The Noida authority has decided to seek participation of residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) and interested residents for solid waste disposal in residential areas. The authority has also decided t ...More

NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has proposed a graded action plan to maintain a check on the air pollution levels in the city. In a meeting of stakeholders organised on air ...More

The first Indian monitoring and early warning system for air pollution was launched on May 12, 2017, in the nation’s fifth most populous city, with the hope that it will reduce the health impacts and ...More

The Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Wednesday asked all departmental heads of national capital region (NCR) towns, including Noida, Ghaziabad ...More

The national capital has failed exactly where Ahmedabad is set to score — make air quality data and forecast available to the people. The Air Information and Response Plan (AIR) is based on data gene ...More

The first monitoring and early warning system in India was launched on May 12 in Ahmedabad, with the hope that it will reduce the health impacts and deaths from air pollution, a growing problem in a c ...More

India’s first text-based early warning system for air pollution that measures particulate matter less than one micron is set to become a reality in the next few months. While Ahmedabad in Gujarat beca ...More

GURUGRAM: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board(HSPCB) inspected only 32 construction sites in the past four years — on an average only eight in a year — in Gurugram, a real estate hub that witnes ...More

The National Green Tribunal today sought the response of the Centre and Haryana government on a plea seeking stay on construction activity by a developer in Gurugram on the ground that the work was be ...More

Admitting that transportation of iron ore causes air pollution, ore exporters body in Goa has suggested that smaller trucks be phased out. Iron ore is transported in open trucks, which leads to dust f ...More

GURUGRAM: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board(HSPCB) inspected only 32 construction sites in the past four years — on an average only eight in a year — in Gurugram, a real estate hub that witnes ...More

Air pollution can cause significant damage to the heart structure and function, raising the risk of cardiac diseases and death, a new study warns. “There is strong evidence that particulate matter (P ...More

In a development that has slipped under the radar amidst turbulence on the border, a draft note published by the Ministry of Environment acknowledged the rising number of deaths due to air pollution. ...More

Though the Union Environment Ministry notified the ‘graded response action plan’ to combat air pollution in Delhi-NCR over four months ago, it does not seem to have had an impact, analysis of air qual ...More

Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Rahul Bhatnagar directed the top officials of cities falling in the National Capital Region, including Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Bulandshahr, to take effective steps ...More

Apart from affecting breathing and lung function, people exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollutants for a prolonged period may also have sleep disruptions, researchers say. The findings ...More

The Gomti river in Lucknow is even more polluted than the Ganga in Varanasi, a CAG report has revealed. The CAG, which studied the pollution levels in the two cities from 2011 to 2015, said the templ ...More

Air pollution has been linked to a number health problems. By reducing air pollution levels, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says countries can reduce the burden of disease from stroke, heart dise ...More

The Gomti river in Lucknow is even more polluted than the Ganga in Varanasi, a CAG report has revealed. The CAG, which studied the pollution levels in the two cities from 2011 to 2015, said the temple ...More

San Francisco: Children and teenagers exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution may be at an increased risk of a specific DNA damage called telomere shortening, a new study warns. Young ...More