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Javadekar virtually launches biomass plant to curb air pollution in Delhi,
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar held a meeting to discuss "steps taken for prevention of air pollution in Delhi-NCR with emphasis on finding a permanent solution" on Friday. He virtually launched a demonstration plant at Pune which produces c
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Delhi govt launches 'Red light on, gaadi off' campaign to curb air polluti
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Aiming at curbing air pollution, the Delhi government on Wednesday started a campaign, "Red light on, gaadi (vehicle) off", as the national capital's pollution level continued to remain poor.
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EPCA writes to Delhi, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan on measures to curb air pollu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has issued a letter to Chief Secretaries of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan on implementation of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in an endeavor to keep air pollution
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SC says want to hear Nitin Gadkari on Centre's electric vehicle policy to
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): Chief Justice SA Bobde on Wednesday said that it would like to hear Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on the Centre's policy of switching all public transport and government vehicles to electric vehicles over a period of time in order to curb air pollution.
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UP: Moradabad men develop device to curb air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): With an aim to curb the menace of air pollution, two men from Moradabad have developed a special device to reduce the carbon content in the air.
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Centre to install air purifier towers to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec1 (ANI): With an aim to combat the menace of air pollution in Delhi and national capital region, the Central Government has decided to deploy large -scale air purifying system named Adaptive Clean Air Network, which will be a pilot demonstration for a smog tower in t
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Extra blue light on traffic signal to stop air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Ghatkopar (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Two sisters from Mumbai's Ghatkopar have come up with a unique solution to curb air pollution and conserve fuel with a blue traffic light which will blink and force the drivers to switch off their engine.
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Gautam Buddha Nagar DM starts unique initiative to curb air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Gautam Buddha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 16 (ANI): The District Magistrate BN Singh on Saturday outlined a new scheme to curb air pollution under which a person who informs the administration about burning of garbage or crackers will get Rs 1,000.
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CII Foundation partners with Birlasoft to launch third phase of Project Sh
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Birlasoft, part of the 2.4 billion dollar CK Birla Group, and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards the third phase of 'Shodhan', a crop residue management programme.
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Planting hedges could help curb air pollution
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): Outdoor pollution has become a menace, having risen at an alarming rate in the past few years. Now, according to a study, planting hedges, or a combination of trees with hedges, could curb near-road pollution exposure.
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Centre makes serious efforts to curb air pollution after WHO report
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Following, the World Health Organisation (WHO) report on listing 14 most polluted cities in the world located in India, the Centre on Wednesday made serious efforts to deal with air pollution.
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Delhi Govt. requests use for choppers to sprinkle water over state to figh
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The Delhi Government on Monday wrote to the Centre requesting for use of choppers to sprinkle water to improve the national capital's air quality and curb air pollution during winters.
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