Pollution Delhi

People can resolve or get their fines, including those for commercial vehicles and offences like running a red light, lacking a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate and speeding, waived.

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena wrote to CM Arvind Kejriwal over Delhi getting the tag of the most polluted capital city in the world, calling it a matter of "national shame" and a health emergency like situation warranting serious pondering.

Bihar's Begusarai emerged as the world's most polluted metropolitan area while Delhi was identified as the capital city with the poorest air quality, according to a new report.

Rain lashed parts of the national capital on Saturday, bringing down the pollution levels in the city.

Delhi recorded the best February air quality in nine years, with the air quality index remaining below 200 on most days, data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed.

The Centre on Tuesday decided to withdraw all measures prescribed under its air pollution control plan for Delhi-NCR in view of sustained improvements in air quality in the region.

Forests are "Delhi's green lungs" and the only saviour from pollution and they should be "restored", the Delhi High Court said while expressing concern over unauthorised constructions, including encroachments in the name of religious structures.

The Centre on Monday refrained from implementing stricter measures to curb pollution in Delhi-NCR, even though air quality in the region is predicted to turn 'severe' on January 30.

The ongoing preventive or restrictive actions implemented under Stage I and Stage II of GRAP will continue.

Delhi's average air quality index (AQI) breached 400-mark on Wednesday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Saroj, a 55-year-old construction worker residing near the Bakkarwala landfill site, embodies the challenges faced by informal sector workers amid the escalating air pollution crisis in Delhi.

The Centre today mandated the enforcement of anti-pollution measures classified under Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across Delhi-NCR with immediate effect with immediate effect.

Byrnihat in Meghalaya topped the list of the most polluted cities in India in 2023, closely followed by Begusarai in Bihar and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, according to a report released on Wednesday.

With the ruling AAP government coming in the line of Opposition fire amid runaway pollution in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday said he has ordered the resumption of the functioning of the city's only smog tower.

The Delhi government is exploring the use of bio enzymes to address the issue of air pollution with a pilot project conducted in Rohini and Wazirpur showing a reduction in particulate matter pollution by 30 to 55 per cent.

People can resolve or get their fines, including those for commercial vehicles and offences like running a red light, lacking a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate and speeding, waived.

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena wrote to CM Arvind Kejriwal over Delhi getting the tag of the most polluted capital city in the world, calling it a matter of "national shame" and a health emergency like situation warranting serious pondering.

Bihar's Begusarai emerged as the world's most polluted metropolitan area while Delhi was identified as the capital city with the poorest air quality, according to a new report.

Rain lashed parts of the national capital on Saturday, bringing down the pollution levels in the city.

Delhi recorded the best February air quality in nine years, with the air quality index remaining below 200 on most days, data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) showed.

The Centre on Tuesday decided to withdraw all measures prescribed under its air pollution control plan for Delhi-NCR in view of sustained improvements in air quality in the region.

Forests are "Delhi's green lungs" and the only saviour from pollution and they should be "restored", the Delhi High Court said while expressing concern over unauthorised constructions, including encroachments in the name of religious structures.

The Centre on Monday refrained from implementing stricter measures to curb pollution in Delhi-NCR, even though air quality in the region is predicted to turn 'severe' on January 30.

The ongoing preventive or restrictive actions implemented under Stage I and Stage II of GRAP will continue.

Delhi's average air quality index (AQI) breached 400-mark on Wednesday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Saroj, a 55-year-old construction worker residing near the Bakkarwala landfill site, embodies the challenges faced by informal sector workers amid the escalating air pollution crisis in Delhi.

The Centre today mandated the enforcement of anti-pollution measures classified under Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across Delhi-NCR with immediate effect with immediate effect.

Byrnihat in Meghalaya topped the list of the most polluted cities in India in 2023, closely followed by Begusarai in Bihar and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, according to a report released on Wednesday.

With the ruling AAP government coming in the line of Opposition fire amid runaway pollution in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday said he has ordered the resumption of the functioning of the city's only smog tower.

The Delhi government is exploring the use of bio enzymes to address the issue of air pollution with a pilot project conducted in Rohini and Wazirpur showing a reduction in particulate matter pollution by 30 to 55 per cent.