Delhi suffered the largest per capita economic loss due to air pollution last year in India, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Lancet on Tuesday. Loss due to lost production due to premature deaths and diseases attributable to air pollution as a percentage of state GDP …
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Pollution levels in the national capital continued to rise on Tuesday and its air quality index (AQI) reading reached 350 at 7 am, which is considered “very poor” in the area. Data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) shows that the overall reading of Delhi’s AQI on Monday was …
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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Wednesday that he urged the people of the national capital to take a vow not only to reduce air pollution, but also to reduce water, land and noise pollution to that the city is free from pollution. His tweet came on the occasion …
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The stubble-burning season is almost over, and Diwali has come and gone, but Delhi’s air quality took a sharp turn for the worse on Tuesday, highlighting the role that weather and local sources of pollution play in ensuring that the capital’s air remain largely unhealthy. of the year, with agricultural …
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Delhi’s air remained in the poor area on Sunday, deteriorating marginally from the previous day, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), as strong winds prevented pollution levels from worsening in the national capital. . Data from the CPCB shows Delhi’s General Air Quality Index (AQI) on …
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Air quality in Delhi fell to the other end of the “poor” category on Friday morning. The city’s air quality index (AQI) reading at 6 a.m. was 290, higher than the average AQI reading of 283 recorded Thursday. Government agencies had forecast on Thursday that air quality could deteriorate slightly …
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Congress Speaker Sonia Gandhi will fly from Delhi on Friday after doctors advised her to move out of the national capital in light of heavy pollution and poor air quality that has exacerbated her chest infection, people said. aware of the matter. A senior congressional official said doctors also advised …
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File photo of the head of Congress, Sonia Gandhi. (AFP) Sources said Sonia Gandhi was likely to move to Goa or Chennai on Friday afternoon and would be accompanied by Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. PTI New Delhi Last update: November 20, 2020 11:12 AM IST FOLLOW US: Congress …
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NEW DELHI: Air quality in the national capital improved significantly to the ‘moderate’ category on Tuesday as rain and stronger winds helped reduce pollution levels, authorities said. Track the pollution level in your cityAccording to the SAMEER mobile app of the Central Pollution Control Board, the city recorded an air …
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As the ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR increased in Smoke during Diwali on Saturday night, the average concentration of PM 2.5 per hour reached 910 micrograms per cubic meter (g / m3) at midnight, 15 times the standard safe. Later it fell due to the increase in wind speed. The …
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