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No Major Indian City Has Safe AQI, Not Even Once In A Decade, Finds Study
Despite cloud seeding, a push for cleaner fuels, electric buses, and countless emergency action plans, Delhi's annual average AQI still lingers around 180 in 2025
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Smog Engulfs Mumbai As Air Quality Worsens, Civic Body Plans GRAP-4 Measures
Mumbai witnessed a thick blanket of smog on Tuesday as citywide air-quality readings surged into poor and severe categories, prompting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to step up emergency measures.
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Centre's Action Plan To Curb Air Pollution In Delhi Comes Into Effect Early
The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) -- a set of emergency measures to control air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region during winter -- has come into effect earlier than the usual date of October 1, according to officials.
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Artificial Rain In Delhi On November 20-21? IIT Team's Plan To Tackle Smog
The Arvind Kejriwal government is planning a spell of artificial rain in Delhi on November 20-21 to provide relief to residents gasping due to a sharp dip in air quality over the past one week.
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Beijing Warns Of Heavy Air Pollution During Winter Olympics
Beijing warned Monday that heavy air pollution is likely during the Winter Olympics, but said emergency plans were in place to ensure the Games are not disrupted by smog.
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Ready For Steps Like Full Lockdown: Delhi To Supreme Court On Pollution
The Delhi government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it was ready to take steps like a complete lockdown to fight air pollution though it will have a limited effect, as the court asked for an emergency plan to tackle the capital's air quality c
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Arvind Kejriwal Calls Emergency Meeting Amid Alarm Over Delhi Air Quality
Minutes after the Supreme Court demanded an emergency plan on Delhi's alarming air quality from the centre, signalling the scale of the crisis, the capital city's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called an urgent meeting to discuss the situation.
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"2-Day Lockdown?": Supreme Court Asks Centre For Delhi Air Emergency Plan
With Delhi and nearby cities blanketed in smog for over a week now, the Supreme Court today told the central government to prioritise an emergency plan over long-term measures.
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Delhi Smog Hits "Emergency" Levels On Prince Charles' Visit
The national capital's notorious air pollution hit "emergency" levels again on Wednesday, coinciding with a visit by Britain's Prince Charles.
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How India's Top Anti-Pollution Plan Is Failing Children
The question all this technicality raises about GRAP is this - why is the anti-pollution system in the most polluted mega-city in the world so structured that the most vulnerable, the children, are protected only when it surpasses 'severe' levels and hits 'severe plus or emergency' range? This is over 12 times WHO's safe limit of 25 micrograms/cubi...
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No Major Indian City Has Safe AQI, Not Even Once In A Decade, Finds Study
Despite cloud seeding, a push for cleaner fuels, electric buses, and countless emergency action plans, Delhi's annual average AQI still lingers around 180 in 2025
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Smog Engulfs Mumbai As Air Quality Worsens, Civic Body Plans GRAP-4 Measures
Mumbai witnessed a thick blanket of smog on Tuesday as citywide air-quality readings surged into poor and severe categories, prompting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to step up emergency measures.
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Centre's Action Plan To Curb Air Pollution In Delhi Comes Into Effect Early
The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) -- a set of emergency measures to control air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region during winter -- has come into effect earlier than the usual date of October 1, according to officials.
-
Artificial Rain In Delhi On November 20-21? IIT Team's Plan To Tackle Smog
The Arvind Kejriwal government is planning a spell of artificial rain in Delhi on November 20-21 to provide relief to residents gasping due to a sharp dip in air quality over the past one week.
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Beijing Warns Of Heavy Air Pollution During Winter Olympics
Beijing warned Monday that heavy air pollution is likely during the Winter Olympics, but said emergency plans were in place to ensure the Games are not disrupted by smog.
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Ready For Steps Like Full Lockdown: Delhi To Supreme Court On Pollution
The Delhi government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it was ready to take steps like a complete lockdown to fight air pollution though it will have a limited effect, as the court asked for an emergency plan to tackle the capital's air quality c
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Arvind Kejriwal Calls Emergency Meeting Amid Alarm Over Delhi Air Quality
Minutes after the Supreme Court demanded an emergency plan on Delhi's alarming air quality from the centre, signalling the scale of the crisis, the capital city's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called an urgent meeting to discuss the situation.
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"2-Day Lockdown?": Supreme Court Asks Centre For Delhi Air Emergency Plan
With Delhi and nearby cities blanketed in smog for over a week now, the Supreme Court today told the central government to prioritise an emergency plan over long-term measures.
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Delhi Smog Hits "Emergency" Levels On Prince Charles' Visit
The national capital's notorious air pollution hit "emergency" levels again on Wednesday, coinciding with a visit by Britain's Prince Charles.
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How India's Top Anti-Pollution Plan Is Failing Children
The question all this technicality raises about GRAP is this - why is the anti-pollution system in the most polluted mega-city in the world so structured that the most vulnerable, the children, are protected only when it surpasses 'severe' levels and hits 'severe plus or emergency' range? This is over 12 times WHO's safe limit of 25 micrograms/cubi...
