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PUNJAB POLLUTION CRISIS
Love hills to escape pollution? Study finds smoke from plains is now reaching the HimalayasAir pollution across eastern India and the Indo-Gangetic Plain has worsened sharply over two decades. Bihar and West Bengal are now highly ...
Manjinder Singh Sirsa calls Kejriwal 'Anpadh,' slams Saurabh Bharadwaj over Punjab's stubble burning postDelhi's air quality remains poor. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa labelled Arvind Kejriwal illiterate. This follows a political ...
SC asks CAQM, CPCB, state boards to come out with plan to deal with air pollution in 3 weeksThe Supreme Court has instructed the CAQM, CPCB, and state pollution control boards to implement measures addressing air pollution within t...
2000 AQI in Pakistan? NASA images reveal horrific smog engulfing Lahore and other citiesA thick smog, visible from space, has engulfed Pakistan's Punjab province, leading to record-high pollution levels and prompting strict gov...
As Lahore tops pollution charts, Pakistan blames India as the causeSenior minister Marriyum Aurangzeb from Pakistan's Punjab government blames polluted winds from Indian cities for Lahore's rising air pollu...
Pollution levels may increase due to stubble burning in neighbouring states: Delhi Minister Gopal RaiEnvironment Minister Gopal Rai has raised concerns over increasing pollution in Delhi due to stubble burning in neighboring states, and pla...
We need to nab the killer in the airAir pollution is again a concern in northern India following criticism from the Supreme Court on under-staffed pollution boards in Delhi, P...
AAP blames Haryana government for pollution crisis in DelhiEarlier in the day, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said polluted air is not restricted by borders. He claimed that people in hi...
Delhi pollution crisis: AAP-BJP slugfest continues over stubble burning in states ruled by themDelhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva claimed there were over 3,000 stubble burning incidents in AAP-ruled Punjab on Sunday while Delhi Chi...
Stubble burning in UP, Haryana major contributors to Delhi's air pollution than farm fires in Punjab: AAP's Gopal RaiFor the fourth consecutive day, the air quality in Delhi remained in the 'Severe' category on Sunday. According to the data issued by SAFAR...
Blame game between AAP, BJP intensifies as Delhi reels under severe air pollutionTargeting the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana, AAP chief spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said "it has done nothing for stubble manag...
Delhi-NCR Air Pollution: Kejriwal notifies closure of primary schools & outdoor activitiesDelhi CM and Aam Admin Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann addressed a joint press conference regarding sev...
A systemic, not emergent, challengeAir pollution in the NCR peaks during the months of October-November, the drivers are crop stubble burning in the northern states, particul...
Killer Delhi air is a water crisis in disguiseNo matter how hard authorities try, Delhi’s air quality stands no chance until stubble burning continues.
SC to hear plea on banning firecrackers across countryThe apex court has been examining the rising pollution levels in the NCR for many years and had passed directions from time to time to deal...
Arvind Kejriwal, ML Khattar vow to collaborate in fight against pollutionKejriwal met Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Chandigarh today and stressed that the solutions for the pollution problem neede...
Quadruple parking fees, cut metro fares in Delhi-NCR, EPCA tells authoritiesThe decision is aimed at discouraging people from using private vehicles as air pollution worsened further and touched more alarming propor...
Water pollution in India is more deadly: Jairam RameshRamesh said the intensity of environmental pollution, was worse in areas like Dhanbad or Chembur in Mumbai than Delhi.
Smog delays flight, Sheila blames it on stubble burningPoor visibility due to smog in Ludhiana on Saturday delayed Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's flight and fuelled another round of blame...
- Uranium, metals make Punjab toxic hotspot
After discovery of high levels of uranium in hair samples of a large number of mentally retarded children in Punjab’s Malwa region last yea...