for breath for nearly a week now, Delhiites breathed slightly easy on Tuesday with the air quality registering a marginal improvement. But deteriorating air quality and the dense smog that had enveloped the Capital for the past few days has prompted environmentalists to demand that urgent measures be put in place to reduce air pollution in the city.
