Pollution in Delhi increases with the coming of the winter season. Delhi government asks Haryana for cooperation to control the situation

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Air pollution levels in Delhi worsened on Friday morning due to unfavourable meteorological conditions — low temperature and slow wind speed — and the air quality index read 403 at 9 am, which falls in the severe category Low temperatures and slow surface winds allow accumulation of pollutants. The city’s 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) […]

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Despite constant reprimands from the Judiciary, the Centre and Delhi governments have been unable to curb air pollution. Patriot brings you all that has been said  With the coming of October, Delhi’s perennial problem of air pollution becomes a problem for everyone. This year too, from October the air quality started deteriorating and by November […]

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The air quality in the national capital remained in the very poor category with the air quality index (AQI) clocking the value of 344 at 8 am on Thursday, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed Though it remained in the very poor category, the AQI improved marginally at 344 on Thursday from its […]

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Delhi government’s blanket ban on sale and storage of firecrackers has left traders in Sadar Bazaar in a lurch. While some are looking for alternative markets, others face ruin  If the whole sale market of Old Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar is anything to go by, then this Diwali the city may be more about the lights […]

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EDMC has drawn up an action plan to combat pollution with short-term and long-term goals, the proposed project includes bio-mining of 50 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at the Ghazipur landfill dump site The ‘Pollution Mitigation Action Plan 2021-2022’ was on Monday launched by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) in the presence of its […]

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To combat air pollution in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced a 10-point “winter action plan” that focuses on dust control, using the Pusa bio-decomposer, installing smog towers and checking waste burning and vehicular emissions He also urged the neighbouring states to retrofit thermal power plants in NCR areas with new technology and […]

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Even when pollution levels were brought down because of the Covid-19 induced lockdowns, the levels of NO2 in the city’s air continued to rise at an alarming rate During lockdowns, between April 2020 and April 2021 the capital witnessed a dramatic increase of NO2 in the atmosphere, revealed a report by Greenpeace India. According to […]

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