New Delhi: After a month in which Delhi saw its cleanest air in five years, air pollution has seen an uptick in the national capital over the past few weeks. With monsoon drawing to a close and little possibility of more rainfall this month, the air quality may deteriorate further by the end of this month, scientists at the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
A new global index showed children in Norway, South Korea and the Netherlands had the best chance at survival and wellbeing thanks to good health care, education and nutrition September 20, 2020 0 Facebook Twitter Report: Climate Disruption Threatens Health, Future of All Children Students hold banners as they attend a climate school strike in London, Britain, Feb. 14, 2020.
New Delhi: Before the pandemic, sanitation workers had been advised to carefully sift through municipal solid waste and avoid items like sanitary napkins, diapers and electronic waste that had been dumped alongside regular household garbage. These days, the focus has shifted to avoiding masks, gloves, face shields and PPE kits.
Mishra also called for plans for air pollution hotspots at a high-level task force meeting on Friday which was attended by chief secretaries of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, secretaries of different departments including ministries of environment, agriculture, road, petroleum and the Central Pollution Control Board.
At a high-level task force meeting on Friday, Mishra also called for plans for air pollution hot spots. The meeting was attended by chief secretaries of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, secretaries of different departments including ministries of environment, agriculture, road, petroleum and the Central Pollution Control Board.
New Delhi: The forest department has indefinitely postponed the meeting of Ridge Management Board (RMB) till it is reconstituted. This comes after two members had raised objection over the meeting scheduled to take place on Friday without RMB being officially reconstituted. TOI had earlier reported that both the members had opted out of the meeting. Officials said 14 important issues, including construction of Phase-IV Metro line and skill centre in Jaunapur, would be taken up in the meeting.
The resumption of Metro services brings back a sense of normalcy for students and office-goers The moment Rashmi S. saw him on Platform No.3 of Delhi’s Rajiv Chowk Metro station, she ran to hug him. The college sweethearts were meeting after six months of seeing each other only on WhatsApp video calls. “It was weird, like good weird…going beyond the colony after so long," laughs Rashmi, who doesn’t wish to share her surname since she had told the family she was stepping out at 8.30am on 13 September to meet her tutor.
Ahead of October when the pollution levels see a steep rise in the city, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution control board (UPPCB) has recommended several preemptive pollution control measures to the Noida Authority.
Sixty-five per cent of the coal-fired power plants in India may not be able to comply with emission norms, as notified by the Union Environment ministry, even by the extended deadline of 2022, an environment think tank said on Friday
नयी दिल्ली, 18 सितंबर (भाषा) पर्यावरण पर काम करने वाली अग्रणी शोध संस्था सीएसई ने कहा है कि भारत में कोयला आधारित 65 प्रतिशत बिजली संयंत्र समय सीमा 2022 किए जाने के बावजूद केंद्रीय पर्यावरण मंत्रालय द्वारा अधिसूचित उत्सर्जन मानकों का पालन करने में सक्षम नहीं हैं। सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड इनवॉयरमेंट (सीएसई) ने अपने ताजा मूल्यांकन में कहा है कि देश में बहुत सारे कोयला आधारित ऊर्जा संयंत्र समय सीमा तक मानकों को पूरा करने के लिहाज से काफी पीछे हैं । केंद्रीय पर्यावरण, वन और जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय ने कोयला आधारित बिजली संयंत्रों में चार प्रदूषकों-अति सूक्ष्म
Sixty-five per cent of the coal-fired power plants in India may not be able to comply with emission norms, as notified by the Union Environment ministry, even by the extended deadline of 2022, an environment think tank said on Friday. In its latest assessment, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said a large number of coal-fired power plants in India continue to be “lax” and “laid back” when it comes to getting ready to meet the deadline.
In its latest assessment, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said a large number of coal-fired power plants in India continue to be "lax" and "laid back" when it comes to getting ready to meet the deadline
The Faridabad police on Friday arrested 10 people for allegedly digging borewells illegally, supplying overpriced drinking water via water tankers across the city. However, they later got bail