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Delhi's air quality continues to remain under 'poor' category
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): Air quality continues to remain under the 'poor' category in the national capital, with the air quality index (AQI) of areas such as Jahangirpuri and ITO standing at 267 and 257 respectively, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee informed on Saturday.<
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Delhi CM to monitor pollution level: Gopal Rai
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): Delhi Labour and Employment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said that to control the pollution in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has started an initiative at war level and will monitor NASA and ISRO reports on pollution coming from other States.
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Delhi's air quality turns 'poor' as AQI worsens
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 8 (ANI): The national capital on Thursday woke up to ‘poor’ air quality, with the air quality index (AQI) stood at 210 and 214 in Delhi's Anand Vihar and Patparganj area respectively, according to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
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Pollution watchdog CPCB writes to Delhi chief secretary seeking action aga
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Pollution watchdog Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has written to the Delhi Chief Secretary about air pollution seeking immediate action on major polluting sources in Delhi as winter approaches.
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Air Quality Index at poor category in Rohini, Jahangirpuri areas of Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): The Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 206 in Rohini and at 230 in the Jahangirpuri area here on Saturday, both in 'poor' category, according to Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) data.
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NGT directs Delhi govt, other agencies for enforcement of noise pollution
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Delhi government, Delhi Police, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to take further steps to ensure that the noise pollution norms are enforced at the ground lev
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Delhi HC directs DDA to deposit environmental compensation of Rs 50 lakh f
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to deposit an environmental compensation of Rs 50 lakh with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for allegedly damaging stormwater drains on the Samalkha-Dwarka Road.
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SC rejects plea to reconsider decision to set up smog towers in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI) The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea to reconsider its earlier decision of setting up of smog tower in Delhi to deal with or control the air pollution in the national capital.
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EPCA asks state pollution control boards to submit reports on COVID-19 was
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority on Wednesday has asked Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and pollution control boards of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to submit reports on COVID-19 biomedical waste generated in h
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Decreased pollution levels have slowed spread of coronavirus: Chairperson
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The decreased pollution levels due to less vehicular movement and industrial activity is one of the factors which has slowed the spread of coronavirus, said Dr Arvind Kumar, Chairperson, Centre for Chest Surgery, Sir Gangaram Hospital.
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Lockdown improves water quality of Ganga, Yamuna
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): As the coronavirus-induced lockdown continues, the water quality of Ganga and Yamuna has improved significantly in the areas with reduced industrial activities.
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Yamuna's water quality improves during lockdown due to lesser effluents, i
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has submitted its report to the Yamuna Monitoring Committee (YMC) on Tuesday stating that absence of industrial effluents and 'less human activities' have improved water quality of river Yamuna during the lockdow
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