Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air pollution due to burning of agricultural residues, 16/11/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 16/11/2017 regarding air pollution due to burning of agricultural residues. NGT directs NTPC to file complete details of its total demand of coal and how much agricultural residue either in the form of pellet or otherwise it can use, if not purely at least mixed with coal, in all the coal based Thermal Power Houses in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
16/11/2017
Tags:
Biomass Burning, Air Pollution, Thermal Power Plants, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Waste Conversion, Crop Residues, Delhi
Environment

Taking Steps To Protect Environment Around Taj Mahal: Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh government also told the Supreme Court that it was considering a separate micro-level plan only limited to protection and preservation of the Taj Mahal

Publication Date: 
15/11/2017
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Taj Mahal, Environmental Security, Supreme Court, Sustainable Development, Environmentalists, Pollution, Deforestation, Environment
Health

The health system in India: the underserved majority

India’s national health policy was reformed this year, but lack of accessibility and out-of-pocket expenses still leave rural areas behind.

Publication Date: 
14/11/2017
Patralekha Chatterjee
Lancet
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Tags:
Health Care, India, Primary Health Care, Health Policy, Uttar Pradesh, Private Sector
Air Pollution

Greater Noida Authority launches anti-pollution drive

GREATER NOIDA: After Noida Authority penalized allottees nearly a crore of rupees in two days for flouting norms laid down by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Greater Noida Industrial Development

Publication Date: 
13/11/2017
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Air Pollution, Construction Industry, Air Pollution Control, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Industrial Pollution
Air Pollution

Agra air quality takes toxic turns

Agra: Even as neighbouring Delhi is reeling under severe smog conditions, air quality in Agra hit “hazardous” levels on Thursday morning with PM 2.5 levels rising to 467 and 73 notches above Tuesda

Publication Date: 
10/11/2017
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Air Pollution, Air Quality Index (AQI), Agra (T), PM 2.5, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Taj Mahal
Air Pollution

Ghaziabad once again India’s most polluted

GHAZIABAD: The industrial town's pollution level worsened on Thursday with the air quality index climbing to 499, the highest among 42 cities in the country.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2017
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad (T), Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, RSPM (PM 10), PM 2.5, Construction Industry
Air Pollution

Ban on sale and use of furnace oil and petroleum coke in NCR

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order of October 24, 2017 had banned the use of pet coke and furnace oil (FO) in NCR from November 1, 2017 and had asked industries to meet standards stipulated in draft notification issued by MOEF&CC by December 31, 2017.

Publication Date: 
09/11/2017
Environment Pollution(Prevention and Control) Authority for NCR (EPCA)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Supreme Court, Air Pollution Control, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Industry, Fuel Quality
Air Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deteriorating air quality of Delhi NCR, 09/11/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 09/11/2017 regarding the deteriorating air quality of Delhi NCR. National Green Tribunal in the Order said that the Judgement of the NGT dated 10th November, 2016 had "clearly postulated the steps that were required to be taken on long term and short term basis keeping in view the precautionary principle to ensure that the ill-effects and adverse impact of polluted ambient air quality in the previous year is not repeated in the year 2017.

Judgement Date: 
09/11/2017
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Urban Air Quality, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Air Pollution Control, Biomass Burning, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), PM 2.5, RSPM (PM 10), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Air Pollution

Delhi pollution: Breathing is injurious to health

MoEF secretary C K Mishra wrote to the chief secretaries of Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana — all the states EPCA had written to a day earlier — asking them to follow the steps required

Publication Date: 
09/11/2017
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Environment

300 students discuss Sustainable Development in International Summit

NOIDA: Lotus Valley International School, Noida held a three-day summit on Sustainable Development in collaboration with World Initiative To Save Environment (WISE).

Publication Date: 
09/11/2017
Times Of India (Noida)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Environmental Security, Sustainable Development, Environment Education, Industrial Pollution, Environment

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