Ganga Pollution Level

The dissolved oxygen level of River Ganga, which is a parameter to assess the health of the water body, has been found to be within acceptable limits of the bathing criteria, the government said on Monday.

Taking strict note of effluent and industrial waste being discharged into the Ganga river, the CPCB has directed four state pollution control boards to take action on units, including closing them, if they don''t comply with environmental norms.

Ganga river's faecal coliform level is found to be3 to 12 times higher than the permissible level at most inter-state boundaries, according to the data released by the top pollution watchdog.

A pair of artificial lungs put up in New Delhi to demonstrate the lethal effects of smog have turned a sickly dark brown within 10 days of their installation, underscoring the city's pollution crisis.

Yogesh Kumar wheezes after life-saving surgery to remove a diseased lung, but his surgeons wonder how long he can last outside hospital breathing some of the world's dirtiest air. Smog kills more than one million Indians every year and Delhi has the worst air of any major city on the planet, the World Health Organization says. Every November, hospi...

Asia's largest economy, China, has long had a reputation for smoggy skies. But these days, neighboring India is fighting the far bigger battle with pollution: it is home to the world's 10 most polluted cities.

With the level of pollutants and particulate matter in the air going up, hospitals in the city have witnessed a spurt in the number of people suffering from respiratory ailments, asthma and bronchitis.

The dissolved oxygen level of River Ganga, which is a parameter to assess the health of the water body, has been found to be within acceptable limits of the bathing criteria, the government said on Monday.

Taking strict note of effluent and industrial waste being discharged into the Ganga river, the CPCB has directed four state pollution control boards to take action on units, including closing them, if they don''t comply with environmental norms.

Ganga river's faecal coliform level is found to be3 to 12 times higher than the permissible level at most inter-state boundaries, according to the data released by the top pollution watchdog.

A pair of artificial lungs put up in New Delhi to demonstrate the lethal effects of smog have turned a sickly dark brown within 10 days of their installation, underscoring the city's pollution crisis.

Yogesh Kumar wheezes after life-saving surgery to remove a diseased lung, but his surgeons wonder how long he can last outside hospital breathing some of the world's dirtiest air. Smog kills more than one million Indians every year and Delhi has the worst air of any major city on the planet, the World Health Organization says. Every November, hospi...

Asia's largest economy, China, has long had a reputation for smoggy skies. But these days, neighboring India is fighting the far bigger battle with pollution: it is home to the world's 10 most polluted cities.

With the level of pollutants and particulate matter in the air going up, hospitals in the city have witnessed a spurt in the number of people suffering from respiratory ailments, asthma and bronchitis.