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Curbs under GRAP Stage 4 lifted in Delhi-NCR as air quality improves
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Saturday revoked the Stage-IV of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi and adjoining areas after the air quality improved from 'severe' to 'very poor' category.
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Pakistan: Lahore tops global pollution ranking with 470 AQI
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's Lahore on Thursday topped the global pollution ranking with an unhealthy air quality level during the whole day, Dawn reported.
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Delhi: AQI improves slightly to 'very poor', but no respite for residents
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The air quality in the national capital improved marginally to 'very poor' from 'severe' on Saturday morning.
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"Air pollution persisting not only in Delhi but entire north India": Gopal
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Rai said that the issue of pollution persists not only in Delhi but the entire north India and cannot be resolved only if the national capital becomes active.
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Delhi's air quality remains in 'severe' category
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data recorded at 8 am, the air quality in RK Puram was recorded at 461, it was at 454 at New Moti Bagh, 465 at the IGI Airport area and 475 at Nehru Nagar, all in the severe category.
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Pakistan: Air pollution crisis intensifies in Lahore
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The city, which had experienced five days of relatively normal air quality, saw a sudden spike with a maximum AQI of 401 recorded at 9 am, marking it as extremely unsafe for breathing.
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UP: Air quality dips to 'very poor' category in Ghaziabad, residents compl
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI on the deteriorating air quality situation, a morning walker said, "We are facing problems due to the poor air quality. We can sense burning and irritation in the eyes due to the rising pollution levels. We are also facing difficulty in breathing. Senior citizens are affected
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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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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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"You have police, why didn't you stop firecrackers": Gopal Rai questions B
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has accused Bharatiya Janata Party leaders of promoting the bursting of firecrackers on Diwali which led to an increase in pollution in the city.
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West Bengal Pollution Control Board Chairman mocks at air quality of Mumba
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The air quality is far better than even Mumbai; forget about Delhi. In the metropolitan cities (Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai), Chennai having sea-side location, has the advantage of land breeze and sea breeze, Chennai is little better (AQI) than Kolkata. But compared to Delhi and Mumb
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