NEW DELHI: Delhi Pollution Control Committee will monitor air quality during the second phase of odd and even road rationing scheme at 119 locations in and around the national capital "to understand t ...More

Visakhapatnam: Vizag, which was ranked the fifth clean city in the Swachh Bharat Survekshan conducted by the Union ministry of urban development, is finding its air pollution levels turning for the wo ...More

Cracking the whip on builders carrying out construction in areas over 2,000 square feet and flouting environmental norms, the National Green Tribunal has directed civic bodies and public authorities i ...More

NEW DELHI, APRIL 7: The second phase of the odd-even scheme for cars in Delhi was described as a temporary measure for reducing air pollution in the city by Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (In ...More

New Delhi, Apr 7 () With a view to reduce air pollution caused by fire-crackers, the National Green Tribunal has directed the government to regulate their chemical composition and bring them within th ...More

New Delhi: The odd-even car-rationing experiment in the national capital yielded little in terms of reducing air pollution or congestion on the city's roads, initial findings of an IIT-Delhi study has ...More

The National Green Tribunal today took exception over the Centre's delay in filing reply on a plea alleging that cement companies were violating its orders on overloading of trucks and causing air pol ...More

The National Green Tribunal today asked Delhi government and other authorities to create awarenessabout air pollution caused by vehicular emissions and burning of municipal solid waste and issue adver ...More

NEW DELHI: A study by IIT Delhi reveals that vehicle speeds had increased 11am onwards during the first phase of the odd-even scheme. The maximum increase recorded was 9%. However, the average speed o ...More

Green, clean, peaceful and pollution-free — expressions that once described the beauty of Haridwar have today become mere words. You can only imagine them now, thanks to the rising level of pollution ...More

Greenpeace India on Tuesday said "flaws still remain" in the National Air Quality Index (NAQI), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi a year back, while accessibility of data on air pollution conti ...More

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the Central Pollution Control Board to assess the ambient air quality level in the national capital region (NCR) for the next one week t ...More

After nine months of intense public debate over Delhi’s worsening air quality, there is no dearth of measures suggested to tackle air pollution, but rather than looking for quickfire solutions, the em ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi government plans to undertake three tier monitoring of air pollution in the second phase of odd and even road rationing scheme, which begins on April 15. This was discussed on Monday ...More

NEW Delhi: If these (steps) didn't reduce pollution, what would, asked an exasperated Supreme Court on May 1, a day after the odd-even scheme ended with no apparent fall in air pollution. The judges ...More

New Delhi: India has banned the import of solid plastic waste, including PET bottles, as part of new hazardous waste management rules that aims to prevent the country from becoming a dumping yard for ...More

New Delhi: India has banned the import of solid plastic waste, including PET bottles, as part of new hazardous waste management rules that aims to prevent the country from becoming a dumping yard for ...More

New Delhi: The menace of toxic emissions at petrol pumps in the national capital has come under the lens of the National Green Tribunal which has asked the Centre to respond to a plea alleging lack of ...More

The odd-even scheme and monitoring of air pollution levels found mention in the budget presented by finance minister Manish Sisodia last week. Stating that the government was “concerned”about environm ...More

Despite the odd-even formula being a success in Delhi, Mumbai is unlikely to replicate it here owing to political compulsions. The ruling BJP government fears that its implementation will bring accola ...More