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Anti-smog guns, cloud seeding, decongesting roads: Delhi govt stepping up effort to fight air pollution, SC told
July 27, 2025 2:54 am
The ‘good-days’ in terms of air quality have increased from 159 in 2018 to 209 in 2024, it said, adding that the city experienced 106 good days this year between January 1 to July 11
NGT halts petrol pump in Haryana college, orders review of CPCB guidelines
July 23, 2025 1:43 pm
NGT ruled that the proposed fuel outlet at Hindu Girls College and School in Haryana's Yamuna Nagar violates environmental norms and directed action against college management.
In 14 pollution control boards, only 167 posts filled out of total 2,228
January 27, 2025 6:33 pm
Based on affidavits submitted to the National Green Tribunal last year, out of 11,562 sanctioned posts, 5,671 or 49.04 per cent, were reported to be vacant in Pollution Control Boards across 28 states and 8 union territories.
Fill up pollution board vacancies by April: NGT to states and UTs
September 14, 2024 2:39 am
The NGT passed the order on Wednesday in a suo motu case on the functioning of state pollution panels across the country, their resource issues and large number of vacancies.
What Delhi is doing to fight pollution: more metro trips, dust suppressant
October 24, 2023 9:13 am
Data from SAFAR shows that last year, the daily peak contribution of stubble burning to PM 2.5 levels in Delhi was 34% on November 3, lower than 48% in 2021, 42% in 2020, and 44% in 2019.
CPCB report may now seal factory’s fate: 'Water samples near Zira liquor unit unfit for drinking; in one borewell cyanide four-times permissible limit'
May 21, 2023 7:11 am
Samples from 12 of borewells had an unpleasant odour while those from another five had grey or blackish water.
Himachal Pradesh: Pollution board reviews status of plastic waste mgmt
February 17, 2023 1:05 am
Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board reviewed the status of Plastic Waste Management.
Pune Municipal Corporation issues warning to manufacturers of idols made of PoP
May 11, 2022 8:26 pm
It is mandatory for all the civic bodies to implement guidelines issued by pollution control board, he said.
Ban on use of diesel generator sets lifted in Delhi-NCR
February 17, 2022 7:50 pm
The decision to lift these restrictions was taken by the sub-committee on the GRAP; the committee’s order states that the AQI has been in the ‘moderate’ to ‘poor’ category over the last four to five days
Delhi: Pollution panel’s flying squads inspect 140 sites
December 06, 2021 7:52 am
A total of 40 inspection teams or ‘flying squads’ have been constituted to conduct inspections at various sites and sectors contributing to air pollution — road dust, transport, industries and other dispersed sources.
CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD VIDEOS
Supreme Court puts a partial ban on firecrackers just before Diwali
June 22, 2020 6:13 pm
The Supreme Court has put a partial ban on firecrackers and asked central and state pollution boards to monitor air quality a week before and after Diwali. Here’s what the court said.
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