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| Car-Free Day pulls down pollution by 16% |
| Shilpy Arora |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
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GURGAON: A report by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board has revealed that air pollution in the city was down by 16% last Tuesday, on the second Car-Free Day.
Bhupinder Singh, regional office ...More
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| Capital pollution: Three first steps |
| Pritha Chatterjee |
| The Indian Express , Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
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The Supreme Court has given Delhi government three days to come up with a plan to control air pollution in the capital considered the most polluted city in the world. Air quality does not have any qui ...More
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| Chinese cities hit by heavily polluted smog |
| PTI |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
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BEIJING: Several Chinese cities, including capital Beijing, are gripped by smog due to heavy burning of straw in north China plains, prompting met officials to issue yellow alert, indicating serious a ...More
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| Chinese cities hit by heavily polluted smog |
| PTI |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, October 06, 2015 |
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burning of straw in north China plains, prompting met officials to issue yellow alert, indicating serious air pollution threat.
Readings of the PM 2.5 levels of the US Embassy pollution index shoe ...More
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| Lawyer takes stand against city's rising pollution level |
| Shagun Kapil |
| Deccan Herald , Saturday, October 03, 2015 |
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It was an article in the western media slamming India for its air pollution which made Vardhaman Kaushik move the National Green Tribunal.
“According to the article, China had three days of polluti ...More
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| SC to hear plea on levy of 'pollution compensatory charges' |
| Press Trust of India |
| Business Standard , Friday, October 02, 2015 |
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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a fresh plea seeking levy of "pollution compensatory charges", in addition to the toll charge levied by municipalities, from commercial vehicles enteri ...More
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| Pollution 'tax' plan for trucks |
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| The Telegraph , Friday, October 02, 2015 |
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New Delhi, Oct. 1: The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the question of imposing a compensatory surcharge on trucks driving in and out of Delhi to curb the capital's growing pollution levels.
Th ...More
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| Delhi’s car-free day to cover different stretch each week |
| PragyaKaushika |
| The Indian Express , Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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With three weeks to go for the first-ever ‘car-free’ day in the capital, the Delhi government plans to extend the drive to a different stretch of road every week. This is one among the many measures t ...More
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| 9-yr mud therapy needed to clean Taj Mahal tan |
| Aditya Dev |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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AGRA: An RTI query filed by TOI has revealed that it will take nine long years for the Archaeological Survey of India's (ASI) to complete the mudpack therapy on the outer marble surface of the Taj Mah ...More
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| Toddlers want Supreme Court to ensure cracker-free Diwali |
| Geetanjali Rai |
| India Today , Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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Three toddlers aged between 3 to 14 months have approached the Supreme Court urging it to ban the sale of firecrackers on Dussehra and Diwali stressing that a pollution free environment was their righ ...More
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| Waste processing unit at Kannahalli ransacked |
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| Deccan Herald , Monday, September 28, 2015 |
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Even before the waste processing unit at Kannahalli on Magadi Road has become fully functional, miscreants ransacked the plant and set fire to an earthmoving equipment in the early hours of Saturday. ...More
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| British ministers tried to block cleaning up air quality |
| IANS |
| Business Standard , Monday, September 28, 2015 |
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The British government sought to block new European Union legislation that would force member states to carry out surprise checks on the emissions of cars, raising fresh questions over ministers' atti ...More
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| Delhi's air worst among 381 cities: World Bank |
| Dipak K Dash |
| The Times of India , Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: The latest World Bank report on leveraging urbanisation in South Asia has identified "air pollution" as a big challenge for major cities in the region, including Delhi.While Delhi is the wo ...More
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| 'Ramadevi suffers pollution-borne diseases' |
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| The Time of India , Thursday, September 24, 2015 |
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KANPUR: People living in Ramadevi area are more vulnerable to air pollution-borne diseases than people residing in Civil Lines area in the city, claims a new study conducted by a post-graduate student ...More
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| Small children give big push to Maha tree plantation drive |
| Press Trust of India |
| Business Standard , Wednesday, September 23, 2015 |
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government is taking the help of school children in a big way to plant trees across the state and increase its green cover.
It is also pushing schools, both government and some private ones, to ...More
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| Clogged city calls Oct 22 car-free day |
| Rumu Banerjee & Jayashree Nandi |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, September 23, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: After Gurgaon, it's the turn of Delhi to go car-free. Transport minister Gopal Rai announced on Tuesday that starting October 22, Delhi will have a car-free day every month. "On the car-fre ...More
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