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Delhi MCD to add 70 road sweepers by October, plans app for real-time tracking

May 25, 2026 10:49 am

The newer fleet will also cover more distance per shift.

Environment | 4-letter word everyone in Delhi needs to know: dust

Why road dust is emerging as Delhi’s biggest pollution threat

May 27, 2026 10:45 pm

Beyond smoke and car exhaust, a critical pollutant in the city is toxic dust hiding in plain sight. Common solutions offer limited benefits.

Inside a night shift that sweeps the capital: ‘It feels like I have fainted’

May 25, 2026 10:41 am

The Indian Express spent two nights tracking two MRSMs on two routes, 30 km apart, till the Okhla landfill, to find how the system functions in practice and the constraints it operates under.

Was your neighbourhood in Delhi dusted? Track cleaner on this dashboard

May 25, 2026 10:31 am

The dashboard covers all 12 zones of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) across 250 wards.

Delhi's Killer Dust: Road sweeper fleet 80% short, they barely scratch the surface

May 27, 2026 10:45 pm

Dust is one villain in Delhi’s pollution story, its levels don’t depend on weather and it makes up over a third of the fine particles that clog lungs, inflame blood vessels.

Can glycerine help you get rid of bad breath?

May 19, 2025 6:01 pm

Glycerin has glycerol, a compound, which is a colourless and odourless liquid with a sweet taste

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Nine ‘severe’ air days in over 2 weeks: city beats last November’s record

November 18, 2023 1:14 pm

In November 2021, Delhi saw 11 ‘severe’ air days. Before that, there were 9 such days in 2020, 7 days in 2019, and 5 days in 2018, going by Central Pollution Control Board bulletins.

806 people booked in Mumbai for violating High Court timings on bursting firecrackers

November 14, 2023 3:30 pm

The police on Monday said the violators were booked over three days, between November 10, when the HC issued the revised timings for bursting crackers, and November 12 during which 784 cases were registered.

Bombay HC pulls up BMC: ‘Had you been proactive, situation would have been better’

November 23, 2023 9:10 am

In response to this, the bench quipped, “All you (BMC) have been doing is fine and good enough. It is nothing that you are doing favour to Mumbaikars.”