NGT directs govt to come up with solutions to stop stubble burning.

No quick-fix measures can clear the smog that builds up every year in October/November. A well-thought-out strategy, coupled with sincerity of purpose and clarity of agenda, is the only solution.

According to the Central Pollution Control Board, average Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi-NCR at 5 p.m. on Sunday was 292 compared with 298 on Saturday, both considered "poor".

On Tuesday, 862 field fire incidents were detected by remote sensing satellite.

EPCA observed that stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana is a contributory factor but not the only problem during winter.

The toxic levels of air pollution in and around Delhi is creating quite a menace.

NEW DELHI: Every smog episode in Delhi is invariably blamed on crop stubble burning by farmers in the neighbouring states.

With Delhi's air quality touching the 'severe plus' level today, Union Minister of State for Environment Mahesh Sharma called for public participation in tackling the situation and said politics sh

Attributes shallow smog to 2 factors: meteorological and local pollution; adds that conditions likely to persist

The bioethanol plant, which was scheduled to be set up at Nasibpura village in Talwandi Sabo to solve the issue of paddy stubble burning and the pollution caused due to it, is yet to come up.