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Stage IV of GRAP to be implemented with immediate effect in Delhi-NCR
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The sub-committee for invoking actions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) held a meeting today to take the call for further intensified actions required to be implemented by all concerned in the Delhi-NC
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Commission for Air Quality Management bans entry of truck traffic in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Commission for Air Quality Mgmt in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas orders to implement GRAP-4 in Delhi-NCR
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Sharp increase of Air Quality Index in National Capital a 'serious concern
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav blamed stubble burning in Punjab as a reason behind the worsening air quality in the national capital.
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Parents of school going children worried as quality of Delhi air deteriora
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Parents in the national capital started worrying about their children, studying in Schools, as Delhi recorded the 'severe' category in the Air Quality Index (AQI) meter on Thursday.
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Delhi wakes up to thick smog, air quality index dips to 'severe'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital at 8 am was at 364 (in the 'Very Poor' category) and at 7 am the recorded AQI stood at 408 ('Severe'). Unfavorable meteorological conditions with slower wind speed and sudden spike in farm fire incidents are attributed to the dip in air
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Air quality panel reviews implementation of Graded Response Action Plan St
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
This is in continuation of the Tuesday review meeting with Delhi officials for taking stock of the status of implementation of Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in the entire National Capital Region (NCR) in addition to actions under Stage I and Stage II.
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Health expert terms Delhi NCR pollution a "medical emergency" as people co
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Health expert from Medanta hospital calls the reportedly increasing cases of pneumonia and chest infections as a "medical emergency".
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Air pollution in Delhi reaches alarming level
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to the Meteorological Department, the AQI in Delhi today was recorded at 354 which falls under the category of very poor.
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Delhi pollution: Kejriwal govt to give Rs 5000 monthly to each worker affe
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In the wake of increasing pollution, Delhi government has decided to provide Rs 5000 to each worker impacted due to imposed ban on construction activities.
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National Commission for Protection of Child Rights sends notice to Delhi g
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In the wake of city's air quality continued to remain in 'very poor' quality, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) chairperson Priyank Kanoongo Wednesday sends a notice to Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government for continuous negligence to the issue to pollution.
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Delhi Government shifts blame on Centre and "people" over worsening air qu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Rai said that yesterday when I visited the many sites under pollution control measures, I went two sites yesterday at one site work has been stopped but on the second site the work is going on behind curtains and without any measures, and right after we get to know that this BJP office in ma
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Delhi morning air remains 'very poor', NCR borders on 'severe'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The air quality in Delhi continued to remain in the 'very poor' category on Wednesday morning as the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of the city stood at 354. Noida, which is part of the national capital region, slipped to an AQI of 406, and continued to remain in the 'severe' category, whil
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