As per the SAFAR-India, the city's AQI has been in the 'very poor' category since Sunday (309).
The AQI from 0 to 100 is considered 'good', while from 100 to 200 it is 'moderate', from 200 to 300 it is 'poor', from 300 to 400 it is said to be 'very poor' and from 400 to 500 or above it is c
Environment Minister Gopal Rai chaired a review meeting with all concerned Departments at the Delhi Secretariat, on the Rising Pollution level and implementation of Graded Response Action Plan-II.
Speaking to ANI on the issue, Rai said, "From November 1, the next 15 to 20 days are critical. Scientists are saying that the temperature is dropping and the speed of air has decreased, so pollutants are at a lower level. Yesterday, AQI was nearly 350. Due to the work going on in the 13 hots
Amid deteriorating air quality in Delhi, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday stated that all diesel buses running in Delhi-NCR which are coming from outside have been directed to stop using diesel from November 1.
Amid deteriorating air pollution in Delhi, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday called the Centre to impose a stringent ban on buses running on subpar diesel and put a ban on BS III and BS IV buses operating in NCR areas of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Delhi, Noida, and Gurugram are in the grip of 'Very Poor' to 'Poor' air quality, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) ranging from 314 to 324, sounding the alarm for residents in the National Capital Region (NCR).
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)-India, the overall air quality in the national capital is in the 'poor' category with an AQI of 286.
Sachdeva said, "Pollution in Delhi is an ongoing issue, and it appears that serious efforts were lacking. The DPCC should ideally hold meetings on a monthly basis, but in this case, the meeting occurred after a hiatus of nine months. The behavior of the Delhi government is reminiscent of tha
"Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier announced a 15-point winter action plan to curb the pollution caused by vehicles, biomass burning, dust, etc. Now this winter action plan is being implemented on the ground one by one to reduce the pollution in the national capital," Rai told
"People of the BJP give statements as if they do not know anything about it. Yesterday, several illogical statements came from BJP leaders. One of the leaders said that when the Study stopped in February, Gopal Rai was saying that pollution had decreased. Let me inform them that the process
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking suspension of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) chairman accusing him of stalling an IIT Kanpur study to determine pollution sources in the national capital.
In a run-up to bringing down the pollution levels in Delhi, Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday urged the NCR states to ban firecrackers ahead of Diwali.