Green Media E-Newsletter is brought to you by CMS ENVIS Centre on Media & Environment

Thursday, April 13, 2017
Mumbai saw 63% more complaints on air pollution in 2016 compared to 2015, says NGO
Correspondent : Tanushree Venkatraman
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) receieved 63% more complaints on air pollution in 2016 compared to 2015, data released by NGO Praja Foundation on Tuesday revealed.

The average air quality index (AQI), a measure of air pollution in the city, was 170 in January and 103 in March in 2016.

An AQI between 0 and100 falls under the ‘good’ or ‘satisfactory’ category. AQI levels between 101 and 200 are ‘moderate’ and 201-300 are ‘poor’. “The moderate AQI can be attributed to the constant fire incidents that broke out in the Deonar dumping ground,” the report reveals.

The city also recorded moderate air quality in the months of November and December in 2016 at 113 and 164. The BMC also got 16 complaints on nuisance owing to masala mills and 51 on pollution beacuse of chemical effluents.

Praja, an NGO working towards creating an accountable government, released its report on state of civic affairs in the city. The overall complaints registered by citizens on civic issues also dipped by 12% between 2012 and 2016. The NGO has collected data through the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

 
SOURCE : http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-saw-63-more-complaints-on-air-pollution-in-2016-compared-to-2015-says-ngo/story-uWcvAVYf9SCwApc6UKmdKK.html
Back to pevious page

Advertise with Green Media

Be a part of this successful campaign and advertise your events, seminars, conferences, festivals or services, job requirements etc. "GREEN MEDIA" - unique E-newsletter DAILY reaches to more than 3000 environmentalists, wildlife experts, activists, filmmakers and media professionals. For Advertisement contact: cmsenvis@cmsindia.org

Print Media Trends and Analysis: CoP 11/MoP 6



Assessment of Using Social Media to Raise environmental Awareness

Trends in the coverage of environment by news channels



 



The Hindu | Times of India | The Pioneer | The Statesman | The Tribune | Hindustan Time | Sahara Times | Business Lines | Business Standard |

  Economic Times| Financial Express | The Asian Age | Indian Express | The Telegraph | Deccan Herald | The Assam Tribune | The Sentinel  

 

 

 

 

Supported by: ENVIS Secretariat,Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, GOI.

    

Copyright © 2014 Centre for Media Studies. For Limited Circulation

 

 
Since India has no anti-spamming law, we follow the US directive passed in Bill.1618 Title III by the 105th US Congress, which states that mail cannot be considered spam if it contains contact information, which this mail does. If you want to be removed from the mailing list click on UNSUBSCRIBE