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Delhi: Gahlot inspects Dwarka hotspot, directs immediate crackdown on air
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Environment Minister in Delhi government Kailash Gahlot on Friday inspected Dwarka sub-city, a designated hot spot by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and took stock of efforts to check the prevailing ambient air quality situation.
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Delhi's air pollution is public health emergency, worse is yet to come: do
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): With two weeks to go for Diwali, the air quality in the national capital has started to deteriorate. On Friday, air quality forecast remained between 200 to 300 levels at various locations in Delhi.
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Do not blame us for air pollution: Punjab Farmers
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Despite a ban by the Punjab government, incidents of stubble burning have not abated in the nearby areas of Amritsar. Scores of farmers here have been burning crop residue, causing air pollution in the nearby states, while claiming that they lack a
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Delhi chokes with dusty haze, air quality remains 'very poor'
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Delhi is once again inching towards the worst time of the year in terms of air pollution, as the national capital's air quality is getting toxic day by day.
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Delhi CM attacks Modi govt for not okaying his travel to Denmark
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal slammed BJP-led Centre for not granting him the permission for attending the C-40 Climate Summit at Copenhagen, Denmark, which was scheduled for October 11.
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"Feeling suffocated": Delhi residents complain as air quality plunges to '
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 17 (ANI): Dust and smog continued to blanket Delhi and its nearby regions on Thursday, as air quality index (AQI) in several areas fell to the 'very poor' category.
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Doctors urge people not to burn crackers as air pollution chokes Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): As air pollution remains a serious health hazard, city-based pulmonologists have started urging the people not to burn crackers this Diwali and take preventive measures to deal with the menace of air pollution.
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Centre should pay more to farmers for produces to check stubble burning: C
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that if stubble burning has to be stopped in the state, then the Central government should give Rs 100 extra per quintal on the produce of farmers.
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Hazy morning in Delhi-NCR, air quality continues to be 'poor'
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): People residing in the national capital and its adjoining areas such as Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad woke up to a hazy morning on Tuesday as the air quality index (AQI) dipped again to the poor category for the sixth consecutive day.
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Punjab: Minister Ashu denies reports of stubble burning
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Oct 14 (ANI): Punjab Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Monday denied the allegation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal that stubble burning in the state was further aggravating the problem of air pollution in the nationa
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Delhi air quality poor for fourth consecutive day
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Delhi air quality remained poor for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday with overall Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 266.
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Kejriwal addresses C40 summit via video conferencing; AAP hits out at BJP
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 11 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday addressed the 'C40 Climate Change Summit' in Denmark via video conferencing on solutions to tackle air pollution.
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