Air Pollution

National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) – India: concept note

The Ministry of Environment and Forests targets 35% reduction of air pollution in the next three years and 50% reduction in the next five years for at least 100 cities across India. The listed cities will have their own city-specific action plans.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2017
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Air Pollution, India, Air Quality Monitoring, Air Quality Standards, Health Effects, Air Quality Management, Vehicular Pollution, Emissions Inventory
Air Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on States Affected by Air Pollution, 15/12/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on States Affected by Air Pollution, 15/12/2017. The Government has notified National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) which lays the norms for air pollutants in the Country. The NAAQS have been developed taking into account global standards. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) monitors the ambient air quality at 691 monitoring stations located in 303 cities/towns covering 29 states

Publication Date: 
Friday, December 15, 2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, India, Statistics, Parliament, Vehicular Pollution, Biomass Burning, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution Control
Air Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air pollution, 15/12/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air pollution, 15/12/2017. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is monitoring ambient air quality in 691 locations covering 303 cities/towns in 29 States and 6 Union Territories across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). As per the data, the number of cities where monitored values are exceeding National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) during 2016 is 21 for NO2, 195 for PM10 and 31 for PM2.5. The ambient air quality data for 2016 is given in Annexure – I.

Publication Date: 
Friday, December 15, 2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, India, Statistics, Parliament, Industrial Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Biomass Burning
Environment

Noisy vehicle silencers will be closed chapter in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Next time you get caught with a defective silencer in your bike/car, you will not just end up paying but also have to be a mute spectator when the bulldozers will crush your silencer.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2017
New Indian Express (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Noise Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Bangalore (T), Compensation, Environment
Air Pollution

BS6 emissions might actually be cleaner than the air we breathe today: Possible solution to our pollution woes?

Air quality issues should get sorted once BS VI is rolled-out and mechanisms for real-world pollution monitoring and enforcement is in place.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2017
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bharat Stage VI, Vehicular Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Green House Gases, Air Pollution
Air Pollution

Region’s farmers did not pollute Delhi air

CHANDIGARH: Burning of paddy stubble in Punjab and Haryana did not contribute to the alarmingly high levels of air pollution in Delhi on November 10 and onward.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2017
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Punjab, Haryana, Farmers, Agriculture, National Envirnmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Vehicular Pollution, Delhi
Air Pollution

Deploy ‘environment marshals’ to combat air pollution: Lieutenant Governor

According to Baijal's office, the plans were divided into six categories to tackle different sources of air pollution: vehicular pollution, road dust and fugitive emissions, greening of central ver

Publication Date: 
11/12/2017
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Environment, Regulations, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution Control
Air Pollution

Meet on pollution at Anand Vihar, Kaushambi

L-G discusses traffic management, pollution in east Delhi areas

Publication Date: 
08/12/2017
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Kaushambi (T), Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Uttar Pradesh, Vehicular Pollution, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Air Pollution Control
Air Pollution

Crackdown on non-permitted fuels used in industrial areas: EPCA

The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has asked the Delhi government to stop the use of non-permitted fuels in industrial areas and for regular patrolling of these sit

Publication Date: 
08/12/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Delhi, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Air Quality Standards, Vehicular Pollution
Air Pollution

Pollution from traffic affects foetal growth: study

A linked editorial advocated not just policy change to tackle polluting vehicles, given the evidence of its effect on unborn babies and young children, but also personal protection, including, but

Publication Date: 
07/12/2017
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Halth Effects, WHO, Women

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