NEW DELHI: Diwali celebrations across the city this year were more quiet in comparison to last year but produced more air pollution due to weather conditions and use of more smoke-producing cracker

New Delhi: Diwali this year was quieter but left the city’s air more polluted than last year’s festival.

New Delhi: With 34 people testing positive for dengue on Wednesday, the toll touched 1,546 in the capital.

This Diwali night saw a rise in air pollution levels in some pockets of the Capital while noise levels declined compared with last year, according to an air-noise pollution assessment report released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Wednesday.

A senior CPCB official said: “The rise in air pollution can be attributed to adverse meteorological conditions -- decrease in average temperature, low wind speed, and increase in humidity -- in and around Delhi and the fact that people probably burst more smoke-producing crackers.”

Now annual income up to 1 lakh will be EWS and those between 1 lakh and 2 lakh LIG

In a far-reaching decision that would impact a large number of Economically Weaker Section and Lower Income Group households in Delhi and curb to a great deal the practice of making false income certificates, Union Minister of Housing and Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken has effected an upward revision in the income criteria for these categories.

This Diwali was quieter, but had higher pollution level, a survey by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found.

Waste-to-energy plants that are touted by the Government as the only solution to the city’s multiplying waste and shrinking waste dumps have taken away livelihood opportunities from a large number

The Delhi Government’s Health Department has engaged 3,400 domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) to exercise more effective control and better management of dengue in the Capital.

Health Minister Dr. A. K. Walia said: “The Corporations will continue to carry out domestic breeding checking throughout the year instead of the present practice of their engagement for eight months -- from April to November.”

State Health Minister A.K.

The government is mulling to direct the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to take action against grossly polluting vehicles and impose heavy fine amounting to Rs 2,000 on them, said Chief Minister

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