In its ongoing pursuit to improve basic infrastructure in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath government has prepared a comprehensive action plan and has started the process of makeover of a total of 277 roads in more than 63 districts of the state, said an official st
Amid rising concerns over the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has called for a meeting on Friday to discuss the implementation of stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).
As the air quality in the national capital has continued to remain in the 'very poor' category since Sunday, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has invoked the third stage of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) on Thursday.
As per the SAFAR-India, the city's AQI has been in the 'very poor' category since Sunday (309).
The AQI from 0 to 100 is considered 'good', while from 100 to 200 it is 'moderate', from 200 to 300 it is 'poor', from 300 to 400 it is said to be 'very poor' and from 400 to 500 or above it is c
Environment Minister Gopal Rai chaired a review meeting with all concerned Departments at the Delhi Secretariat, on the Rising Pollution level and implementation of Graded Response Action Plan-II.
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Reena Gupta, in a press conference, said, "People in Northern India are suffering due to air pollution, but the Central Government lacks any action plan to control it. The surprising thing is that on October 24, the Central Government shut down that database. They closed the SAFAR website be
"Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier announced a 15-point winter action plan to curb the pollution caused by vehicles, biomass burning, dust, etc. Now this winter action plan is being implemented on the ground one by one to reduce the pollution in the national capital," Rai told
The overall air quality in Delhi continues to remain in the 'Poor' category with the Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded at 249 on Friday morning, as per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)-India.
In a run-up to bringing down the pollution levels in Delhi, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday urged the NCR states to ban firecrackers ahead of Diwali.
Hitting out the AAP government, he said, "The government seems to have no research report on pollution and its causes, and the Graded Response Action Plan stage implementation doesn't seem to be scientifically based. Two days ago, Minister Gopal Rai announced the implementation of Graded Res
Speaking to ANI on Delhi's AQI levels, Soni said "Yesterday it reached to 'very poor' category. The AQI was at 313 but this time GRAP Stage 2 was implemented much earlier and because of that, I think there will be some improvement in air quality. Our forecast is that the Air Quality will rem