A thick layer of smog covered the capital and the air quality remained in severe category in Delhi on December 30, 2022. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Delhi was the most polluted city in India in 2022 with PM 2.5 levels more than double the safe limit and the third highest average PM10 concentration, … Read more
The Delhi government on Saturday asked vehicle owners to obtain valid pollution under control certificate (PUCC) to avoid penal actions, including disqualification of their driving licence for three months, in a move to control pollution in the national capital. In a public notice, the Transport department said it will issue challans to those vehicles whose … Read more
Delhi’s air pollution forecasting systems picked up the pollution trend but failed to predict high-pollution episodes last winter, a case study has found. Forecasting systems will need to more accurately predict PM2.5 concentration to reduce high pollution episodes during the next winter, the study, conducted by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, said. The … Read more
Emissions from biomass burning, rather than fireworks, drive Delhi’s poor air quality in the days after Diwali, a new study has found. The study — Chemical Speciation and Source Apportionment of Ambient PM2.5 in New Delhi Before, During, and After the Diwali Fireworks — was led by scientists from IIT-Delhi and published in the Atmospheric Pollution … Read more
The Delhi government will prepare a 14-point summer action plan to fight pollution in the capital, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday. He said the plan will focus on open burning of garbage, fires at landfill sites, increasing green cover on the roadside, rejuvenation of water bodies, parks, tree transplantation monitoring, phasing out of … Read more
The report, presenting an overview of the state of global air quality in 2021, is based on PM2.5 air quality data from 6,475 cities in 117 countries. Delhi was found to be the most polluted capital in the world for the fourth consecutive year in 2021 and 35 of the 50 cities with the worst … Read more
The development authority plans to set up an ‘oceanarium’ and ‘river museum’ at the site, providing details on the river and its restoration. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has begun a process to retrieve the land allotted to the now-defunct Millennium Bus Depot and a section of the Rajghat thermal power plant used to dump … Read more
On Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 14.9 degrees Celsius and 10.5 degrees Celsius respectively. Delhi experienced cold day conditions on Monday with the maximum temperature settling at 14.8 degrees Celsius, seven notches below the season’s average. The minimum temperature was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the … Read more
Delhi was the most polluted city in the world this morning with an Air Quality Index of 241, according to IQAir, a website tracking worldwide air quality. Delhi’s air quality remained toxic today despite rain lashing parts of the city on Wednesday and bringing some relief. The National Capital’s Air Quality Index was measured at … Read more
Delhiites woke up to a cold morning as the minimum temperature settled at 5 degrees Celsius, two notches below normal. The air quality of the national capital was in the “very poor” category on Sunday morning with the AQI clocking 398 at 9 am, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed. Delhiites woke up … Read more