At the monitoring station of Ballygunge, the air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 237 around 11 am, while the one at Rabindra Bharati University logged 239.Similarly, at Fort William, the AQI clocked 179 during that hour, and at Jadavpur it was 187. The city’s air quality turned ‘poor’ on Saturday morning, hours after revellers … Read more
The apex court also asked the states of the NCR region to consider asking employees to work from home. Besides, the state governments were also asked to pursue farmers to halt stubble burning for a week or two. The Supreme Court on Monday reprimanded the Delhi government for its failure to reduce air pollution levels … Read more
According to the estimates of WHO, nearly 70 lakh people succumb every year to the problem of air pollution. In a significant bearing on the issue of pollution, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has lowered the bar of pollution levels and released more stringent air quality guidelines for places that can be considered safe for … Read more
While Nagpur and Thane registered an increase of about 18 and 17 percent rise in the PM 10 levels in comparison to the 2017 levels respectively, the state capital Mumbai’s PM 10 emissions remained the same. In a setback to the fight against air pollution, nine of the 18 cities of Maharashtra which are part … Read more
Finally, data monitoring will help in determining whether the policies selected for implementation enable any meaningful impact. By Pratima Singh, Priyavrat Bhati, and Vignesh Prabhu The “scary” air pollution situation in India makes it imperative to gather extensive, credible data on pollution and its sources at a fairly granular level—for every square kilometre of most … Read more