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| Residents Worried Over Tar Factory Spewing Toxic Fumes |
| S Lalitha |
| The New Indian Express , Monday, May 04, 2015 |
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YELAHANKA: A coal tar factory near Yelahanka is making life miserable for people in the area. Residents of an old-age home, retired defence personnel and school children are among those affected by it ...More
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| Rising pollution triggering asthma in healthy people |
| IANS |
| The Times of India , Monday, May 04, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: Rameshwar Tyagi developed severe breathing problems one night. Rushed to the emergency ward of a leading hospital, he was diagnosed with asthma and put on oxygen. For Tyagi, 55, it was the ...More
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| What’s fouling air? Data puzzling govt |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Monday, May 04, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: A lot of confusion seems to exist over what really contributes to air pollution, particularly PM2.5 (fine, respirable particles) from the transport sector or from vehicles in Delhi. A lette ...More
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| Air pollution campaign not anti-development: Activists |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Sunday, May 03, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar's controversial remark that "vested interests" were behind the campaign against air pollution has left many activists fuming. The minister had r ...More
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| Govt. buys more time, NGT extends stay on vehicles ban |
| AKANKSHA JAIN |
| The Hindu , Sunday, May 03, 2015 |
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Grappling with ways to cut vehicular pollution, the government seems to be buying time on every hearing before the National Green Tribunal which on Friday extended the stay on ban of 10-year-old diese ...More
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| Industries pollute with impunity |
| V. Nilesh |
| Deccan Chronicle , Saturday, May 02, 2015 |
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Hyderabad: Highly polluting industries in Telangana state continue to pollute without any fear. It has been four years since the Central Pollution Control Board directed all the state pollution contro ...More
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| Mayank Aggarwal |
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| Daily bulletin on air quality in 10 top cities launched , Saturday, May 02, 2015 |
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New Delhi: The government on Friday started a daily bulletin on air quality in 10 top cities after launching the National Air Quality Index last month.
Delhi’s air quality was the worst on the first ...More
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| 3-month action plan to combat pollution: Govt |
| Press Trust of India |
| Business Standard , Friday, May 01, 2015 |
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Amid alarming reports about the pollution level in Indian cities, Government today said a three-month action plan has been prepared to combat pollution in Delhi and an air quality index was launched o ...More
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| How plan to stop Delhi’s guzzler trucks remains a plan |
| Pritha Chatterjee , Bhupendra Kumar Pandey , Parimal A Dabhi |
| The Indian Express , Friday, May 01, 2015 |
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In 2003, the Delhi government planned to install computerised weighing machines at its borders to prevent overloaded good vehicles, with their straining engines, from entering the capital and releasin ...More
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| Air pollution and poverty lower child's IQ |
| IANS |
| The Times of India , Friday, May 01, 2015 |
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Material hardship can increase the adverse affects of physical "stressors" like air pollutants as researchers have found that the toxic combination of air pollution and poverty could lower the intelli ...More
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| Green goals for the Delhi aam aadmi |
| ASEEM SHRIVASTAVA, JAMES K. BOYCE |
| The Hindu , Friday, May 01, 2015 |
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Air Pollution
If strict regulations for capping automobile licenses are followed, Delhi’s citizens can reap triple benefits: cleaner air, quicker and safer transportation, and more money in their poc ...More
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| Truckers give pollution plan |
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| The Indian Express , Thursday, April 30, 2015 |
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Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday directed the transport department to examine a proposal of Delhi’s transporters association to reduce air pollution in the city. Kejriwal has sought ...More
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