Levels of sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide are under control across city, but very high in civil lines area.

If your car emits visible fumes, be ready to pay a penalty of Rs 2,000 — double the fine currently being imposed on such vehicles in the city.

Punjab and Haryana may have given themselves a clean chit over allegations of being directly responsible for the hazardous smog that engulfed the Delhi region, but the Centre today clearly held the

PANJIM: Except for the public sector Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, which has asked for financial support from State government, all other 15 companies, which were issued show cause notices by

PANJIM: The public sector Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd, has decided to ask the State government for funds to install online air ambient quality monitoring system, in the wake of a show cause notice issued to it by Goa State Pollution Control Board for failure to install such systems.

The sugar factory officials during their hearing before GSPCB on Wednesday said that a proposal would be put up before government seeking financial assistance for installation of the system. The factory has been given one month time to complete the installation.

PANJIM: Syngenta India Limited, Corlim, and three other steel companies have agreed to install online stack emission, effluent and ambient air quality monitoring system, bringing the total number of companies which have agreed to comply, to eight, since Monday.

While the steel production units- Shrithik Ispat, Shraddha Ispat Private Limited, and Ambey Metallic Limited have agreed to install the system and asked for four-five month time, Syngenta India Limited has sought time till August 2013 to comply.

The BMC is planning to include the radiation levels of cellphone towers in its annual environmental status report (ESR) after concerns surfaced over the impact of emissions on the health and enviro