BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked nine heavy and medium polluting industries to set up a green belt to mitigate environmental impact due to their operations. On Thursday, applicant S ...More

New Delhi: Amid criticism by the civil society that the environment ministry has become a green clearance ministry, the Centre has taken a step towards the appointment of a full-time chairperson for t ...More

NEW DELHI: In order to ensure that a stricter check may be kept on vehicular emissions, Delhi government has directed all car and motorbike dealers in the national capital to set up pollution measurin ...More

The fight to save the Taj Mahal from pollution is the country's longest and perhaps most difficult battle. It began in 1983, when 10,400 sq km of area was declared the Taj Trapezium Zone and polluting ...More

New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to adopt a 'zero- tolerance' policy on burning of leaves, plastic and garbage in open areas. "No lenient view will now be taken regarding such incidents ...More

NEW DELHI: In order to ensure that a stricter check may be kept on vehicular emissions, Delhi government has directed all car and motorbike dealers in the national capital to set up pollution measurin ...More

INDORE: Long-cherished dream of Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) to keep track of pollution levels in city areas online is soon going to materialize. Digital display board will be instal ...More

NEW DELHI: The Government plans to set up air quality monitoring stations, which are presently functional at 10 places, in more cities in the country. The air quality monitoring stations is also p ...More

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday halted all approvals given by the government agencies for construction of buildings on wet¬lands and catchment areas of water bodies in Bengaluru for three mont ...More

NEW DELHI: The Government plans to set up air quality monitoring stations, which are presently functional at 10 places, in more cities in the country. The air quality monitoring stations is also p ...More

NEW DELHI: The Government plans to set up air quality monitoring stations, which are presently functional at 10 places, in more cities in the country. The air quality monitoring stations is also ...More

China has scaled up air quality control in Beijing to bring down the city's pollution level significantly in a bid to win hosting rights for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Beijing announced on Wednes ...More

The National Green Tribunal on Thursday halted all approvals given by the government agencies for construction of buildings on wet¬lands and catchment areas of water bodies in Bengaluru for three mont ...More

NEW DELHI: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change has submitted to National Green Tribunal (NGT) that its role in curbing vehicular emissions is "limited" and confined to framing of ai ...More

NEW DELHI: Exactly a month after launching the national Air Quality Index (AQI), which had its share of teething problems, the Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday announced the ...More

In 2010, air pollution killed nearly 600,000 people in India, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The situation has not changed in the last five years. A recent study shows that a signif ...More

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) decision to ban 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the national capital has dealt a severe blow to almost all the stakeholders, be it private owners, the enforcement agen ...More

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has told the National Green Tribunal that its role regarding curbing of vehicular emissions is "limited" and confined to framing of air ...More

New Delhi: The environment ministry on Tuesday said that it will increase the number of air quality monitoring stations across Delhi to 31 from 21 in a bid to gain a more comprehensive picture of air ...More

BENGALURU: Environmentalists and doctors assert that old vehicles are the major contributor to pollution. But the absence of a total ban on vehicles more than 15 years old that ply on Bengaluru roads ...More