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Air Pollution

Worlds cleanest petrol, diesel now in Delhi

Worlds cleanest petrol and diesel are now being supplied in Delhi after state-owned oil firms advanced rollout of Euro-VI grade fuel by two years in a bid to combat alarming levels of air pollution

Publication Date: 
02/04/2018
India Today (New Delhi)
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Delhi, Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Diesel, Euro VI, Noida, Ghaziabad (T), Gurgaon, Faridabad (T), Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore
Natural Disasters

Two Hundred Eighth Report on Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/Observations Contained in the One Hundred Ninety Eighth Report on Disaster in Chennai Caused by Torrential Rainfall and Consequent Flooding

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, present this Two Hundred Eighth Report on Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/Observations Contained in the One Hundred Ninety Eighth Report on Disaster in Chennai Caused by Torrential Rainfall and Consequent Flooding.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2018
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
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Chennai, Rainfall, Floods, India, Parliament
Forests

Chennai’s green cover shrinking, needs structural plan, finds report

Chennai already has the dubious distinction of having the lowest green cover among all the metropolitan cities in the country and the gap seems to be only widening.

Publication Date: 
04/02/2018
New Indian Express (Chennai)
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Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Forests, Forest Policy, Adyar
Forests

Chennai’s green cover shrinking, needs structural plan, finds report

Chennai already has the dubious distinction of having the lowest green cover among all the metropolitan cities in the country and the gap seems to be only widening.

Publication Date: 
04/02/2018
New Indian Express (Chennai)
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Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Forests, Forest Policy, Adyar
Health

Dengue spread: Health department brainstorms hospitals, doctors

CHENNAI: With increase in the number of fever cases, including dengue, across the state, the public health department has organised a brainstorming session with private hospitals and doctors to pre

Publication Date: 
27/09/2017
Times Of India (Chennai)
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Tamil Nadu, Dengue, Vector Borne Diseases, Chennai, Halth Effects, Health
Air Pollution

World Environment Day: UberPool curbed 2,203,000 kg CO2 emissions in Delhi

As part of its contribution to World Environment Day, ride-hailing app Uber has released a ‘Green Index’, which showed that with the launch of uberPOOL, it has effectively managed to reduce congest

Publication Date: 
06/06/2017
Business Standard (New Delhi)
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Delhi, Air Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Vehicular Pollution, Mumbai, Chennai, Cars
Environment

Status of ambient noise level in India – 2015

As per section 5.2.8 (IV) of National Environment Policy (NEP) - 2006, Ambient Noise is included as environmental quality parameter and is being monitored in specific urban areas regularly.

Publication Date: 
02/12/2016
Central Pollution Control Board
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Noise Pollution, Noise Pollution Control, Noise Rules 2000, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Health Effects, Air Act 1981
Climate Change

Explaining extreme events of 2015: From a climate perspective

This special report in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society presents assessments of how climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events. 

Publication Date: 
01/12/2016
American Meteorological Society
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Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, Forest Fires, Global Warming, Rainfall Pattern, Chennai, Pakistan, India, Droughts, Heat Waves, Indonesia, North Pacific Ocean, Nigeria, Egypt, Climate Impacts
Natural Disasters

Transforming Chennai: building micro, small, and medium enterprise resilience to water-related environmental change

Transforming Chennai analyses how urban planning and the business climate shaped micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) resilience to the effects of the December 2015 floods in Chennai, India. The core of this study is the primary research conducted with thirty-five MSMEs and two large corporations.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2016
Mercy Corps
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Floods, Urban Planning, Disaster Management, Chennai, Urbanisation, Infrastructure Development, Industry, Environment
Natural Disasters

One Hundred and Ninety Eighth Report on Disaster in Chennai caused by torrential rainfall and consequent flooding in the country

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, present this One Hundred and Ninety Eighth Report on 'Disaster in Chennai caused by torrential rainfall and consequent flooding in the Country'.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2016
Rajya Sabha Secretariat
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Rainfall, Floods, Chennai, Natural Disasters, India, Parliament, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Management

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