Measures including strict action against visibly polluting vehicles and automatic identification of overloaded vehicles at the borders, are part of a three-month actionplan devised today to deal with ...More

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday stayed its last week’s order banning diesel vehicles over 10 years old from plying the roads of Delhi and its environs, a move prompted by its ...More

NEW DELHI: Banning old diesel vehicles may not be enough to address severe air pollution in Delhi. Other countries have been imposing higher taxes, excise duties and registration costs to discourage p ...More

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday joined the long battle for improving the Capital's notoriously bad air quality by getting Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to commit to a three-month actio ...More

In Mumbai’s fight against air pollution, environmentalists and scientists are of the opinion that data released by the Maharashtra government bodies is not specific enough to denote how ‘good’ or ‘bad ...More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has issued directions to all 11 deputy commissioners to carry out surprise checks and regular inspections in their respective areas to crack down on open burning of was ...More

COIMBATORE: Rajeshwari R, a resident of R S Puram, has been in desperate need to clear her home of her old computer monitor, tape recorders and printing machines. "Every month, several electronic item ...More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has issued directions to all 11 deputy commissioners to carry out surprise checks and regular inspections in their respective areas to crack down on open burning of was ...More

Experts say move will ease traffic but won’t check pollution Mukesh (name changed) is a hawker who sells hosiery items in Lajpat Nagar. Due to the recent orders passed by the National Green Tribunal, ...More

London was once known as “the big smoke”. Osaka, Japan, was the “smoke capital.” Los Angeles was the “smog capital of the world”. And most recently, Beijing gained notice as a major pollution capital. ...More

GHAZIABAD: The UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has conducted a study of air pollutant levels in Kaushambi following complaints by RWAs about massive environmental pollution in the area. The p ...More

For every day that the opening of Chennai metro rail is de layed, the city is paying a price - a huge price in terms of public health. While the original deadline to open the initial 10km stretch betw ...More

The Delhi government has directed the deputy commissioners of all 11 districts in the Capital to conduct surprise checks and regular inspections to crack down on garbage, plastic and leaves being burn ...More

In the backdrop of the simmering tension between the local residents of the Thakur Village in Kandivli east and owner of several factories in the area, the latter have written to the Maharashtra Pollu ...More

COIMBATORE: Rajeshwari R, a resident of R S Puram, has been in desperate need to clear her home of her old computer monitor, tape recorders and printing machines. "Every month, several electronic it ...More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has issued directions to all 11 deputy commissioners to carry out surprise checks and regular inspections in their respective areas to crack down on open burning of was ...More

People can now lodge complaints of air pollution caused by burning of garbage and leaves on the Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s WhatsApp helpline number 9717593574. Environment Minister Asim Ah ...More

LONDON: Traffic fumes, dirty air blown in from Europe and Sarahan dust are combining to coat parts of Britain in smog. The environment department says air pollution is ``high'' across much of the ...More

ALAPPUZHA: Pitching for increased use of bio-diesel and CNG and reducing in dieselconsumption, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today said it would not only benefit the cou ...More

Planting these trees around your home can help purify the air you breathe, says Hema Vijay There is a growing concern about the quality of air in our cities. Air pollution is now a major cause of dis ...More