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• The Himachal Pradesh government has introduced the long-awaited

air pollution levels in Mumbai is a cause of concern if the latest statistics are anything to go by. The city has the second-highest level of pollution in the country with residents inhaling

Dietrich Schwela is an air pollution scientist at the department of protection of the human environment, Occupational and Environmental Programme, World Health Organisation WHO . He has worked extensively on the issue of air

Shankar Prasad , a doctor of medicine, is adviser to the chairperson of the California Air Resources Board on issues of community health. He is involved in developing a new set of community health initiatives to be adopted by

Thanks to mismanagement, inefficiency and corruption of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation, residents of many areas in the city are facing

The Supreme Court has issued notices to over 1000

the Saurashtra-Kachchh region of Gujarat is facing a severe water crisis. The situation is particularly acute in Rajkot, Jamnagar, Surendranagar and Amreli. Rajkot residents get water on alternate

The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, had made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the next set of standards be announced early.

Whenever the issue of urban smog due to diesel exhaust emissions is raised, auto companies vie that diesel is the answer to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), the main greenhouse gas.

The public sector giant did

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