Lucknow tops clean-air rankings; Delhi betters Mumbai and BengaluruLucknow secured the top position in the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026 rankings. Madhya Pradesh cities like Indore, Jabalpur, and Bhopal also ...
08 Sep, 2026, 12.11 AM IST
India's clean air rankings are out: Lucknow, Rourkela & Kalinga Nagar emerge at the top; see which cities made the list & which landed at the bottomLucknow, Rourkela, and Kalinga Nagar received awards for their clean air initiatives. These cities were honored for their performance under...
07 Sep, 2026, 10.22 PM IST
Indian Auto LPG Coalition urges PNGRB to include Auto LPG in TERI-led fuels studyThe Indian Auto LPG Coalition has approached the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, advocating for the inclusion of Auto LPG in an...
23 Jan, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
CAQM forms expert committee to develop strategies to tackle Delhi air pollutionAn Expert Committee, chaired by IIT Madras Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, has been formed by the Commission for Air Quality Management in NC...
12 Dec, 2025, 06.53 PM IST
View: Count and cut out Delhi's dirty airDelhi has faced in-migration, urbanisation, a jump in vehicular traffic, industrialisation, and construction activity over the last several...
27 Nov, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
Vehicles, road dust & industries main Delhi-NCR polluters: StudyThe Commission for Air Quality Monitoring is reviewing an IIT Kanpur-TERI report. It identifies road dust and traffic as the main pollution...
01 Oct, 2024, 10.44 AM IST
Vehicles contributed half of PM 2.5 pollution from local sources in Delhi around DiwaliThe report said that when pollution concentrations from all sources -- local, NCR and beyond -- are added, Delhi's vehicles account for nea...
02 Nov, 2022, 10.24 PM IST
Vehicular pollution: Delhi plans 3rd-party audit of 'Red Light On, Gaadi Off' campaign"A proposal for a third-party audit of the drive has been sent to the environment minister's office. We are awaiting the nod. We will try t...
17 Mar, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
Environment ministry to amend EIA norms to help businessesThe NK Singh-led FC called for the meeting with the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) for its inputs regarding gr...
01 Jun, 2020, 07.04 PM IST
Use of agricultural residues in power plants can cut Delhi pollution by 8 per cent by 2025: StudyLast year, the govt directed NTPC to blend crop residue with coal at its plants to reduce stubble burning on agricultural lands.
22 Aug, 2018, 05.03 PM IST
Centre plans key measures to combat pollution in NCRThe measures include immediate steps to control dust that flies off from roadsides, open areas and construction sites, which scientists say...
12 Nov, 2017, 11.47 PM IST
Delhi air pollution: Environment ministry forms high-level committeeThe ministry also asked affected state governments to implement the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to battle pollution.
09 Nov, 2017, 06.39 PM IST
Experts debate odd-even, but air cleaner than last January'sCentral Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) air quality index (AQI) also fell from 402, 399 range to 312, 337 on January 9 and 10.
14 Jan, 2016, 11.56 AM IST
Delhi government says vehicle pollution down 30%, experts dividedDelhi's transport minister Gopal Rai claimed on Thursday that levels of PM 2.5, primarily caused by vehicular pollution, had come down by 2...
08 Jan, 2016, 12.26 PM IST
Major polluter in Delhi: It’s vehicles for some, dust and factory for othersA 2007-10 six city study done through NEER said the high PM 10 levels in Delhi were caused more by dust and industries rather than vehicles.
09 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Centre resorts to selective use of IIT studies on vehicular emission: CSECSE on Monday alleged that the Centre resorted to selective use of studies by IIT-Delhi to argue that vehicles were minor contributors to P...
26 May, 2015, 11.31 AM IST
- More cars on city roads may choke you
The past few years have seen more and more fourwheelers and two-wheelers zipping across the city roads.
06 Jun, 2011, 01.40 AM IST