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| TRAFFIC POLICE BATTLE LONG HOURS, POLLUTION |
| DarpanMago |
| The Pioneer , Monday, February 01, 2016 |
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The traffic police on Delhi’s roads are always on the line of fire from battling air-pollution to tirelessly working in long shifts. These men have been braving it all.
“Our work hours often reach a ...More
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| Mumbai remains covered in fog, smog |
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| The Asian Age , Sunday, January 31, 2016 |
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For the third consecutive day, the city remained covered by fog and some parts were also heavily enveloped in smog due to pollution. This affected the traffic of the city due to low visibility.
Marin ...More
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| Air quality on Friday worst ever recorded in Mumbai |
| Badri Chatterjee |
| The Hindustan Times , Sunday, January 31, 2016 |
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Pollution in the city rose to its highest levels since air quality data monitoring began last June. The System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), which has been taking readings a ...More
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| Mumbai chokes with pollution levels on rise |
| Badri Chatterjee |
| The Hindustan Times , Sunday, January 31, 2016 |
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Air pollution in the city continued to choke Mumbaiites, with the air quality index (AQI) falling in the ‘very poor’ category for the second consecutive day on Saturday. While weather conditions were ...More
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| Air you breathe is toxic, says study |
| JayantaBasu |
| The Telegraph , Sunday, January 31, 2016 |
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Calcutta, Jan. 30: Nobody is safe in the city because of its toxic air, a study by the Centre for Science and Environment has found.
The centre carried out the study last week and released the report ...More
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| Venues that allow smoking more polluted than outdoors |
| BINDU SHAJAN PERAPPADAN |
| The Hindu , Sunday, January 31, 2016 |
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Six cities surveyed with dangerous levels of air pollution indicates air quality inside venues allowing smoking is worse than outdoors
Smokers beware. Fresh data from cities with high levels of air p ...More
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| ‘Climate change can has an impact on health’ |
| T.V. SIVANANDAN |
| The Hindu , Saturday, January 30, 2016 |
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Physician P.S. Shankar has said that global warming and its effects on the environment had a direct impact on the health of human beings and gave rise to serious health complications. Inaugurating the ...More
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| For project nod, control dust: UP govt |
| PeeyushKhandelwal |
| The Hindustan Times , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
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Developers might now have to incorporate dust-control measures in their construction practices in order to get clearance for their building plans. The Uttar Pradesh government has issued directions to ...More
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| HC seeks govt reply on plea for odd-even rule |
| Shibu Thomas |
| The Times of India , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
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Mumbai: Expressing concern over the rising levels of pollution in Mumbai, the Bombay high court on Thursday sought to know how the odd-even pilot project had fared in Delhi.
A division bench of Justi ...More
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| ‘Care for Air’ campaign for reducing air pollution in Patna |
| Pranava Kumar Chaudhary |
| The Times of India , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
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PATNA: Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED) on Thursday launched 'Care for Air' campaign for reducing pollution in Patna to help improve ambient air quality. The campaign urges Bihar g ...More
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| Odd-Even formula: Bombay High Court seeks state reply |
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| The Asian Age , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
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The Bombay high court on Thursday asked the concerned government departments and ministries to file their response by February 9, in connection with a PIL seeking implementation of odd-even formula fo ...More
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| Choking over foul air – in rural India |
| DEBAJIT PALIT |
| Business Standard , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
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Particulate emission from cookstoves is killing rural women. It’s worse than the pollution in Delhi
The year 2016 started in Delhi with the launch of the Odd-Even traffic policy with the aim of reduc ...More
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| Air quality in smoking zones worse than outside |
| TEENA THACKER |
| The Asian Age , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
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Even as the government claimed that the recent odd-even plan brought down pollution and proposed to bring it back, here is something to gulp down. A new research has indicated that the air quality ins ...More
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| Pebbles for repairs to cut dust pollution |
| BagishJha |
| The Times of India , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
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GURGAON: The state government has directed civic bodies to use pebbles to repair road dividers before the Happening Haryana investors' summit in order to curb air pollution caused by cementing of cent ...More
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| HC seeks reply of Maha, MPCB and others on odd-even rule PIL |
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| Business Standard , Friday, January 29, 2016 |
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The Bombay High Court today asked the MaharashtraGovernment, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), state Ministry of Environment and 3 others to file their response to a petition seeking introdu ...More
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