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‘Energy plants to process, manage waste’ |
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The Hindu , Sunday, October 23, 2016 |
The Delhi government has set its sights on solutions to simultaneously combat air pollution and tackle the politically-charged issue of garbage disposal.
Thousands of metric tonnes of solid waste, in ...More
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App to report air pollution |
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The Telegraph , Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
New Delhi, Oct. 21: An environmental panel set up by the Supreme Court today launched an app through which people in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh can alert city officials about garbage fire, const ...More
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Mobile app launched to fight air pollution in Delhi |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
Residents of the national capital can help fight air pollution by reporting incidences of leaf and garbage burning, and dust generated by construction activities through a new mobile application.
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Time to put an end to open burning of waste in holy city |
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The Times of India , Saturday, October 22, 2016 |
HARIDWAR: Green, clean, peaceful and pollution-free — expressions that once described the beauty of the holy city of Haridwar have today become mere words. The rising level of pollution in the temple ...More
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Air pollution claims lives, harms economy |
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THE HANS INDIA , Friday, October 21, 2016 |
A recently released report of the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has come out with some startling facts, the most important being that India lost 1.4 million lives to a ...More
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'Chances of high pollution in winters' |
Punkhuri Kapoor |
The Times of India , Friday, October 21, 2016 |
VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency might experience the worst air pollution during winter this year. A pilot study of air quality index (AQI) by the Centre For Environ ...More
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Air pollution in city may enter underground metro premises |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Friday, October 21, 2016 |
The seemingly crisp, fresh air inhaled inside the sanitised and cool environs of metro premises or air-conditioned car may actually be teeming with respirable pollutants.
Pollutants may be enterin ...More
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Beijing fails to enact smog contingency measures |
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The Hans India , Tuesday, October 18, 2016 |
Beijing: Chinese environment protection authorities said that some measures of a contingency plan to deal with smog in Beijing have not been fully implemented.
According to a statement sent by the ...More
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Beijing fails to enact smog contingency measures |
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The New Indian Express , Tuesday, October 18, 2016 |
BEIJING: Chinese environment protection authorities said that some measures of a contingency plan to deal with smog in Beijing have not been fully implemented.
According to a statement sent by the Mi ...More
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Nagpur air quality bad due to thermal power stations’ |
MankaBehl |
The Times of India , Tuesday, October 18, 2016 |
While industries, power plants, mines and vehicles are blamed for increasing exposure to air pollution, there are many lesser-known sources which are significantly poisoning the quality of air. Virend ...More
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UPPCB to monitor air, noise pollution this Diwali |
Ishita Bhatia |
The Times of India , Monday, October 17, 2016 |
Meerut: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) officials will be monitoring the air quality in the city a week before Diwali and on Diwali i.e. on October 24 and October 30, since pollution ...More
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Smoke from Bhalswa adds to Delhi’s pollution woes |
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The Hindu , Monday, October 17, 2016 |
Toxic smoke from agricultural fires in neighbouring States aggravates problem
Delhiites are in for another rough winter when it comes to air pollution, said experts as the air quality in the Capital ...More
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How goats can clean Delhi’s dirty air |
Swaminathan S AnklesariaAiyar |
The Times of India , Monday, October 17, 2016 |
Delhi’s air pollution season is starting with the burning of rice stubble by farmers on lakhs of acres after the kharif harvest. It’s politically impossible to stop a traditional practice like burning ...More
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