Tag: pollution
Spend On Farmers, Not Ads: Javadekar Hits Back At AAP
In the backdrop of a grim grey sky in the national capital on Monday as the Odd-Even car rationing system began, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar responded to Aam Aadmi Party's allegation about his office having "kept postponing" meetings to curb pollution.....
Anti-pollution Masks Save Gods From Bad Air At Varanasi Temple
Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, is no exception to the extreme air pollution that has held the North India captive, especially post Diwali. PM 2.5 in Varanasi's air touched 500 this week.....
Haze Blankets Delhi As Air Quality Worsens To 'severe'
Thick toxic haze engulfed the national capital on Tuesday, with the air quality index (AQI) dipping to 453 in the "Severe" category, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).....
Air Emergency: Environment Secy To Meet 4 Chief Secys
The Union Environment Secretary called a high-level meeting on Monday with the Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the severe air pollution in these northern states.....
India Not Responsible For Climate Change: Javadekar
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday announced in the Lok Sabha that India was not responsible for climate change, saying that the per person carbon emission of the country is not more than two tonnes which is very less compared to the US, Europe and China.....
One-fourth Of Delhi Air 'severely' Polluted
Nine of the 36 pollution monitoring station in Delhi showed 'severe' air quality index on Friday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board's data. ....
Rain, Less Stubble Fires And Wind Reduce Delhi AQI
Day after Diwali a surprise shower, cool surface wind and relatively less stubble burning activity in the vicinity of the national capital brought down Delhi's air quality index from 525 to 273 within 24 hours. ....
Doctors Advise Sonia Gandhi For Sojourn Outside Delhi To Avoid Pollution
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been advised by doctors to move out of Delhi for some time owing to her chest infection to avoid severe pollution in the national capital, party sources said on Friday. ....
Delhi CM Kejriwal To Inaugurate India’s 1st-ever Smog Tower In Capital Today
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will on Monday inaugurate India’s first-ever smog tower at Baba Kharak Singh Marg in the Connaught Place area to help combat rising air pollution in the national capital.....
Delhi's Air Quality Recorded In 'hazardous' Category In Some Places After Diwali
The air quality index (AQI) crossed the 600-mark at several places across the national capital with a few places in east Delhi, Ghaziabad and Noida crossing the 800-mark on Friday morning, hours after the people burst firecrackers on Diwali night making the Delhi-NCR air hazardous. ....
