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Delhi air pollution: NGT directs state chief secretaries to take immediate
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the Air Quality Index (AQI) in several parts of Delhi-NCR is reeling under the 'severe' category, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday sought responses from the Chief Secretaries of the affected states and directed to take immediate remedial action and submit the action taken repor
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As city turns gas chamber, Delhiites hope to wake up to cleaner air today
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As Delhi's air continues to be unbreathable, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Friday chaired a meeting with officials at Raj Niwas to review the situation.
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Bangladesh cricket team cancels practice session due to Delhi pollution
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Bangladesh cricket team had to cancel their training session in Delhi on Friday in order to safeguard their players from the air pollution in the city, according to team director Khaled Mahmud.
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Air Pollution: Congress leaders stage protest, slam Centre, Delhi govt for
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Alleging that both the Centre and Delhi government have done nothing to address air pollution in the national capital, Delhi Congress President Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Friday that the dust will increase in the city if metro projects are delayed by the government.
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Air pollution not curbed in Delhi due to Kejriwal's lack of efforts, says
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gaurav Bhatia slammed the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the air pollution in the national capital and said that everyone knows that the AAP Chief is known for corruption now he is also going to be known for his ineffectiveness and false promises.
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"We had talks on measures to control pollution": Gopal Rai after meeting L
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the air quality in Delhi touched the 'Severe' category on Friday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena called the meeting of officials at his residence, Raj Niwas.
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Delhi: Poor air quality affecting internal organs, say health experts, adv
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
With the Air Quality Index (AQI) in several parts of Delhi-NCR breaching the 'severe' category, doctors and health experts advised people to travel only when necessary saying that the thick layer of smog hanging over the city air was having an adverse effect on the internal organs of the
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Delhi AQI better since afternoon, likely to improve further: Panel
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the Delhi air turned severe, leading to a temporary closure of schools and scores gasping for breath, the average Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital clocked 468 on Friday, according to the 4 pm AQI bulletin of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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Air Pollution: NGT issues notice to Chief Secretaries of various states in
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued a notice on Friday to the Chief Secretaries of the States where the Air Quality Index (AQI) has dipped to severe, very poor and poor categories. They are directed to take immediate remedial action and submit the action taken report before the Tribunal
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Smog towers not operational in Delhi over payments issue: Delhi Minister G
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the air quality in the National Capital continues to deteriorate, the smog tower which was inaugurated in 2021 at a cost of Rs 20 crores in Connaught Place is locked up and not operational.
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Air Pollution: HC pulls up Delhi govt authorities for the mess citizens of
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up Delhi's forest department for passing stereotypical orders which allowing felling of trees in the national capital and asked that you want people to live in gas chambers? It's only application of mind and it is only sensitivity.
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BJP's Shehzad Poonawala dons gas mask, claims Smog Tower in Delhi non-func
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Shehzad Poonawalla says, "Delhi has become a gas chamber under Arvind Kejriwal. He has ensured that AQI levels are at their highest in the last four to five years. He has done nothing to tackle pollution; he used to blame stubble burning in Punjab."
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