Ban On Construction

The Centre today ordered a ban on non-essential construction work and movement of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in Delhi-NCR amid worsening air quality in the region.

According to IQAir, a Swiss company that specialises in air-quality monitoring, Delhi was the second-most polluted city in the world on Saturday after Baghdad.

Totaram Maurya heaves bricks and sacks of cement on building sites in New Delhi to feed his family of seven. But he's been stuck at home with no pay for more than 10 days because of a ban on building work aimed at easing a toxic smog over the city.

As a haze enveloped Delhi and air pollution levels breached the 'severe' mark in many areas, a central pollution panel on Thursday banned non-essential construction activity in the National Capital Region and the entry of diesel trucks into the city.

At least four vehicles were set on fire and employees of a private firm assaulted at a railway construction site by members of the banned CPI (Maoist) at Chandwa in Latehar adjoining Ranchi border on Monday evening, police said.

Hill cutting for any kind of private development and construction activity except for rebuilding disaster-affected buildings and roads have been banned in Himachal Pradesh for two weeks up to September 16, a spokesperson of the state government said.

The crushing heatwave that has blanketed much of the southern United States for nearly a month has taken a particularly high toll on construction workers, who are often exposed to temperatures exceeding 105 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius).

With air pollution in Delhi-NCR ameliorating, the Centre's air quality panel today directed authorities to lift the curbs imposed in Delhi-NCR under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan, i

The Commission for Air Quality Management on Monday said curbs under Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi-NCR, including a ban on non-essential construction and demolition work, will remain in force.

In an attempt to keep rising air pollution under control, authorities in Delhi have issued fresh restrictions on construction work and demolition activities in Delhi-NCR

The Delhi government has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on engineering firm Larsen & Toubro Ltd for continuing construction activity allegedly at the BJP headquarters despite a city-wide ban due to air pollution.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday said the city government has set up 586 teams to ensure strict implementation of the ban on construction and demolition activities in the national capital in view of worsening air quality.

Amid worsening pollution levels in Delhi, the Centre's air quality panel on Saturday directed authorities in the National Capital Region to immediately implement curbs under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).

Centre-appointed air quality panel CAQM on Friday banned construction and demolition activities in Delhi and adjoining areas till further orders in view of the toxic air in the region.

Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday said the ban on construction and the entry of trucks, barring CNG ones, e-trucks and those engaged in essential services, into Delhi will continue till further orders.

The Centre today ordered a ban on non-essential construction work and movement of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in Delhi-NCR amid worsening air quality in the region.

According to IQAir, a Swiss company that specialises in air-quality monitoring, Delhi was the second-most polluted city in the world on Saturday after Baghdad.

Totaram Maurya heaves bricks and sacks of cement on building sites in New Delhi to feed his family of seven. But he's been stuck at home with no pay for more than 10 days because of a ban on building work aimed at easing a toxic smog over the city.

As a haze enveloped Delhi and air pollution levels breached the 'severe' mark in many areas, a central pollution panel on Thursday banned non-essential construction activity in the National Capital Region and the entry of diesel trucks into the city.

At least four vehicles were set on fire and employees of a private firm assaulted at a railway construction site by members of the banned CPI (Maoist) at Chandwa in Latehar adjoining Ranchi border on Monday evening, police said.

Hill cutting for any kind of private development and construction activity except for rebuilding disaster-affected buildings and roads have been banned in Himachal Pradesh for two weeks up to September 16, a spokesperson of the state government said.

The crushing heatwave that has blanketed much of the southern United States for nearly a month has taken a particularly high toll on construction workers, who are often exposed to temperatures exceeding 105 degrees Fahrenheit (41 degrees Celsius).

With air pollution in Delhi-NCR ameliorating, the Centre's air quality panel today directed authorities to lift the curbs imposed in Delhi-NCR under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan, i

The Commission for Air Quality Management on Monday said curbs under Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi-NCR, including a ban on non-essential construction and demolition work, will remain in force.

In an attempt to keep rising air pollution under control, authorities in Delhi have issued fresh restrictions on construction work and demolition activities in Delhi-NCR

The Delhi government has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on engineering firm Larsen & Toubro Ltd for continuing construction activity allegedly at the BJP headquarters despite a city-wide ban due to air pollution.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday said the city government has set up 586 teams to ensure strict implementation of the ban on construction and demolition activities in the national capital in view of worsening air quality.

Amid worsening pollution levels in Delhi, the Centre's air quality panel on Saturday directed authorities in the National Capital Region to immediately implement curbs under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).

Centre-appointed air quality panel CAQM on Friday banned construction and demolition activities in Delhi and adjoining areas till further orders in view of the toxic air in the region.

Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday said the ban on construction and the entry of trucks, barring CNG ones, e-trucks and those engaged in essential services, into Delhi will continue till further orders.