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| Koradi resident moves MPCB over power plant pollution |
| TNN |
| The Times of India , Sunday, February 08, 2015 |
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NAGPUR: Citizens affected by air pollution of Mahagenco's power plants have finally decided to take the battle to courts. A Koradi resident, Ratnadeep Rangari, has not only filed a petition with Natio ...More
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| Ban on road parking: Lajpat Nagar Traders move NGT |
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| Business Standard , Friday, February 06, 2015 |
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Days after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned parking of cars on metalled roads, local traders here today approached the tribunal seeking permission for single lane parking till alternative park ...More
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| Concern over reports of air pollution |
| RAGHAVA M. |
| The Hindu , Friday, February 06, 2015 |
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Assistant Commissioner D.R. Ashok has urged the district administration to take serious note of a report highlighting adverse health impact on people, particularly children, due to the fly ash from th ...More
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| Air pollution on HC priority list |
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| The Indian Express , Thursday, February 05, 2015 |
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Noting that it was “unacceptable” that majority of children in Delhi were suffering from respiratory problems owing to poor ambient air quality, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it intends to ta ...More
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| Clean up capital's air |
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| The Times of India , Wednesday, February 04, 2015 |
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With air pollution dominating public discourse this winter, TOI approached the major political parties contesting Delhi assembly elections to ask them about their action plan for cleaning up Delhi's a ...More
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| Industries near Taj flout SC ban, expand |
| Jayashree Nandi |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, February 04, 2015 |
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NEW DELHI: Several glass bottle manufacturing industries operating near the Taj Mahal have allegedly expanded their capacity despite a freeze on such activity around the world heritage site since 1996 ...More
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| Autos with 2-stroke engines to blame for air pollution |
| K R Balasubramanyam |
| The Economic Times , Tuesday, February 03, 2015 |
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BENGALURU: While transport vehicles across the world are powered by the less-polluting and efficient four-stroke engines, about 39,000 autorickshaws out of the 1.37 lakh in Bengaluru still run on outd ...More
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| Cellphones fueling air pollution, global warming |
| Snehal Rebello |
| The Hindustan Times , Sunday, February 01, 2015 |
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You may not know it, but every time you use your cellphone, you are contributing to global warming.
India’s telecom network — the second-largest in the world, after the United States — is largely mad ...More
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| Toxic flows the water |
| Rasheed Kappan |
| Deccan Herald , Sunday, February 01, 2015 |
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Unchecked and unregulated, hundreds of electroplating and e-waste recycling units in the City’s industrial pockets discharge highly polluting chemicals into the water streams and lakes.
From a dist ...More
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| Asthma: The Pollution Contagion |
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| The New Indian Express , Sunday, February 01, 2015 |
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Asthma is a complex and chronic inflammatory disease of the lower airways with patients experiencing recurrent wheezing, breathlessness, tightness in the chest at night or early in the morning. It aff ...More
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| ‘Green tax’ on vehicles older than 15 yrs |
| Kritika Agrawal |
| The Times of India , Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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KANPUR: Regional Transport Office (RTO) in the city has started collection of 'green tax' from the vehicles that are 15-year-old. A total one-time tax of 10% of the tax that was paid at the time of fi ...More
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| COPD cases on rise due to pollution |
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| The Times of India , Friday, January 30, 2015 |
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VISAKHAPATNAM: Instances of chronic respiratory illnesses such as COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder) are on the rise in key AP cities, exacerbated mainly by air pollution and aided by cold ...More
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