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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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"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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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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Air pollution: Patients with respiratory problems coming to OPDs almost do
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 number of people with respiratory and other problems has increased in the national capital, a health expert said on Friday.
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At 'severe' AQI, Minister Gopal Rai says Delhi govt cannot control polluti
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said that the government cannot control the pollution in the national capital completely and that sources outside the city cause twice the pollution than inside.
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Haryana's target is to reduce stubble burning by 50%: Dy Commissioner Jind
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the air quality in several parts of Delhi slipped to the 'severe' category on Friday morning and the three neighbouring states- Delhi, Punjab and Haryana are locked in a tussle over the pollution problem, Deputy Commissioner Mohd Imran Raza Jind said that their target was to reduce stu
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Delhi-NCR residents gasp for breath as air quality turns 'severe'; doctors
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the air quality in several parts of Delhi-NCR plunged to the 'severe' category on Friday morning, citizens experienced breathing problems and irritation in the eye among others.
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Delhi wakes up to dense haze as air quality turns 'severe' at multiple loc
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The air quality in several parts of Delhi reeled under the 'severe' category on Friday morning with Mundka recording the highest Air Quality Index (498), as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
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Rise in cases of eye irritation, headache as AQI worsens in Delhi-NCR: Off
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
With the worsening air quality in the national capital, the head of clinical oncology of Delhi State Cancer Institute Dr Pragya Shukla said that there will be long-term side effects of the air pollution.
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