Ten out of 35 monitoring stations in the national capital recorded air quality falling into the ‘severe’ category on Friday, as Delhi’s overall pollution level continued to slide further into the ‘very poor’ category. Monitoring station officials said this was the worst air quality reading recorded in the city in …
Read More »Rice stubble can be decomposed in 25 days with a microbial solution: ICAR
Initial results from the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) on trials on the efficacy of a microbial consortium to break down rice stubble show that the latter can break down in 25 days amid reports from the national capital region of Delhi (NCR) and several other northern countries. Western …
Read More »The peer-to-peer scheme will be our last resort to curb air pollution: Delhi Minister of the Environment
New Delhi: Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday that the odd-pair scheme will be implemented in the national capital only if the rest of the methods to curb air pollution fail. “We have implemented the odd-pair scheme many times in Delhi. It would be our last resort and …
Read More »Very poor air in parts of northwestern India; Heavy rain warning for Telangana, the Andhra coast
Many parts of northwestern India have been affected by poor air quality, while some also experience very poor air, including Ballabgarh in Haryana with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 302; Bhiwandi in Rajasthan with an AQI reading of 306 and Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh (UP) with an AQI …
Read More »AQI enters red zone, all eyes on farm fires
Delhi residents woke up to a hazy Tuesday morning as the Air Quality Index (AQI) fell to “very poor” for the first time this season amid an increase in agricultural fires in Punjab and Haryana, and local factors. such as low wind speed and the accumulation of pollutants. sparking widespread …
Read More »Delhi’s air quality becomes ‘dangerous’ as stubble burning begins. But Met says it’s a marginal ‘improvement’
Air quality in Delhi deteriorated on Monday morning as pollutants rose, turning the atmosphere into several ‘dangerous’ areas. According to data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the air quality index was recorded as ‘poor’ with 275 AQI in Anand Vihar, 263 in Rohini, 275 in ITO and 229 …
Read More »Despite the strong winds, why is Delhi’s air quality on the slide? – delhi news
Despite the average wind speed of 15-16 km / h, the air quality in Delhi remained poor on Thursday for the second day in a row. According to the daily bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi posted an AQI value of 208, putting it in the ‘poor’ area. …
Read More »NCR States Prepare to Avoid Severe Air Pollution Before Winter
The Prime Minister’s chief secretary, PK Mishra, has called on the Delhi government to ensure that local sources of air pollution, such as open burning of waste, road construction and demolition dust; Industrial emissions are managed carefully before air pollution levels rise as we approach winter, according to a statement …
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