NEW DELHI : As Delhi’s air quality fell to the category of “very bad”, Arvind Kejriwal’s government launched an initiative on Thursday to tackle the problem of rising air pollution in the capital and also to halt the deterioration air quality at emergency levels. Air pollution is increasing in the …
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Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a new anti-pollution campaign on Thursday whereby motorists will be encouraged to turn off vehicles while waiting for lights to turn green on road signs. “It has been seen that we often do not turn off the engines of our vehicles while waiting at …
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Top Union ministers and Delhi governments traded blame on Thursday when the city’s air quality was downgraded to “very bad”, a stark replay of how the crisis unfolded in recent years when about 30 Millions of people are exposed to dangerous levels of pollution in the run-up to winter. Delhi’s …
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The AAP government has banned the use of electricity generators. (Figurative) New Delhi: The Government of the AAP has prohibited the use of electricity generators, except those necessary for essential or emergency services, in the national capital, since the anti-pollution measures of the Grada Response Action Plan (GRAP) come into …
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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) announced on Wednesday a ban on the use of fuel-powered generators from October 15 under the Graduated Response Action Plan (Grap), a set of anti-pollution restrictions that include Preventive measures to stop air quality from deteriorating to emergency levels. On Wednesday, the general air …
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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 …
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Image for representation. (Image source: Reuters) As air quality deteriorates in Delhi-NCR, it is heavily focused on vehicular pollution, which is a major source of poor air quality and one way to reduce fuel consumption is to embrace electric mobility. News18.com Last update: October 12, 2020 12:33 PM IST FOLLOW …
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A 20 million rupee pollution tower will be installed in Delhi’s Connaught Place for the next 10 months New Delhi: The Delhi Cabinet approved a tree transplant policy to prevent tree felling due to development works in the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, saying it will be the …
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Delhi posted an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 208 at 3pm, which falls into the poor category. (Proceedings) New Delhi: Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai opened a “green war room” at the Delhi Secretariat on Thursday to monitor measures being taken to reduce pollution levels in the city this winter. …
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Written by Shivam Patel, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 8, 2020 1:42:45 pm A worker burns wheat stubble in his field in Ludhiana. (Express photo: Gurmeet Singh) The rice stubble burning season is here, and satellite remote sensing data from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute …
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