SHILLONG: The level of air pollution where people smoke in hospitality sites in Shillong is 20 times higher than the World Health Organisation (WHO) air quality guideline.

This has been revealed in a survey on Air Quality Monitoring conducted by the Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya (VHAM) at the initiative of the Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI).

SHILLONG, Nov 20: Shillong

Transport minister R Ashok, on Thursday, said all new autorickshaws registering in the City will be environment-friendly (green).

Installing environment-friendly engine run on LPG and tamper-proof electronic metres and sporting green colour are mandatory for new autos, he added.

New emission norms are all very well; just how will they be enforced?

Calcutta began the week as a polluted city but will end it as a critically polluted city.

The new standards for air quality announced by the environment ministry on Wednesday have pushed Calcutta firmly into the hall of shame, with the toxic count of at least two major pollutants being 1.5 times higher than the permissible limit.

New Delhi: Fifteen years after they were first notified, the environment ministry on Wednesday released new and tougher air quality norms under which residential and industrial areas will have the same standards.

Rich Countries Demand One Binding Commitment For All

Leave aside a binding agreement on climate change, the 190-country Copenhagen conference on December 7 is unlikely to throw up even a political statement of high-sounding sentiments on the need to save the planet

The city

New Delhi, Nov. 18: India has revised standards for air quality for the first time in 15 years in a move that environmental experts say will overnight tar more cities and localities across the country as polluted beyond limits.

The Centre on Wednesday announced that both industrial and residential areas will not have different standards for air quality norms. In a major move to bring down the air pollution levels, the Centre unveiled tougher new air quality norms. The revised guidelines have added five more hazardous chemicals in the list of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for monitoring.