The Government on Thursday put in place a more stringent pollution control regime for industrial areas. It came out with its revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which among others removes the distinction between residential and industrial areas by stipulating uniform air quality limits for both.

Govt Announces Revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards To Lower Emissions
Urmi A Goswami NEW DELHI

LUCKNOW: Forsake your private vehicles and go for `pool' transport. The drastic increase in vehicular pollution in residential areas of Lucknow is due to substantial increase in vehicles plying on city roads. Going for pool transport could be the contribution of Lucknowites towards saving the environmental quality.

Poornima Nataraj, Nov 5, Bangalore:

Gradual disappearance of tree canopies in Bangalore in the name of development has adversely affected the City

A team of scientists from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is monitoring air, water and soil in the areas affected by the fire that broke out in 11 IOC tanks in Jaipur in Rajasthan.

India and Sweden are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environment as Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt visits India on Thursday for the 10th India-EU summit.

The MoU will cover climate change, clean technology, clean development mechanisms, environmental protection, environmental governance and air-water quality.

NEW DELHI: Delhi government's much celebrated anti-cracker campaign which saw chief minister Sheila Dikshit exhorting Delhiites not to pollute the environment seems to have ended in a whimper this Diwali. Delhiites didn't only have a blast, but they also had a sparkling Diwali an indication that both noise and air pollution levels in certain parts of the capital exceeded expected limits.