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PWD begins cleaning roads to manage rising pollution in Delhi
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The cleaning of roads will include mechanical or vacuum sweeping and water sprinkling on roads to reduce dust pollution. This comes after CAQM invoked the Stage-II Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across NCR.
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Delhi's air quality very poor, morning smog envelops city
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A thick layer of smog enveloped the national capital on Wednesday morning as the Air Quality Index (AQI) dropped to 349 as per SAFAR-India.
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MP: IAS officer sparks row after making remark on loudspeakers in temples
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Reacting to a post of a journalist on X about the DJ playing and loudspeaker at mosques, Martin wrote, "The loudspeakers installed on temples, which spread noise pollution through speakers far away in various lanes, which play till midnight, do not disturb anyone?"
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"No one blames the industries for pollution..." Wrestler Bajrang Punia on
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Congress leader and wrestler Bajrang Punia on Tuesday demanded a proper solution from the government over the issue of stubble burning and Minimum support price for the farmers.
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Delhi Minister Gopal Rai writes to transport ministers of Haryana, UP, Raj
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Amidst the rise in Air Quality Index (AQI) levels in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai wrote a letter to the transport ministers of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan and requested to halt the entry of diesel buses from these states into the national capital.
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"Farmers first one to get affected by stubble burning": Punjab Minister
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Punjab Minister said that whether the smoke due to stubble burning goes to Delhi is a matter of debate, but the major concern is that it is affecting common people who breathe the same air.
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Delhi enforces GRAP-II rules as air quality plummets to 'very poor' catego
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
elhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday announced that GRAP-II (Graded Response Action Plan) rules have been enforced across North India as the air quality index (AQI) has crossed over 300.
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Delhi Pollution: PWD vehicles sprinkle water in parts of National Capital
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
As the Delhi's Air quality is detoriating at an alarming levels, the Delhi government are taking all the necessary steps to control the air pollution in the national capital. PWD vehicles sprinkled water in parts of the city to reduce dust pollution.
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"Delhi has become gas chamber": BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on rising po
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
As Delhi grapples with rising air pollution and toxic foam has been visible on the Yamuna River, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla held former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal resposiblsble for this and said that the national capital has become a gas c
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As pollution levels rise, residents of Delhi's CP claim smog tower not ope
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, the air quality has deteriorated to "very poor" and the locals complain that the tower has not been operational for the entire year.
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Stubble burning cases have reduced from 7,000 in 2023 to 2,300 in 2021: Ha
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Kumar said "In 2021, there were around 7,000 cases of stubble burning which has now reduced to 2,300 in 2023. Farmers are being encouraged and nodal officers are monitoring the situation to decrease the cases."
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"Pollution has reached life-threatening levels": BJP slams Kejriwal over D
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
With air quality in the national capital deteriorating to alarming levels, BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari took a swipe at former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP government.
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