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Air pollution: Directions issued to stop work at 6 construction sites in D
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Delhi government on Wednesday asked six major construction and demolition sites to stop work in view of pollution in the national capital.
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Pollution watchdog CPCB writes to Delhi chief secretary seeking action aga
Updated : 5 years, 5 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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Delhi: Anti-smog guns deployed at large construction sites to control poll
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): Anti-smog guns have been deployed at large construction sites in the national capital as part of the measures being taken to control pollution.
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Indian Coast Guard ships with pollution response gears, escort MT New Diam
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard vessels Samudra Pavak and Sumdra Praheri with on-board helicopter and ICSG Shaunak with pollution response gear have been deployed to escort, under tow at high seas, the MT New Diamond vessel to the Fujairah Port in the United Arab Emira
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Arvind Kejriwal announces campaign to combat pollution, 'Green Delhi App'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced a campaign - "Yudh Pradushan Ke Virudh" to reduce pollution levels in the national capital.
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Air Quality Index at poor category in Rohini, Jahangirpuri areas of Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 5 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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We burn stubble as govt compensation inadequate: Amritsar farmers
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 2 (ANI): Amid rising concerns regarding air pollution in the national capital and neighbouring states, farmers in Amritsar's Devidaspura continued to burn stubble in their fields.
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Stubble decomposition machine trials to be carried out in all states: Prak
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): All the states will conduct the trials of a decomposer, developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Pusa Institute to deal with the issue of stubble burning, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday.
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Environment ministry holds meeting on stubble burning, air pollution
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New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): With reports of stubble burning in the states neighbouring Delhi, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) held a virtual meeting on the issue of air pollution on Thursday.
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NGT directs pollution control board to act against violators of environmen
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New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has directed the concerned pollution control board to proceed with coercive measures, including assessment and recovery of compensation for the damage and initiating prosecution against the violators of environmental norms and d
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EPCA submits report to SC on Punjab-Haryana stubble burning, writes to sta
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Supreme Court-mandated pollution watchdog Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) on Wednesday submitted its report to the apex court on Punjab-Haryana stubble burning.
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Delhi govt to use Pusa Institute solution to curb pollution caused by stub
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that to check pollution caused by stubble burning in the national capital, the Union Territory government will use technology developed by Pusa Agriculture Institute to decompose straw in the fields
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