Dust billows as a worker grinds the concrete divider of an under-construction flyover as vehicle drive through a smog covered Capital (AFP)

Delhi's air quality once again fell to the 'very poor' category for the third day with authorities getting all set for the coming days.

After a brief respite with relatively clean air over the last two days, city's air quality slipped to "very poor" zone on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Fortis Memorial Research Institute (Gurgaon) charged the family of a seven-year-old dengue patient almost Rs 16 lakh for 15 days in the ICU, but the girl died while being shifted from Fo

NEW DELHI: If your vehicle is due for a pollution check and you haven't got the pollution under control certificate (PUCC) yet, expect to get an SMS reminder from the transport department soon.

Vehicular emission contributes to 20 per cent of the city’s air pollution

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/11/2017 regarding ban on use of furnace oil and pet coke in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan. Apex Court notes that pollution caused by pet coke and furnace oil is not a problem confined only to the NCR region but appears to be a problem faced by almost all the States and Union Territories in the country.

A bench, headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar, said, “Any institution which does not comply, has to pay an environmental compensation of Rs. 5 lakh."

The court noted that Rs 700 crore was collected as “green cess”, of which, as per rules, 25 per cent was provided to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 16/11/2017 regarding air pollution due to burning of agricultural residues. NGT directs NTPC to file complete details of its total demand of coal and how much agricultural residue either in the form of pellet or otherwise it can use, if not purely at least mixed with coal, in all the coal based Thermal Power Houses in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

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