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As Delhi Chokes, MPs Scrap Air Crisis Debate Over Bad 'Atmosphere': Sources
India's lawmakers were supposed to discuss the horrid blanket of toxic air smothering the national capital region sometime during Parliament's winter session, which wrapped up Friday. But they could not find the time.
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What Makes Delhi Wait? Mumbai Enforces GRAP-4 With Air Quality Half As Bad
Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has halted construction and dust-generating activities.
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Clean Air Funds Worth Rs 29 Crore Left Unspent By Delhi Civic Body: RTI
Even as Delhi continues to choke on hazardous air, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has left more than Rs 28.77 crore of its National Clean Air Programme funds unspent over the past two years, according to an RTI reply.
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Delhi's Air Quality Improving, No Stage 3 Curbs For Now: Air Quality Body
The air quality in Delhi showed a slight improvement on Sunday, prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management's (CAQM) to decide against invoking stricter curbs under Stage 3 for now.
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'Clean Air Zone' Trial To Be Launched In Delhi's Nehru Park
In a step towards exploring science-driven solutions for cleaning Delhi's air, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa and PWD Minister and area MLA Parvesh Verma visited Nehru Park to review the feasibility of creating a pilot Clean Air Zone.
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Bali-Delhi Air India Flight Diverted To Varanasi Due To Bad Weather
An Air India flight from Bali to Delhi was diverted to Varanasi's Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport due to bad weather in the national capital, an official said on Wednesday.
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Cloud Seeding Not Feasible: Pollution Control Board Amid Delhi's Smog Crisis
The Central Pollution Control Board has said feasibility of cloud seeding as an emergency measure to battle winter pollution in northern India will be limited, citing insufficient moisture, reliance on pre-existing clouds, an RTI query has revealed.
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Opinion | Delhi's Air Pollution Situation Is Like A Bad Marriage
On a good day, such as today, the AQI reading in Delhi is 407. We are jubilant at the sickly sunshine trickling through the slightly dissipated smog. At least its not 1600.
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Delhi Tops Polluted City List As Air Quality Crisis Persists In North India
Delhi emerged as the most polluted city in India, recording an average PM2.5 level of 243.3 micrograms per cubic metre air, with pollution surging by 19.5 per cent in week-on-week increase, according to a report released on Thursday.
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Delhi Chokes, Supreme Court Flags "Wrong Approach" In Enforcing GRAP Curbs
As Delhi's air quality plunged to the 'severe-plus' category this morning, the Supreme Court today pulled up authorities over the delay in implementing tough restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle the bad air days
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Exclusive: As Delhi Air Worsens, Punjab Farmers Say Stubble Burning Only Option
Delhi's bad air days are back and the stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, primarily blamed for the choking air in the national capital, is under the scanner again
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Air Half As Bad As Delhi, But Mumbai Gets Special Respiratory ICU
The situation in Mumbai is so bad that not only was it among the world's most polluted cities on Sunday, but a hospital had to also set up a special Intensive Respiratory Care Unit to attend to patients with respiratory issues.
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Opinion: It Is Delhi's Annual Pollution Season - Who Can Stop This?
Delhi is choking once again. Thick, toxic smog has engulfed the national capital and its surrounding areas, making Delhi the most polluted place in the world.
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Analysis: 'Severe' Air Quality In Delhi; How Bad Is It In Other Cities?
A thick blanket of toxic haze enveloped Delhi for the second consecutive day as the air quality deteriorated to the "severe plus" category today, prompting the AAP-led Delhi government to shut primary schools for two days.
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Fewer Punjab Farm Fires This Year, But NASA Scientist Has A Warning
Winter is approaching, so is bad air quality in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). Crop-residue or stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana are likely to add to the city worsening air quality index, or AQI.
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As Delhi Chokes, MPs Scrap Air Crisis Debate Over Bad 'Atmosphere': Sources
India's lawmakers were supposed to discuss the horrid blanket of toxic air smothering the national capital region sometime during Parliament's winter session, which wrapped up Friday. But they could not find the time.
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What Makes Delhi Wait? Mumbai Enforces GRAP-4 With Air Quality Half As Bad
Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), has halted construction and dust-generating activities.
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Clean Air Funds Worth Rs 29 Crore Left Unspent By Delhi Civic Body: RTI
Even as Delhi continues to choke on hazardous air, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has left more than Rs 28.77 crore of its National Clean Air Programme funds unspent over the past two years, according to an RTI reply.
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Delhi's Air Quality Improving, No Stage 3 Curbs For Now: Air Quality Body
The air quality in Delhi showed a slight improvement on Sunday, prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management's (CAQM) to decide against invoking stricter curbs under Stage 3 for now.
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'Clean Air Zone' Trial To Be Launched In Delhi's Nehru Park
In a step towards exploring science-driven solutions for cleaning Delhi's air, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa and PWD Minister and area MLA Parvesh Verma visited Nehru Park to review the feasibility of creating a pilot Clean Air Zone.
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Bali-Delhi Air India Flight Diverted To Varanasi Due To Bad Weather
An Air India flight from Bali to Delhi was diverted to Varanasi's Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport due to bad weather in the national capital, an official said on Wednesday.
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Cloud Seeding Not Feasible: Pollution Control Board Amid Delhi's Smog Crisis
The Central Pollution Control Board has said feasibility of cloud seeding as an emergency measure to battle winter pollution in northern India will be limited, citing insufficient moisture, reliance on pre-existing clouds, an RTI query has revealed.
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Opinion | Delhi's Air Pollution Situation Is Like A Bad Marriage
On a good day, such as today, the AQI reading in Delhi is 407. We are jubilant at the sickly sunshine trickling through the slightly dissipated smog. At least its not 1600.
-
Delhi Tops Polluted City List As Air Quality Crisis Persists In North India
Delhi emerged as the most polluted city in India, recording an average PM2.5 level of 243.3 micrograms per cubic metre air, with pollution surging by 19.5 per cent in week-on-week increase, according to a report released on Thursday.
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Delhi Chokes, Supreme Court Flags "Wrong Approach" In Enforcing GRAP Curbs
As Delhi's air quality plunged to the 'severe-plus' category this morning, the Supreme Court today pulled up authorities over the delay in implementing tough restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle the bad air days
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Exclusive: As Delhi Air Worsens, Punjab Farmers Say Stubble Burning Only Option
Delhi's bad air days are back and the stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, primarily blamed for the choking air in the national capital, is under the scanner again
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Air Half As Bad As Delhi, But Mumbai Gets Special Respiratory ICU
The situation in Mumbai is so bad that not only was it among the world's most polluted cities on Sunday, but a hospital had to also set up a special Intensive Respiratory Care Unit to attend to patients with respiratory issues.
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Opinion: It Is Delhi's Annual Pollution Season - Who Can Stop This?
Delhi is choking once again. Thick, toxic smog has engulfed the national capital and its surrounding areas, making Delhi the most polluted place in the world.
-
Analysis: 'Severe' Air Quality In Delhi; How Bad Is It In Other Cities?
A thick blanket of toxic haze enveloped Delhi for the second consecutive day as the air quality deteriorated to the "severe plus" category today, prompting the AAP-led Delhi government to shut primary schools for two days.
-
Fewer Punjab Farm Fires This Year, But NASA Scientist Has A Warning
Winter is approaching, so is bad air quality in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). Crop-residue or stubble burning in neighbouring Punjab and Haryana are likely to add to the city worsening air quality index, or AQI.
