NEW DELHI: Monday was the capital’s cleanest day ever with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) being recorded at just 41. This was the lowest-ever reading since Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) started measuring AQI in April 2015.
The year 2018 did not record any “good” air day as well. In 2019, two consecutive ‘days were recorded on August 18 and 19, with AQI readings of 49 on both of those days.
In the 2016 documentary "River Blue," which explores the fashion industry's role in destroying the world's waterways, Indian environmentalist Sunita Narain used the term "hydrocide" to describe the harm that humans cause to waterways through industrialization. "In Bangladesh, the Buriganga river is polluted daily by toxic leather tanneries, while, in Indonesia, the Citarum River is home to some 2,000 textile factories, dumping waste and effluent into the unregulated waters," Narain says in the documentary. "Fashion industry hydrocide is driving water scarcity around the globe."
Having set a four-year time-frame to achieve the target of 25 per cent electrification of new vehicle fleet in Delhi, the Arvind Kejriwal government may have just bitten off more than it can chew.
New research report on Painting Tools market, which is a detailed analysis of this business space inclusive of the trends, competitive landscape, and the market size. Encompassing one or more parameters among product analysis,
Last time when Jhelum went berserk and flooded major parts of the Valley, especially South Asia’s second oldest city, Srinagar, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) blamed a combination of intense rain, mismanagement, unplanned urbanization and a lack of preparedness for it. Six years later, Kashmir’s flood defense system continues to be an enigma.
The ministry has sought further extension of deadline as it is difficult to source flue gas desulphurization systems, which help control SO2 emissions from thermal power plants
Mumbai is yet to get its first operational debris recycling unit three years after the municipal corporation first proposed its inception, a report published on Wednesday by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Delhi, stated. Mumbai is among 40 cities across the country that is set to get the recycling units.
The Municipal Corporation of Gururgam (MCG) has collected close to 1.25 lakh tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste from across the city so far this year, to be processed at its treatment plant in Basai. The corporation has also collected Rs 40 lakh in fines for violations of the Centre’s Construction & Demolition Waste Management Rules this year, up from Rs 20 lakh collected in 2019.
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A significant proportion of the waste can be brought back to construction In a country where recycling is almost second nature, the findings of a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is revealing.
An analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment, an environmental think tank, highlighting the need potential for groundwater recharge, has found that a week-long spell of rain in the national capital that happened between August 13 and August 19, produced wastewater that is enough to meet nearly 13 per cent of the city’s daily demand of water.
With nearly six million passenger journeys daily, the Delhi Metro is the transport lifeline of Delhi and the National Capital Region. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s operations were shut on March 22.
India has among the lowest solar power prices in the world and its Paris commitments to cut emissions have been lauded. But with no plans to give up coal, the huge economy's emissions are only set to rise.
CHENNAI: India's official recycling capacity of construction and demolition (C&D) waste is a meagre 6,500 tonne per day (TPD) -- just around 1%, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The country's total C&D waste is estimated to be 150 million tonne, according to the Building Material Promotion Council (BMPTC), India