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In Pics: Delhi Chokes Under Toxic Smoke As Air Quality Remains "Severe"
Delhi and surrounding areas remain engulfed in toxic smoke as pollution levels in the national capital have reached a critical level. Over the last week, the city recorded some of its worst air quality days as lingering smog covered the sky.
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Review Setting Up, Expansion Of Industries In Polluted Areas: Green Court Tells Pollution Boards
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to revise its mechanism for setting up of new industrial units as also expansion activities in critically polluted areas.
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Uttar Pradesh Town, 55 km From Delhi, Is India's Most Polluted
About 55 kilometres from Delhi is a town that is India's most polluted area right now. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board this morning showed the AQI or Air Quality Index at Baghpat, a town in western Uttar Pradesh's sugarcane belt, at a critically polluted 500 - the maximum possible reading from government monitors.
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Delhi's Air Quality Worst In 3 Years, Gurgaon Schools Shut: 10 Points
The pollution in Delhi and its adjoining areas reaching a critical stage, the centre indicated that it will keep tabs on the matter. PK Mishra, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, reviewed the situation this evening with senior officials from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Pollution levels peaked to a three-year high that made breathing diff...
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Soon, New Forecasting System To Alert People On Air Pollution
Scientists have developed a new forecasting system that they say can provide residents of New Delhi and other heavily polluted areas of northern India critical information for reducing their exposure to potentially unhealthy air.
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Delhi Pollution: Multi-Fold Rise In Air Purifier Sales In National Capital Region
Manufacturers of air purifiers are witnessing a spike in sales in Delhi and adjoining areas as consumers resort to panic buying with air pollution in Delhi-NCR breaching critical limit.
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Environment Ministers Of BRICS Countries To Meet In Goa This Week
Environment Ministers of BRICS countries will meet later this week in Goa to prioritise actions for cooperation in critical areas, including air and water pollution and climate change.
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Air Quality in Delhi Drops as Diwali Festivities Kick In
Delhi's air quality witnessed a gradual regression on Diwali due to bursting of fireworks, with few areas of the city recording 'critical' level of pollution, while the rest fell largely in 'very poor' category on the air monitoring scale.
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Environment Ministry to Assess Critical Polluted Areas
The environment ministry has assigned 20 senior officers to assess the 'critically polluted areas' across the country for effective implementation of pollution mitigation steps, an official statement said today.
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Senior Officers to Watch High Pollution Areas as Government Says Thrust on Compliance
Environment Ministry today said that 20 of its senior officers will undertake assessment and periodical review of Critically Polluted Areas (CPAs) as it underlined that its "thrust" now will be on compliance after it has "enabled ease of doing business".
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In Pics: Delhi Chokes Under Toxic Smoke As Air Quality Remains "Severe"
Delhi and surrounding areas remain engulfed in toxic smoke as pollution levels in the national capital have reached a critical level. Over the last week, the city recorded some of its worst air quality days as lingering smog covered the sky.
-
Review Setting Up, Expansion Of Industries In Polluted Areas: Green Court Tells Pollution Boards
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to revise its mechanism for setting up of new industrial units as also expansion activities in critically polluted areas.
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Uttar Pradesh Town, 55 km From Delhi, Is India's Most Polluted
About 55 kilometres from Delhi is a town that is India's most polluted area right now. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board this morning showed the AQI or Air Quality Index at Baghpat, a town in western Uttar Pradesh's sugarcane belt, at a critically polluted 500 - the maximum possible reading from government monitors.
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Delhi's Air Quality Worst In 3 Years, Gurgaon Schools Shut: 10 Points
The pollution in Delhi and its adjoining areas reaching a critical stage, the centre indicated that it will keep tabs on the matter. PK Mishra, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, reviewed the situation this evening with senior officials from Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. Pollution levels peaked to a three-year high that made breathing diff...
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Soon, New Forecasting System To Alert People On Air Pollution
Scientists have developed a new forecasting system that they say can provide residents of New Delhi and other heavily polluted areas of northern India critical information for reducing their exposure to potentially unhealthy air.
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Delhi Pollution: Multi-Fold Rise In Air Purifier Sales In National Capital Region
Manufacturers of air purifiers are witnessing a spike in sales in Delhi and adjoining areas as consumers resort to panic buying with air pollution in Delhi-NCR breaching critical limit.
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Environment Ministers Of BRICS Countries To Meet In Goa This Week
Environment Ministers of BRICS countries will meet later this week in Goa to prioritise actions for cooperation in critical areas, including air and water pollution and climate change.
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Air Quality in Delhi Drops as Diwali Festivities Kick In
Delhi's air quality witnessed a gradual regression on Diwali due to bursting of fireworks, with few areas of the city recording 'critical' level of pollution, while the rest fell largely in 'very poor' category on the air monitoring scale.
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Environment Ministry to Assess Critical Polluted Areas
The environment ministry has assigned 20 senior officers to assess the 'critically polluted areas' across the country for effective implementation of pollution mitigation steps, an official statement said today.
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Senior Officers to Watch High Pollution Areas as Government Says Thrust on Compliance
Environment Ministry today said that 20 of its senior officers will undertake assessment and periodical review of Critically Polluted Areas (CPAs) as it underlined that its "thrust" now will be on compliance after it has "enabled ease of doing business".
