TRICHY: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will set up temporary Ambient Air Quality Stations at three places in the city to monitor pollution levels during Diwali.

KOLKATA: Environmentalists fear the ostensible flip-flop by West Bengal Pollution Control Board over permissible noise level of firecrackers this year will make the din unbearable on Kali Puja and

Diwali is a week away but the capital's air quality has already plunged to "very poor" levels, breaching the hazardous "red zone" on Sunday for the first time this season - a level, if sustained fo

With every Diwali witnessing a rise in asthmatics and concerns raised about both noise and air pollutiom due to the use of crackers, the PPCB teams have the job to monitor the city for pollution an

Shoppers throng markets to buy firecrackers as authorities struggle to implement ban on highly polluting crackers; govt. says public cooperation is needed

KOLHAPUR: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) found that four series firecrackers were breaking the noise level norms and the violation was bigger when the firecrackers were tested at th

Brushing aside reports of the state pollution board granting clearance to 'chocolate bomb' and 'dodoma', environment minister Sovan Chatterjee on Thursday made it clear the government was not at al

This year, we can expect a less noisy Diwali. For the first time in many years, firecrackers which will be sold in the city, are within the permissible sound limit.

MUMBAI: For the first time ever, firecrackers were well within the permissible noise limit of 125 dB. A few years ago all fire-crackers would be beyond the noise limit.

CHANDIGARH: With an aim to promote cracker-free Diwali, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee and Yuvsatta launched a "Go Green Diwali Campaign" in city schools.