Tag: Pollution
Delhi residents woke up on Sunday to the chilliest November morning in the last 17 years, with minimum temperature clocking a low of 6.4 degrees Celsius at Lodhi Road, officials of India Meteorological Department (IMD) told IANS. ....
Pakistan's Lahore has again topped the list of the most polluted city in the world, according to air pollution data released by the US Air Quality Index on Monday. India's New Delhi ranked second, ....
In a bid to tackle the problem of air pollution in the national capital, the AAP government will promote electric vehicles, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday while appealing to the people to shift to eco-friendly mode to travel. ....
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday inaugurated India's first ever smog tower in the capital's Connaught Place area. ....
Parts of Delhi registered AQI ranging from 'very poor' to 'severe' on Wednesday, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). ....
Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) continued to settle in the 'very poor' category at 366 on Monday, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) said, adding that it was likely to improve to 'poor' from January 7. ....
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine on November 10 a plea seeking urgent steps to curb air pollution in Delhi. The plea said the stubble burning in Punjab was the major contributor to the worsening air pollution in Delhi-NCR. ....
Diwali is the start of the air pollution season in the Indo-Gangetic Plain states, and the worst of the season may be ahead of us, as per data from the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station. ....
The air quality in Delhi and its adjoining areas was toxic and a thick blanket of smoke hung in the skies on Friday as lung-clogging particulate matter, PM2.5, went beyond dangerous levels, a night after Diwali revellers burst firecrackers despite a Supreme Court ban on their sale. ....
It was a misty Tuesday morning here with moderate fog and the minimum temperature was recorded at 16.1 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average, a weather official said.....