LUCKNOW: The air pollution levels dropped by 23 units in Lucknow but the air quality continued to be 'very poor' on Monday.

A Central Pollution Control Board taskforce has identified 21 hotspots of high pollution levels in Delhi-NCR and directed the respective area municipal corporations to take "focussed actions" to mi

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NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal on Monday asked the Delhi government to deposit Rs 25 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for their failure to curb the problem of pollution

The green panel said there was need to assess carrying capacity of the area to allow such events in respect of number of vehicles, generation and disposal of municipal solid waste, safety hazards,

Air quality continues to a point of concern with the air quality index (AQI) on Sunday oscillating between "poor" and "very poor" levels due to local pollutants.

Unfavourable meteorological conditions that slowed down dispersion of pollutants kept Delhi's air quality in the 'very poor' category for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as a thick haze engu

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a joint committee comprising officials from the Delhi government and Centre to prepare a scrapping policy for the Capital, following reports that h

NEW DELHI: It will not only be polluters who will be sent to jail or have to pay the fine but the government agencies and officials will have have to face the same consequences if they failed to ta