On August 24, five months after Cubbon Park was made traffic-free, the Horticulture Department said that traffic would be allowed here again. This was despite BBMP passing the traffic-free Cubbon Park proposal on June 30 and the impassioned appeals of citizen groups like Heritage Beku.
The 2014 floods in Kashmir were caused by a combination of intense rain, mismanagement and lack of preparedness: CSE
नई दिल्ली [संजीव गुप्ता]। देश भर में हो रही झमाझम बारिश ने उमस भरी गर्मी से ही राहत नहीं दी बल्कि वायु प्रदूषण काे भी घुटनों पर ला दिया है। यही वजह है कि 110 शहरों के लोग इस समय प्रदूषण मुक्त हवा में सांस ले रहे हैं। वाराणसी और तालचेर (ओड़िशा) का एयर इंडेक्स अपेक्षाकृत थोड़ा अधिक है। लॉकडाउन के बाद इस अनलॉक में भी देश भर में लगातार प्रदूषण मुक्त हवा चल रही है। दिल्ली, हरियाणा, पंजाब, चंडीगढ़, महाराष्ट्र, हिमाचल प्रदेश, मध्य प्रदेश, राजस्थान, गुजरात, महाराष्ट्र, उत्तर प्रदेश (वाराणसी को छाेड़कर) कहीं की भी हवा फिलहाल खराब नहीं है।
नई दिल्ली [संजीव गुप्ता]। वायु प्रदूषण के लिहाज से दिल्ली में हॉटस्पॉट की संख्या 13 से बढ़कर 18 हो गई है। बुधवार को पर्यावरण प्रदूषण नियंत्रण एवं संरक्षण प्राधिकरण (ईपीसीए) की बैठक में दिल्ली के प्रदूषण हॉटस्पॉट की स्थिति पर हुई चर्चा के दौरान यह तथ्य रखा गया कि प्रदूषण हॉटस्पॉट की सूची में गांधीनगर, पीरागढ़ी, पंजाबी बाग, आजादपुर मंडी, रोहतक रोड और सराय रोहिल्ला के नाम जुड़ गए हैं। बैठक में ईपीसीए अध्यक्ष भूरेलाल, सदस्य सुनीता नारायण, दिल्ली प्रदूषण नियंत्रण समिति (डीपीसीसी) के सदस्य सचिव अरुण मिश्रा सहित स्थानीय निकायों के प्रतिनिधि भी मौैजूद रहे।
Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has identified five high-polluting areas in Delhi-NCR, which are adjacent to existing pollution hotspots. These include Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, Peeragarhi, Rohtak Road, Azadpur and Sarai Rohilla.
ABP News : CSE Spoke Person : Anumita RoyChowdhary Program Name - News 02-Sep-2020 - 09:21:10 Anumita RoyChowdhary speaking over Air Quality In Delhi.
India Today : CSE Spoke Person : Anumita RoyChowdhary Program Name - News 02-Sep-2020 - 06:55:04 Anumita RoyChowdhary Talk On Air Quality In Delhi
New Delhi, Sept 2 (PTI) Five highly polluted areas have been identified in the national capital in addition to the existing 13 pollution hotspots in the city, according to the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority.
Under the programme, officials are being trained how to make PMAPs for different localities in a way that they meet parking requirement of those neighbourhoods. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has started training its officials, mostly engineers, on the modalities of parking management area plans (PMAP) and how to implement them in neighbourhoods as part of the new parking policy.
On Monday, the national capital saw the cleanest day in five years. The overall air quality recorded in Delhi was just 41. This was the lowest-ever reading since the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) started measuring AQI in April 2015.
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.