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Govts dither as Delhi chokes on its own air |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Friday, February 20, 2015 |
In the absence of an integrated approach to deal with Delhi’s air pollution, the issue has created a lot of hot air but almost no action. The reason is simple; lack of political will as cleaning the a ...More
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INDIA'S AIR COMES UNDER US SCANNER |
CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA |
THE TIMES OF INDIA , Friday, February 20, 2015 |
WASHINGTON: Forget end use of nuclear fuel, supercomputers, and other frontier science, high-tech stuff that Washington has wanted to review in India for years. Even something as mundane as the qualit ...More
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Delhi chokes as pollution rises again |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
If you faced breathing problems on Wednesday morning, it was primarily because of the rising air pollution that has rebounded in the Capital in the last few days.
The particulate matter (PM) pollutio ...More
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Polluting coal not verygood option, say experts |
Jayashree Nandi |
The Times of India , Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: The new government cannot set up a thermal power plant in Delhi because it is already "critically polluted." The Indraprastha thermal power plant was closed in 2010 and it was decided in 20 ...More
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Delhi chokes as pollution rises again |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Thursday, February 19, 2015 |
If you faced breathing problems on Wednesday morning, it was primarily because of the rising air pollution that has rebounded in the Capital in the last few days.
The particulate matter (PM) pollutio ...More
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Now, Delhi SMEs can produce sans pollution check |
AKSHAY DESHMANE |
The Economic Times , Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has done away with mandatory consent from pollution control committee and 'trade licence' from the municipal authority for projects that fall under the category of smal ...More
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Authorities failed to reduce noise, air pollution: HC |
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The Hindu , Wednesday, February 18, 2015 |
Observing that authorities have failed to show concern needed to address the problems of high noise and air pollution in the city from past two years, the Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the S ...More
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Air pollution level in city schools ‘alarmingly high’ |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: On the new government's first day at work, Greenpeace India, an environmental NGO, released findings of its air quality monitoring survey that highlighted how poor the air is inside five pr ...More
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PCB blamed for rise in vehicular pollution |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
HYDERABAD: A recent report that conferred upon Hyderabad the dubious distinction of recording the highest level of vehicular pollution in the country has left city environmentalists alarmed.
The s ...More
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‘Air pollution in city schools alarmingly high’ |
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The Asian Age , Tuesday, February 17, 2015 |
A detailed air-quality survey by Greenpeace inside five prominent schools across the city showed alarmingly high pollution levels. The survey inside these schools found the PM2.5 levels to be 4 times ...More
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A smoking stack and a lady |
L.J. Singh |
The Tribune , Monday, February 16, 2015 |
The US regulations governing air and water pollution are very stringent, perhaps more so for foreign ships, especially those flying the flags of developing countries like ours. There is a sort of impr ...More
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Straw in the wind |
Sunita Narain |
Business Standard , Monday, February 16, 2015 |
What does the decision to save groundwater in Punjab orHaryana have to do with air pollution in Delhi? Plenty. We need to know this because many actions have unintended and deadly consequences.
Gro ...More
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Centre to launch air pollution app |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Monday, February 16, 2015 |
The Capital is set to get the country’s first mobile app designed to monitor air pollution in the city on real-time basis. The app, also the first to be launched by the Centre, goes live on Tuesday an ...More
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Alarming Air Pollution is what Kejriwal must fight |
Sanjoy Narayan |
The Hindustan Times , Sunday, February 15, 2015 |
Last Tuesday, even as the votes were being counted in Delhi’s elections and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was blowing up its two rivals into smithereens, fragments of a different sort — minute ones, a ...More
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