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Pollution levels higher in Delhi this Diwali compared to last year: CPCB"Diwali was in mid-November this year which has unfavourable meteorological conditions for dispersal of pollutants as compared to 2019 when...
Households to cut and store waste masks, gloves for 72 hours before disposing: CPCB"Waste masks and gloves in general households should be kept in paper bag for a minimum of 72 hours prior to disposal of the same as dry ge...
West Bengal Pollution Control Board to install sensors to detect stubble burningThe board will buy software for the sensors from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). WBPCB is working with IIT Delhi on this project...
Air purifiers cannot save us from pollution: Sunita NarainNarain, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed pollution watchdog EPCA, said cleaning up Delhi's air would require energy and mobility tra...
Govt asks pollution watchdogs to get their instruments calibrated to maintain accuracyAdmitting that most of the pollution measuring and biomedical equipment are “not calibrated as per standards in the country which affects q...
Parliamentary panel pulls up watchdog for failing to control pollutionA parliamentary panel has pulled up the Union environment ministry and the country's national pollution watchdog - Central Pollution Contro...
West Bengal Pollution Control Board keeping an eye on 44 industriesThe list of 44 most polluting industries include those from the leather industry, iron and steel, paper and jute.
Improve solid waste management or face action, 184 civic bodies toldBesides, the environment ministry has decided to depute 20 joint secretary-level officers to undertake assessment and periodic review of al...
- Municipal commissioners to face action for not taking measures to handle sewage and garbage in cities
Taking note of its internal report that shows severe negligence on part of municipal bodies in managing solid waste, the central pollution ...
- NGT raps Maharashtra pollution board for failing to act against polluting firms
The green tribunal has taken the state pollution watchdog to task for failing to explain lapses and non-compliance of its directions, espec...
20 thermal power plants asked to comply with green normsThe government on Tuesday said its central pollution watchdog CPCB has asked 20 thermal power plants to comply with environment standards.
- Study sounds SOS on river pollution
At a time when the country's national river Ganga has caught the attention of policymakers, a new report of India's key pollution watchdog ...
Panel to find ways to gauge pollution levelThe Central Pollution Control Board — country’s main pollution watchdog — has set up a panel to develop easy to understand "standard operat...
- Ban on new projects in 43 critically polluted industrial hubs
The environment ministry has banned till August any new projects in 43 industrial hubs identified recently by the Central Pollution Control...
- Delhi smog normal winter phenomenon, not Jaipur fire fallout
An unusually thick smog over the capital and its suburbs since early this morning is a normal winter phenomenon and not a fallout of the Ja...
- World famous Chhangu lake getting polluted
The world famous Chhangu lake, located about 40 km from here on way to Nathu La and one of the prime tourist destinations, is getting pollu...
- China to bar polluting industries from raising capital
China would bar major polluting companies from raising capital in the stock market in an intensified move for environmental protection, a s...