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Six-member Special Task Force deployed to monitor and implement GRAP rules
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai held a review meeting with the concerned officers to ensure strict compliance with GRAP-IV rules at the Delhi Secretariat on Thursday. After the meeting, Environment Minister Rai mentioned that a 6-member special task force has been formed, under the lead
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Air pollution: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai calls for meeting to s
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday said a high-level meeting has been scheduled for 1 pm today at the Delhi Secretariat to discuss and enhance the enforcement of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) rules to combat the city's pollution crisis.
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Thick veil of smog over Delhi; air quality continues in 'severe' category
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A thick layer of smog veiled the national capital on Thursday morning and the air quality was recorded in the 'severe' category in several parts of Delhi.
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"If the pollution escalates to the 'Severe' plus category, measures will b
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday announced that the government is closely monitoring the city's pollution levels and will consider measures such as artificial rain and the implementation of the odd-even rule if the situation escalates to the 'Severe' plus category.
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Thick layer of smog veils Delhi; air quality in 'severe' category
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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"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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"Stop abusing Hindus for your faults": BJP Spox after AAP blames party for
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai accused the BJP-led governments in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana of allowing the burning of firecrackers on Diwali despite the ban.
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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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Red Sanders removed from CITES' Review of Significant Trade, will give boo
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
India has been removed from the CITES's Review of Significant Trade (RST) for Red Sanders, announced Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Monday adding that the development is a major boost for the farmers who grow the species.
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Delhi Pollution: Environment Minister Gopal Rai calls for review meeting p
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI about the review meeting, Rai said, "The review meeting will include discussions on the overall air quality situation in Delhi-NCR. We will conduct discussions on the status of the different enforcement works that have been implemented to tackle the pollution."
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Bihar: People purchase eco-friendly candles on occasion of Diwali
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid the rising concerns about the environment, people in Patna switched to 'eco-frinedly' candles.
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"Don't burst crackers, light diyas": Delhi Environment Minister urges peop
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"I appeal to people in Delhi and nearby areas of Delhi. Diwali is a festival of diyas. Celebrate Diwali in a grand manner by lighting diyas but don't burst crackers and make it difficult for people to breathe because the festival is to spread happiness," Rai told ANI.
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