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Vizag gas leak: NGT notice to LG Polymers, others; directs company to depo
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday issued notices to LG Polymers, Union Environment Ministry, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and others regarding the Vizag gas leak incident.
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Vizag gas leak: NGT notice to LG Polymers, Environment Ministry; company
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday issued notices to LG Polymers, Union Environment Ministry, and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) regarding the Vizag gas leak incident.
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Decreased pollution levels have slowed spread of coronavirus: Chairperson
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The decreased pollution levels due to less vehicular movement and industrial activity is one of the factors which has slowed the spread of coronavirus, said Dr Arvind Kumar, Chairperson, Centre for Chest Surgery, Sir Gangaram Hospital.
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Lockdown brings respite to asthma patients as pollution level goes down
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 1 (ANI): Dr DN Kesarwani, a chest physician, has said that patients of respiratory diseases are facing less problems during the lockdown as the pollution level has gone down.
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Lockdown improves water quality of Ganga, Yamuna
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): As the coronavirus-induced lockdown continues, the water quality of Ganga and Yamuna has improved significantly in the areas with reduced industrial activities.
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NGT asks Centre, CPCB teams to supervise scientific disposal of COVID-19 w
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has asked the teams of the Centre and Central Pollution Control Board to supervise handling and scientific disposal of COVID-19 waste across the country saying unscientific handling poses a grave threat to the environment and the
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Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board extends NOC time period of several ind
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 24 (ANI): In the wake of the lockdown being imposed due to coronavirus outbreak, the Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board has extended the No Objection Certificate (NOC) time period of industries, hotels, hospitals, ashrams and mining to June 30.
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As people stay home, aerosol levels hit 20-year low in India: NASA
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 23 (ANI): Air pollution over northern India has plummeted to a 20-year-low for this time of the year, according to satellite data published by US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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Study discovers main source of air pollution around schools
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 22 (ANI): In a recent study, a worrying three-fold increase in air pollution has been observed around the school due to the vehicles lined up to pick-drop off children.
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Yamuna's water quality improves during lockdown due to lesser effluents, i
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has submitted its report to the Yamuna Monitoring Committee (YMC) on Tuesday stating that absence of industrial effluents and 'less human activities' have improved water quality of river Yamuna during the lockdow
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Kerala HC takes suo moto notice on Periyar river water quality, seeks repo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 21 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Tuesday took suo moto notice of news reports about deteriorating water quality of Periyar river and sought reports from State Pollution Control Board and Water Authority.
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Delhi's air quality may deteriorate due to western dust storms: SAFAR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has said that the air quality of Delhi could deteriorate on Wednesday due to approaching dust storms from western India.
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