Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding bad odour emanating from the STP, Kondli, Delhi, 04/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of RWA Society Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 04/07/2019 regarding bad odour from the STP, Kondli in Delhi as the STP is not operated as per norms. The sludge is not being cleaned which is resulting in air pollution.

Judgement Date: 
04/07/2019
Tags:
Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Air Pollution
Transport

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Enhancing Walkability in Delhi for Pedestrians, 03/07/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Enhancing Walkability in Delhi for Pedestrians, 03/07/2019.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2019
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Pedestrians, Walking, Delhi, Parliament
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal discharge of effluents and causing of air pollution by industrial units, village Jindpur, Alipur, Delhi, 02/07/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Deepak Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 02/07/2019 regarding illegal discharge of effluents and causing of air pollution by industrial and other units in Village Jindpur, Alipur Division, G.T. Road, Delhi. A pond has been also been encroached upon.

Judgement Date: 
02/07/2019
Tags:
Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Land Encroachments, Delhi, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Compensation
Transport

Special report seeking urgent intervention on augmentation of public transport, including approval for phase IV of Delhi Metro and advancement in schedule for additional buses

It is clear that without an augmented public transport system, Delhi and other cities of India will not be able to combat toxic air pollution. It is also clear that currently our public transport infrastructure is grossly inadequate. Cities like Beijing, for instance, have 107 buses per lakh people. Delhi has 17 buses per lakh people.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2019
Environment Pollution(Prevention and Control) Authority for NCR (EPCA)
Tags:
Public Transport, Air Pollution, Delhi, Buses, Metro
Air Pollution

Bad air: Mumbai risks going the Delhi way, warn experts

Concentration of fine pollutants found to be way beyond permissible limit

Publication Date: 
01/07/2019
Jyoti Shelar
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Air Pollution, Mumbai, Delhi, PM 2.5, Air Quality Standards
Air Pollution

17 days in June recorded ‘high’ dust pollution in Delhi

Spot checks across Delhi reveal CPCB norms being flouted by govt. agencies; dust control measures not being enforced

Publication Date: 
01/07/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Air Pollution

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in Delhi, 01/07/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in Delhi, 01/07/2019. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January 2019 to tackle the problem of air pollution in a comprehensive manner with targets to achieve 20 to 30 % reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations by 2024.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2019
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Parliament
Solid Waste

DPCC issues closure notices to 12 hospitals for violating norms

Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has issued closure notices to 12 hospitals, directing them to shut down operations in seven days for violating biomedical waste norms.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Hospital Waste, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Waste Management, Solid Waste
Air Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rise in Ozone Levels, 28/06/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rise in Ozone Levels, 28/06/2019. The monitoring data of ozone in Delhi-NCR is regularly displayed on Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) website on real time basis.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Ozone, Delhi, Faridabad (D), Gurgaon, Noida, Ghaziabad (D), Parliament
Air Pollution

Health impacts of air pollution from transportation sources in Delhi

A new study provides a detailed picture of the health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles, on-road non-diesel vehicles, shipping, and non-road mobile sources such as agricultural and construction equipment.

Publication Date: 
27/06/2019
Josh Miller, Anup Bandivadekar, Bharadwaj Sathiamoorthy
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Delhi

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