GURGAON: While the amount of bio-medical waste generated by the city per month runs into lakhs, the only processing unit in Damdama, which gets the load from both Gurgaon and Rewari, is only able to t ...More

The Supreme Court is set to hear a petition on Tuesday on banning diesel vehicles entirely in the national capital amid the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) campaign to clear Delhi’s air. The NGT had ...More

With winter becoming the annual 'event' that reminds Mumbai of its increasing pollutant levels, environmentalists, who have been raising concerns over the government's apathy towards air pollution, sa ...More

The level of suspended particulate matters, PM 2.5 and PM 10, have seen a “steady fall” in Delhi’s air despite a drastic fall in temperature over the last four days, which has the potential to elevate ...More

The level of suspended particulate matters, PM 2.5 and PM 10, have seen a "steady fall" in Delhi's air despite a drastic fall in temperature over the last four days, which has the potential to elevate ...More

Even as New Delhi is set to implement one of the most drastic measures the country has seen to beat traffic congestion and resultant pollution, a similar, but less drastic, measure aimed at decongesti ...More

The Supreme Court is set to hear a petition on Tuesday on banning diesel vehicles entirely in the national capital amid the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) campaign to clear Delhi’s air. The NGT had ...More

DELHI: UP government has advised the Centre to speed up process for second airport in UP to reduce Delhi air pollution. The state government has already started process for completing formalities to a ...More

A residents’ association in Ghaziabad has asked IIT-Delhi to conduct a detailed study of air polluting sources in this Delhi suburb in view of the deteriorating air quality in the National Capital Reg ...More

Earlier this summer, residents of Lakshman Tailaya, a neighbourhood in front of the historic Gwalior fort, woke up to find hundreds of fish rotting in the pond. Devinder Sharma, who lives near the po ...More

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), the country’s leading sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufacturer and the company likely to be worst affected by the National Green Tribunal’s directive to ban the registr ...More

NEW DELHI: A plea by Dr Sanjay Kulshrestha, a paediatric surgeon, to the National Green Tribunal says that with the winter setting in, smog and the climbing rate of particulate matter (PM) level in th ...More

When it comes to curbing pollution in Indian cities, the conversation nearly always centres around vehicular pollution, with states like Maharashtra considering Delhi's odd and even formula for cars o ...More

Even as experts raise huge concerns about the increasing air pollution in the city, a resident of Royal Palms inside Aarey Colony has written to dairy authorities, complaining about unregulated burnin ...More

The air in Ghaziabad, adjoining Delhi, is more polluted than the national capital, according to pollution control board figures. "We have begun monitoring PM 2.5 pollution levels only recently and fo ...More

Delhiites would do well to avoid outdoor activities over the weekend as the city's 'very poor' air quality brings with it the possibility of respiratory illness on prolonged exposure. The average lev ...More

Delhiites would do well to avoid outdoor activities over the weekend as the city’s ‘very poor’ air quality brings with it the possibility of respiratory illness on prolonged exposure. The average lev ...More

Moradabad: The air quality in Moradabad is plummeting at an alarming rate, according to an exhaustive study by a team of researchers from Hindu College here. In particular, respirable suspended partic ...More

After issuing the first smog “red alert” following alarming levels of pollution, the air quality monitoring in Beijing will be stepped up, a senior city official said. Rapid industrial growth and car ...More

NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court asked the Centre and Delhi government to come up with suggestions to defuse the capital's air pollution crisis, solicitor general Ranjit Sinha has asked three key mi ...More