The interim budget presented by finance minister Piyush Goyal, on February 1, 2019, reduced the budget for pollution abatement from Rs 20 crores in the last fiscal to Rs 10 crores for 2019-20 and … READ FULL STORY
Life expectancy of Delhiites will be up by nearly three years, if the target of the National Clean Air Programme to improve air quality by 20 to 30 per cent in the next five … READ FULL STORY
Amruthahalli, in Bengaluru, has all the amenities for residents to lead a comfortable life, says Sandeep Shivarao, a client success director at marketing agency FableSquare. Shivarao’s house, in this north Bengaluru area, is two … READ FULL STORY
Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan, on January 10, 2019, launched the much-awaited National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to improve air quality by 20 to 30 per cent in next five years, with 2017 as … READ FULL STORY
New coal power plants in regions like Uttar Pradesh, in close proximity to ‘heavily polluted’ Delhi-NCR, are financially ‘risky, unnecessary and pose a health risk to millions’, even as cheaper electricity is available from … READ FULL STORY
Noida (New Okhla Industrial Development Area), a satellite city of Delhi, which is part of the National Capital Region, has changed a lot in the last decade, says Suhasini Paul, a well-known toy designer. … READ FULL STORY
The Air Quality Index (AQI) in densely populated north Kolkata remained ‘severe’ for the third day in a row. The AQI at the West Bengal Pollution Control Board’s (WBPCB’s) air monitoring station at Rabindra … READ FULL STORY
There is a need for a container terminal on the west of Kolkata city (Howrah) side, which could avoid trucks coming to Kolkata, Tirupati Vessels’ director, Rajiv Agarwal said. The India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, on November 26, 2018, said officials who have failed to act on complaints regarding pollution in Delhi, were required to be prosecuted. … READ FULL STORY
Delhi’s air quality turned ‘severe’, on November 12, 2018, as the pollution level increased due to unfavourable meteorological conditions, even as the Supreme Court-appointed EPCA directed authorities to allow construction only during the daytime … READ FULL STORY
As violations of the Supreme Court-imposed restrictions on the use and sale of firecrackers were reported across states during Diwali, questions cropped up, on November 8, 2018, over implementing the ban in a short … READ FULL STORY
The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was recorded at 302 at 11 pm, on November 7, 2018, which fell in the ‘very poor’ category, according to the Central Pollution Control … READ FULL STORY
The Uttar Pradesh government has asked the state’s western districts, in and around the National Capital Region (NCR), to suspend all construction activities between November 1 and November 10, 2018 and shut for a … READ FULL STORY
