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Thick layer of smog veils Delhi; air quality in 'severe' category
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality in RK Puram was recorded at 420, it was at 408 at New Moti Bagh, 404 at the IGI Airport area and 433 at Nehru Nagar, all in the severe category.
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Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand takes stock of pollution control measures
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Delhi Labour Minister Raaj Kumar Anand took stock of the implementation of measures to control air pollution at the Jonti Border area and reviewed the ground situation there.
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Sonia Gandhi in Jaipur to avoid air pollution in New Delhi: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"Chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party Smt. Sonia Gandhi is in Jaipur for the next few days to avoid the air pollution in New Delhi. It is a purely personal visit. Shri. Rahul Gandhi will be based in Jaipur and campaign in Chhattisgarh on November 15 and in Rajasthan on November 16, 19
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BJP's Gautam Gambhir accuses Delhi govt of doing nothing to tackle air pol
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, BJP MP Gautam Gambhir alleged that the Delhi government has done nothing to tackle air pollution in the past nine years.
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Pollution spikes in 9 of 11 state capitals this year post-Diwali, highest
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The government's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) tracker analysed PM 2.5 (fine particulate matter) data for 11 capital cities--Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai and Patna--for the day before Diwali, the day of Diwali and the day after
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Delhi Minister Raaj Kumar Anand inspects implementation of non-essential t
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Delhi Labour Minister Raaj Kumar Anand inspected vehicles entering Delhi at the Singhu Border on Monday night and took stock of the implementation of measures to control air pollution.
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Delhi's RML Hospital to open special pollution OPD
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
With Delhi's air pollution deteriorating, authorities of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, a government hospital in the city, have decided to establish a special Out-Patient Department (OPD) for pollution-related illnesses.
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Tamil Nadu: 2,095 arrested for bursting firecrackers beyond time specified
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the official release, a total of 2,206 cases were registered against 2,246 people in Tamil Nadu on November 12 and November 13. Chennai recorded the highest number of cases at 568.
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Tamil Nadu: Diwali firecracker ban ignored; 147 cases registered in Madura
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the order of the Supreme Court, on the pleas of the Government of Tamil Nadu, on the occasion of Deepavali, people were allowed to use firecrackers for 2 hours only, from 6 am to 7 am and from 7 pm to 8 pm.
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Measures under Stage IV of Centre's air pollution control plan to continue
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Following the pollution review meeting with the officers of the Environment Department at the Delhi Secretariat, Gopal Rai on Monday announced that the anti-pollution measures under GRAP IV regulations will remain enforced in Delhi until the next order of Commission for Air Quality Managemen
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TN: Ban on firecrackers beyond time limit flouted in Chennai despite SC or
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As per an official release, a total of 581 cases have been registered so far in Chennai, including 554 cases related to the bursting of firecrackers beyond the time specified by the Supreme Court.
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Haze engulfs Taj Mahal a day after Diwali
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Taj Mahal could hardly be seen from its vicinity as a thick blanket of smog engulfed it.
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