The big difference between the petrol and diesel taxes has caused an increased usage of diesel run cars, the main culprit in fouling up the air

Air monitoring equipment will be set up in Maninagar

Ahmedabad: Soon, you will be able to get to know the air quality in city real time.

Mumbai To meet global standards, the Union Environment Ministry, in a move that went largely unnoticed, had reduced permissible air pollution limits last month though the earlier norms were not being met.

Now state officials say they are facing a

The state environment department has issued a set of guidelines for construction activities to combat air pollution. The rules, to be effective from January 1, 2010, will apply to all builders, contractors and infrastructure developers, in private and public sectors. Those violating the norms will be penalised.

Mumbai Even as the state takes stock of the new stringent ambient air quality standards that the Centre announced recently, levels of respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) and nitrogen oxide levels have been soaring in Mumbai since 2005 due to vehicular traffic, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials said.

;Sulagna Sengupta
KOLKATA, 25 NOV: The Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards issued by the Centre would come at a cost for the state government as they have to spend around Rs 20-22 lakh to upgrade its air monitoring units located at various places in and around the city to keep a check on the revised norms.