The government has decided to set up 20 new air quality monitoring stations this year before winter when the air quality deteriorates significantly owing to multiple reasons.

Asthma, chornic bronchitis patients to get SMS alerts.

एकसमान नीति से जारी होंगे प्रदूषण जांच प्रमाण पत्रएकसमान नीति से जारी होंगे प्रदूषण जांच प्रमाण पत्र

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air Quality, 07/02/2017. Central Pollution Control Board monitors the ambient air quality at 680 monitoring stations located in 300 cities/towns covering 29 states and 6 union territories across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). Under NAMP, three air pollutants viz.,

In the 46,208 square kilometre area that forms the Delhi-NCR, there are only 51 air quality monitoring stations.

Worried about the capital's high level of air pollution, the Supreme Court has directed the Environment Pollution Control Authority to inspect all 962 cent res which issue pollutionunder-control ce

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 17/01/2017. One of the issues raised in the Order deals with high sulphur content in pet coke and furnace oil and their utilization in industries in the NCR thereby causing immense air pollution. Solicitor General informed the Court that action has been taken in this regard and necessary discussions with the stakeholders will take place based on the response received from various institutions, such as CSIR, TERI, NPL, CPCB and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Noise and Air pollution due to bursting of fire crackers during Deepawali is well known. It is, therefore, necessary to conduct ambient noise and air monitoring during this festival to understand the level of pollution and correlate with the effectiveness of pollution abatement measures.

China's courts will widen the range of offences that constitute "environmental crimes" to make it easier to take legal action against polluters, a senior judiciary official told a news briefing on

BEIJING - China will set up 126 monitoring sites nationwide to study the effect of air pollution on health.

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