PM pollution increased by 20% in Indo-Gangetic Plain, Himalayan region, North-East: StudyPollution levels in North India and the Himalayas have risen sharply. Particulate matter pollution increased over 20 percent in the Indo-Ga...
25 May, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
Noida@50: How Sanjay Gandhi’s Emergency-era idea turned dusty fields at Rs 4 to Rs 5 lakh per sq yardNoida, established on April 17, 1976, during India's Emergency, was conceived from an aerial view by Sanjay Gandhi to relocate Delhi's fact...
24 Apr, 2026, 11.10 AM IST
Delhi pollution plan: Restrictions on goods vehicles, check when BS-VI and EV rules will applyDelhi will soon see stricter rules for goods vehicles entering the capital. From November 1, only BS-VI compliant, CNG, and electric trucks...
04 Apr, 2026, 01.23 PM IST
ET Graphics: Why Delhi–NCR remains India’s worst air pollution hotspotDelhi–NCR remains India’s most severe air pollution hotspot, despite years of policy action and court-led interventions, according to an ex...
27 Jan, 2026, 12.04 AM IST
Delhi rolls out Rs 2,700 crore pollution roadmap; car pooling app, third party PUCC checks and 100 new electric busesThe Delhi government has announced a technology driven clean air plan that includes third party monitoring of PUCC certificates, a new car ...
17 Dec, 2025, 04.58 PM IST
Delhi govt tests drone-based mist spraying to combat pollutionAcross 13 hotspots in Delhi, this pilot project allows to test drone-based mist spraying in areas where conventional anti-smog guns can't r...
08 Nov, 2024, 07.33 PM IST
Delhi govt forms 'committees' to bring pollution under control at 13 'hotspots'The Delhi government has established coordination committees to tackle localized air pollution in 13 hotspots where the AQI is over 300. Du...
18 Oct, 2024, 03.54 PM IST
Delhi winter air pollution plan: Here is how Arvind Kejriwal's govt plans to make air breathable this yearThe government plans to install water sprinklers at hotspots, spray biodecomposer on agriculture land to control stubble burning, monitor i...
29 Sep, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal to announce Delhi's winter action plan on October 1 to check pollutionDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will unveil a winter action plan on October 1 to combat pollution in the city, said state environment ...
14 Sep, 2023, 05.52 PM IST
Notable dip in Delhi air pollution levels in 2022-23 winter due to strict implementation of 15-point action plan, GRAP: RaiAddressing a press conference, Rai also said the AAP government in Punjab will scale up the use of bio-decomposer, a microbial solution whi...
08 Feb, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
Delhi Pollution: Over 70 lakh litres water sprinkled at 13 hotspots in 36 daysAccording to the Fire Department, about two lakh litres of water is being sprinkled every day by its personnel at 13 places declared as pol...
22 Nov, 2020, 12.41 PM IST
CPCB writes to Delhi govt seeking action to curb menace of air pollutionThe apex pollution watchdog has asked the Delhi government to take early action on dumping of mixed municipal solid waste in the three dump...
07 Oct, 2020, 05.59 PM IST
EPCA shuts industries in Delhi's pollution hotspots, bans construction activities till WednesdayThe EPCA has also banned all construction activities in Delhi, Faridabad, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Noida till Wednesday.
24 Dec, 2018, 04.05 PM IST
Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor'According to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, the maximum ventilation index was likely around 4000 sqm/second on Saturday.
08 Dec, 2018, 02.42 PM IST
Considering banning industrial activities at NCR pollution hotspots when air quality is severe: EPCAIn a meeting on Friday with various oil and gas cos, EPCA ashed out at them asking the reason for not being able to switch to cleaner sourc...
07 Dec, 2018, 09.58 PM IST
India home to 3 of the largest NO2 emission hotspots: Greenpeace29 Oct, 2018, 10.41 PM IST
'Green' Dwarka is Delhi's new pollution hotspotDwarka's Air Quality Index on Monday was 325, classified as "very poor" and just one point below Anand Vihar (326).
23 Oct, 2018, 12.57 PM IST