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Delhi traders, transport groups protest move to ban heavy vehicles in Oct

The decision to ban the entry of medium and heavy goods vehicles to the national capital from October 1 to February 28 was aimed at curbing vehicular pollution

Delhi bans entry of medium, heavy vehicles from Nov-Feb to curb pollution

The request was made to deal with the problem of vehicular pollution in the city, which officials here indicated, is contributed to in part by vehicles coming from the neighbouring state of Haryana

Delhi asks Haryana to allow only BS-VI buses to enter city from Oct 1

The Delhi government has urged Haryana to allow only BS VI-compliant buses to enter the national capital from October 1 in order to help control air pollution in the city

Air quality panel bans use of coal in Delhi-NCR from January 1, 2023

The Commission for Air Quality Management issued directions to ban the use of coal in industrial, domestic and other miscellaneous applications in the entire Delhi-NCR region from January 1, 2023

HC prohibits felling of trees in Delhi, says 'ecological balance' at stake

The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed any further felling of trees in the national capital, saying there is no other way to mitigate the ecological and environmental degradation in the city. Justice Nazmi Waziri, who was hearing a contempt case concerning the preservation of trees, noted that over 29,000 trees were cut down in the past three years in the city and questioned if Delhi has the luxury to bear such numbers. We have stopped felling of trees... Till the next date, no felling of trees, the judge said as the case was listed for further hearing on June 2. A total of 29,946 trees were allowed to be cut in the past three years, which on computation comes to 27 trees per day i.e. 1.13 per hour, the judge noted. The court stated that there is no record with respect to the girth and the age of the trees that were allowed to be cut down or the status of the corresponding transplantation of trees and emphasised that large scale denudation of fully grown trees worsens the ecology.

North Delhi civic body fined Rs 50 lakh over Bhalswa fire for negligence

Environment Minister Gopal Rai had earlier asked the anti-pollution body to probe the incident and submit a report within 24 hours

Delhi to have summer action plan to fight pollution, says Gopal Rai

The minister stressed that 31 per cent of the air pollution in Delhi is from local sources and the rest is from outside

Delhi will get real-time pollution source data from August 1: Kejriwal

Kejriwal said real-time identification of pollutants will significantly help in taking controlling measures and reducing pollution

Air quality standards: Delhi still most-polluted capital in world in 2021

In 2021, none of the cities in India met the prescribed World Health Organization air quality standards of 5 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3), stated the World Air Quality Report 2021

New Delhi world's most polluted capital city for 2nd consecutive year

New Delhi has been ranked the world's most polluted capital city for s second consecutive year followed by Dhaka (Bangladesh), N'Djamena (Chad), Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Muscat (Oman)

Delhi one step closer to data on real-time pollution sources: Kejriwal

A project to identify real-time sources of pollution in Delhi has moved one step closer towards operationalisation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday. Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and Environment Department of Delhi government on Tuesday held the second review meeting of the project Real-time source apportionment study and pollution forecasting' with the team from IIT Kanpur and other partner organisations, the government said in a statement. The project was approved by the Delhi cabinet and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in October last year. A team of IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), and Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali will execute the study in the national capital. Delhi government's DPCC has been authorised to act as the nodal agency for executing the study with IIT Kanpur. We are extremely glad that IIT Kanpur study is progressing well on time despite the occasional ...

Delhi air still 'very poor' despite highest rainfall in January since 1995

India's capital was this morning the world's fifth most polluted city in the world with an AQI of 170.

Delhi air still 'very poor'; AQI likely to improve owing to high wind speed

Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) was 353 at 8 am, according to SAFAR

Delhi air remains in 'very poor' category; second most polluted worldwide

Air pollution is becoming worse in Maharashtra and Gujarat as well despite their geographical advantages, says advocacy group.

Delhi air 'very poor'; panel urged to take measures throughout the year

Delhi was this morning the world's second most polluted city, according to an international tracking website.

Delhi air 'very poor', capital tops list of world's most polluted cities

The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi was 312 at 8 am, according to SAFAR

Delhi pollution improves slightly, air quality jumps to 'poor' category

The Air Quality Index (AQI) was 262 at 8 am, according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality forecast agency SAFAR

Delhi air quality 'very poor' category as city shivers in fog, winter

Delhiites woke up witnessing a very foggy morning on Sunday as AQI remained in 'very poor' category

Delhi air 'moderate'; study says exposure to pollution heightens Covid risk

The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) was 142 at 8 am, according to SAFAR

Delhi air 'satisfactory', city still ranks among world's most polluted

The city's Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 193 at 8 am, in the --moderate-- category, according to SAFAR