• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

NDMC installs anti-smog gun in Connaught Place to reduce pollution

According to the statement, the anti-smog gun has a ‘throw distance’ of 100 metres with the size of water droplets ranging between 30 microns and 50 microns that could cover an area between 27,000 square metres and 37,000 square metres. With an aim to reduce the air pollution level, which increased after lockdown norms were relaxed, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Monday installed an ‘anti-smog gun’ in Central Park, Connaught Place.

• Climate Change and Green Economy

India battling heat wave, worst locust invasion in decades amid coronavirus

As if the coronavirus wasn’t sufficient, India grappled with scorching temperatures and the worst locust invasion in decades as authorities ready for the top of a monthslong lockdown regardless of recording hundreds of latest infections day by day.

• Director General Office

New global order (or disorder)

It’s for the world to come together. But it’s a time when the world is falling apart. It’s a time for global institutions to have a loud voice. But it’s a time when they are most feeble. It’s a time for cooperation and trust, so that local and global action can be decisive and meaningful. But it’s a time when partisan, divisive, and hurtful politics is ruling — across nations and within nations.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Motor vehicle sales hit a bump in Capital

Only 37,363 vehicles were registered during April-June quarter this year compared to last year’s 1,61,040 Vehicle registrations in the Capital plummeted by over 76% between April and June this year, ostensibly due to the series of national lockdowns to contain

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

To decongest busy ITO junction, traffic police seeks a detailed study from PWD Traffic unit’s deputy commissioner of police (central range)

on Tuesday wrote to PWD officials asking for a detailed study of the ITO junction and the area in a 4-5km radius around it. With an aim to decongest central Delhi’s busy ITO intersection, the traffic police has written to the public works department (PWD) to conduct a comprehensive study of the stretch and adjoining areas to assess traffic volume and accident count so that tailor-made solutions can be found.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

पराली के धुएं पर अंकुश के लिए हर दो सप्ताह में समीक्षा करेगा ईपीसीए

पराली पर अंकुश लगाने के लिए पर्यावरण प्रदूषण नियंत्रण एवं संरक्षण प्राधिकरण (ईपीसीए) अब हर दो सप्ताह में समीक्षा बैठक करेगा। इस दौरान पराली जलाने की घटनाओं पर नियंत्रण के उपायों की वस्तुस्थिति की जानकारी ली जाएगी। सर्दी के मौसम में दिल्ली-एनसीआर में वायु प्रदूषण और पराली के धुएं पर अंकुश के लिए गुरुवार को ईपीसीए की अहम बैठक हुई। इस दौरान ईपीसीए ने दिल्ली, हरियाणा, उत्तर प्रदेश, पंजाब और केंद्र सरकार के अधिकारियों के साथ प्रदूषण नियंत्रण के लिए उठाए जा रहे कदमों की समीक्षा की।

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

CPCB Proposes Stringent Fines for Noise Pollution

Incessant honking, loud construction activity, loudspeakers at odd hours – all contributors to noise pollution – could soon fall heavy on the pockets of those violating norms. The country’s pollution watchdog, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has proposed a set of fines ranging from Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 100,000 for people violating noise pollution rules, including measures for the repeat offenders.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Delhi: EPCA reviews readiness to prevent farm fires

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the crop stubble burning season, which tends to start around October 15 in parts of northern India, the Supreme Court mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Thursday held a meeting with the states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

• Industrial Pollution

With boiler blast, the Neyveli power station becomes a fiery grave

The thermal power station in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, suffered a boiler blast resulting in the death of 13 workers who were involved in a routine maintenance operation.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

बिना किसी बाध्यता के मिले प्रदूषण मुक्त आबोहवा : सुनीता नारायण

कोरोना महामारी के बीच लॉकडाउन-अनलॉक में दिल्ली का पर्यावरण ही बेहतर नहीं हुआ, बल्कि इससे भविष्य को लेकर एक उम्मीद भी जगी है। साफ हवा में हर कोई खुलकर सांस ले रहा है। आगे ऐसी ही स्थिति कैसे बनाए रखी जा सकती है और इसके लिए क्या योजनाएं बनाई जानी चाहिए, इन विषयों को लेकर नईदुनिया के सहयोगी प्रकाशन दैनिक जागरण के संजीव गुप्ता ने जानी--मानी पर्यावरणविद व सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एनवायरमेंट (सीएसई) की महानिदेशक सुनीता नारायण से लंबी बातचीत की। प्रस्तुत हैं मुख्य अंश :--

• Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy

Lockdowns have exacerbated ewaste crisis

India, with 3.2 million tonnes, was the third biggest contributor to global e-waste according to the Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report released recently.

• Environment Education

Jindal School of Environment Sustainability Partners with 20 Organizations Globally

The Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability (JSES), the newly established ninth school of O.P. Jindal Global University has forged substantive collaborations with 20 international and Indian organizations working on environmental and sustainability issues for its undergraduate students.

• Environment Education

Jindal School of Environment & Sustainability Partners with 20 Organizations Globally

Collaborations Offer Internships and Work Experience Opportunities to Jindal Students to Address Environmental Issues Sonipat, 7 July 2020: The Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability (JSES), the newly established ninth school of O.P. Jindal Global University has forged substantive collaborations with 20 international and Indian organizations working on environmental

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Traffic in Delhi contributes to highest share of toxic VOC emissions

Traffic emissions and the burning of solid fuel contribute to the highest share (80%) of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Delhi’s air, the national capital’s first-ever analysis of such compounds has revealed.

• Clean Air & Sustainable Mobility

Why e-vehicles aren’t popular in Bengaluru, and how this can change

Bengaluru is today synonymous with traffic and air pollution. Among Indian cities, Bengaluru ranked third in overall emissions and energy consumption in a recent survey by CSE (Centre for Science and Environment).

• Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy

World's e-waste 'unsustainable', says UN report citing China, India and U.S

NEW DELHI/GENEVA (Reuters) - Across the river from Delhi’s Red Fort, the grim neighbourhood of Seelampur lives off what consumers in the modern world throw away - their broken or obsolete electronic and electrical goods.