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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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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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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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In New Pollution Plan, Electricity Generators Banned In Delhi From Today
The AAP Government has banned use of electricity generators, except those needed for essential or emergency services, in the national capital as anti-pollution measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) come into force from Thursday in the Delhi-NCR region.
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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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Delhi Pollution: Emergency Action Plan To Curb Delhi Pollution Comes Into Effect
According to the Central Pollution Control Board, if the quality gets worse and reaches the "very poor" level, a ban is imposed on the use of diesel generator sets, coal/firewood in hotels and open eateries, parking fee increased 3-4 times, bus and metro services are increased.
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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
-
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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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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In New Pollution Plan, Electricity Generators Banned In Delhi From Today
The AAP Government has banned use of electricity generators, except those needed for essential or emergency services, in the national capital as anti-pollution measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) come into force from Thursday in the Delhi-NCR region.
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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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Delhi Pollution: Emergency Action Plan To Curb Delhi Pollution Comes Into Effect
According to the Central Pollution Control Board, if the quality gets worse and reaches the "very poor" level, a ban is imposed on the use of diesel generator sets, coal/firewood in hotels and open eateries, parking fee increased 3-4 times, bus and metro services are increased.
