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India will take at least 6 years to cap toxic emissions from power plantsThe caps are meant to ease emissions from coal plants, which cause tens of thousands of premature deaths annually, according to a report pu...- Data thrown up by India's air quality monitoring stations during diwali riddled with flawsIn Delhi, at about 10 pm, the “real time” air quality data on the website of the Central Pollution Control Board was anything but real time.
- Government’s proposed air quality index comes under a heavy cloudSome of this data enters public domain — in the form of actual readings, or 15-minute/hourly/daily averages of pollutant concentrations.
- CPCB is working to develop its standard and monitoring methodology, says AB Akolkar, member-secretary, CPCB'To begin with, CPCB proposes to establish a linkage between local government and air quality data for the use of AQI.'
- Why India’s numbers on air quality can’t be trustedThe air you breathe is probably worse than what is reported. The government does not certify the machines that measure it.
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