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Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa (ANI) NEW DELHI: Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Tuesday said it was unrealistic to expect any elected government to bring down air pollution within a short period, as Delhi-NCR continued to struggle with severe smog conditions, with air quality ranging from poor to severe, raising serious health…
NEW DELHI: It’s official. The capital’s air quality reached emergency levels on Tuesday and was the worst in nearly 11 months. With the noxious morning smog thickening amid dipping temperatures, Delhi recorded its first ‘severe’ air day of the year, prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to enforce Stage III restrictions under the…
National capital (File – agencies) NEW DELHI: The commission for air quality management (CAQM) in Delhi-NCR has imposed Stage-I of the graded response action plan (GRAP) after the air quality index (AQI) in the region dropped to 211, categorising it as ‘poor’, according to a statement released by the commission.The move which comes just days…
NEW DELHI: Following the subsequent decrease in the air pollution levels, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) revoked the Stage-I measures of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) across the entire National Capital Region (NCR) on Sunday. This comes two days after the CAQM had enforced Stage-I measures of the Graded Response Action Plan…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday directed the governments of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to pay compensation to the construction workers affected by the closure of activities due to Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi-NCR.A bench of justices Abhay Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan held that governments must pay the workers using funds collected…
A blanket of smog covers Puducherry. Image used for representational purposes | Photo Credit: S.S. Kumar The Puducherry government has formulated a Graded Emergency Response Action Plan (GERAP) to combat air pollution in the Union Territory (UT). Though Puducherry is not listed as a non-attainment city — those that consistently fail to meet the National Air…
NEW DELHI: The Centre’s panel on Delhi-NCR’s air quality on Thursday revoked curbs under stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) amid dip in pollution levels, according to an official order. The curbs were imposed Wednesday as calm winds, low temperatures and foggy conditions allowed accumulation of pollutants in the region, with the…
NEW DELHI: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday imposed Stage-IV restrictions of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR after pollution levels rose to the ‘severe’ category. The CAQM in its order said that the AQI of Delhi rose sharply to 386 on Wednesday and is expected to breach the 400…
