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| SHADOW OF POLLUTION ON THE NATIONAL CAPITAL |
| HiranmayKarlekar |
| The Pioneer , Saturday, February 20, 2016 |
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More than vehicular traffic and other factors, soaring population is the biggest threat. An increase has not only led to encroachment in forest areas, but also greater emissions from all sources to me ...More
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| Big builder sites under pollution panel's watch |
| BagishJha |
| The Times of India , Friday, February 19, 2016 |
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Gurgaon: Concerned about increasing air pollution caused by construction dust, the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has asked pollution control boards and civic authorities in NCR to sub ...More
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| Big builder sites under pollution panel's watch |
| BagishJha |
| The Times of India , Friday, February 19, 2016 |
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Gurgaon: Concerned about increasing air pollution caused by construction dust, the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has asked pollution control boards and civic authorities in NCR to sub ...More
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| High court seeks govt reply on air pollution |
| Purushottam Kumar |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, February 17, 2016 |
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The Patna high court has directed the environment and forest department to file its reply by March 3 on a PIL regarding increasing air pollution in the state. Hearing the PIL, a division bench of acti ...More
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| Clean up the cities |
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| Deccan Chronicle , Wednesday, February 17, 2016 |
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Cities have gone up and down in the SwachhSarvekshan cleanliness rankings. Such a survey is necessary as the need to keep all cities, towns and villages clean is even more compelling in this era of ma ...More
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| MPCB’s air pollution monitor gathering dust |
| Ashish Roy |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, February 16, 2016 |
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Nagpur: The new, state-of-the-art ambient air quality monitor of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is lying disused at the Divisional Commissionerate square as the officials of Central Pollut ...More
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| China city bans new polluting plants |
| IANS |
| Business Standard , Tuesday, February 16, 2016 |
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The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou will not approve of new high pollution projects in 2016, the latest effort to curb air pollution, the authorities said on Monday.
Zhengzhou, capital of Henan pro ...More
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| Air quality plunges in city as traffic crawls |
| K. A. MARTIN |
| The Hindu , Tuesday, February 16, 2016 |
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Particulate matter over Kochi crossed 100 micrograms per cubic metre
The ambient air quality in the city has plunged as traffic continues to crawl on congested roads and construction works have reach ...More
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| Air pollution claims 5.5m lives annually |
| ANI |
| DNA India , Monday, February 15, 2016 |
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Taking a deadly toll on us, poor air quality claims 5.5 million lives worldwide annually, with more than half of the deaths occurring in two of the world's fastest growing economies, China and India.
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| The fallacy of odds and evens |
| SundaravalliNarayanaswami, Arpit Shah |
| Live Mint , Monday, February 15, 2016 |
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In an effort to control high pollution levels in the city, the Delhi government recently ran a vehicle rationing scheme on a trial basis. The question is whether vehicle rationing is enough to reduce ...More
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| Unreal in pampered India |
| SunitaNarain |
| Business Standard , Monday, February 15, 2016 |
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Many years ago, when Delhi's air pollution was as high as it is today, my colleague Anil Agarwal and I had gone to meet a high-ranking, responsible government official. This was in the mid-1990s, when ...More
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| Pollution, the silent killer |
| IANS |
| The Hindu , Monday, February 15, 2016 |
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Air pollution kills over 5.5 million people worldwide annually
More than 5.5 million people worldwide die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution, and India and China togeth ...More
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| HC notice on PIL against odd-even |
| MOHAMMED IQBAL |
| The Hindu , Sunday, February 14, 2016 |
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A day after the AamAadmi Party government announced the second phase of the odd-even scheme from April 15 to 30, the Delhi High Court on Friday issued notices on a public interest litigation alleging ...More
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