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. …
Read More »As stubble burning season begins, agricultural fires increase
Written by Harikishan Sharma | New Delhi | Updated: October 8, 2020 1:43:44 pm The first six days of October saw five times the number of stubble burning incidents in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh than in the corresponding period last year, official data shows. (Representative image) The first six …
Read More »Plans for 13 hotspots, application
The government is also preparing a “Green Delhi” mobile app, Arvind Kejriwal said. New Delhi: Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a mega-campaign against air pollution on Monday, saying that polluted air may be life-threatening in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the “Yudh Pradushan ke Virudh” campaign, separate …
Read More »Air Pollution: Northwest States Will Take a Hot Spot Approach
Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Prakash Javadekar said that 50 teams from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) would be deployed this winter in the national capital region of Delhi ( NCR) in an attempt to stem the decline in the air quality index. (AQI), which …
Read More »Studies will tell us the exact impact of COVID on pollution
[ad_1] The Gateway of India is shown after the level of air pollution decreased in New Delhi in recent weeks. All four projects will focus on uneven gains in urban air quality worldwide, the impact of reduced air pollution, air pollution, and the link to water quality, as well as …
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