Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ‘inaugurates’ Delhi’s ‘first smog tower’, except, it may not be the first
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ‘inaugurates’ Delhi’s ‘first smog tower’, except, it may not be the first

Op India  

Grabbing yet another opportunity to hog credit for work done by others, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal declared that his government on Monday inaugurated the city’s first ‘smog tower’ to curb the menace of pollution. बधाई दिल्ली। प्रदूषण के ख़िलाफ़ युद्ध में दिल्ली में देश के पहले स्मॉग टावर की शुरुआत की। अमेरिकी तकनीक से बना ये स्मॉग टावर हवा में प्रदूषण की मात्रा को कम करेगा। पायलट आधार पर शुरू हुए इस प्रोजेक्ट के नतीजे बेहतर रहे तो पूरी दिल्ली में ऐसे और स्मॉग टावर लगाए जाएंगे। pic.twitter.com/gqgh0MzyuJ — Arvind Kejriwal August 23, 2021 Only, this is not the first ‘smog tower’ installed in the national capital. pic.twitter.com/qIbRETzJs1 — Gautam Gambhir January 10, 2020 Just a year and eight months later, Kejriwal has claimed to inaugurate allegedly the first smog tower at Baba Kharak Singh Marg in the Connaught Place area. If the results of this project started on pilot basis are good then more such smog towers will be installed all over Delhi.” बधाई दिल्ली। प्रदूषण के ख़िलाफ़ युद्ध में दिल्ली में देश के पहले स्मॉग टावर की शुरुआत की। अमेरिकी तकनीक से बना ये स्मॉग टावर हवा में प्रदूषण की मात्रा को कम करेगा। पायलट आधार पर शुरू हुए इस प्रोजेक्ट के नतीजे बेहतर रहे तो पूरी दिल्ली में ऐसे और स्मॉग टावर लगाए जाएंगे। pic.twitter.com/gqgh0MzyuJ — Arvind Kejriwal August 23, 2021 The tower will reportedly purify 1,000 cubic meters of air per second within a radius of around 1 km.

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India’s novel attempts at battling deadly air pollution are falling short
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4 weeks, 2 days ago

India’s novel attempts at battling deadly air pollution are falling short

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI—As the skies turned hazy with pollution this winter, a giant outdoor purifier sat dormant in the Indian capital’s central business district. The Delhi government said the smog guns and drones were part of emergency measures to combat pollution during winter months and that the country’s top court had ordered the construction of the smog tower. Environmental experts said …

Smog, Sweet Smog | Power Play by Anand Mishra
1 month, 1 week ago

Smog, Sweet Smog | Power Play by Anand Mishra

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 06, 2024 18:12 IST - 4 MINS READ Dear readers, So here we are again—Parliament’s winter session unfolds like a well-rehearsed drama, complete with its predictable plot twists and familiar cast of characters. My relatives and friends, many with children or relatives working in the capital, keep asking the same question: “How do people live there?” It’s …

Delhi's AQI hits 500: What is smog and how it affects us. Explained
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi's AQI hits 500: What is smog and how it affects us. Explained

India Today  

Thick grey haze choked Delhi for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, with pollution levels reaching a dangerous 488 on the Air Quality Index, falling into the ‘severe plus’ category. The London Smog of 1952, which saw particulate matter levels reach around 500 micrograms per cubic meter, led to over 4,000 premature deaths due to a combination of high PM …

India’s capital New Delhi shuts all primary schools as air quality worsens
2 months ago

India’s capital New Delhi shuts all primary schools as air quality worsens

Al Jazeera  

The pollution in New Delhi is likely to stay ‘severe’ on Friday, after which it will improve to ‘very poor’. India’s capital New Delhi has ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice and the country’s government has banned non-essential construction in the city and urged residents to avoid burning coal for heating, to combat worsening air …

Anti-smog tower near DND flyway removed without notice; activists question efficacy
2 months ago

Anti-smog tower near DND flyway removed without notice; activists question efficacy

Hindustan Times  

Set up at a cost of ₹2.5 crore, Noida’s first and only anti-smog tower, set up near the DND Flyway just three years ago on a pilot basis to help combat air pollution, was removed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited recently owing to technical faults, prompting environmentalists to question the tower’s effectiveness and the lack of transparency about its future. …

Shroud of smog envelops Delhi amid dirty air
2 months, 1 week ago

Shroud of smog envelops Delhi amid dirty air

Hindustan Times  

Delhi on Thursday morning was blanketed by a thick, grey haze, which took around three hours to dissipate as the city’s residents, particularly children and the elderly, struggled with a racking cough and a burning sensation in the eyes — annual complaints for the Capital in the winter season. In addition, a combination of low wind speeds, the presence of …

'Delhi Model - Shrouded In Haze Of Smog': LG Saxena Writes To Kejriwal Govt Over Pollution Levels
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Delhi Model - Shrouded In Haze Of Smog': LG Saxena Writes To Kejriwal Govt Over Pollution Levels

ABP News  

A day after Swiss firm IQAir revealed that Delhi would be the world's most polluted capital city in 2023, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday, urging him to take concrete steps on this front and accusing the state government of a "lackadaisical approach" to improving the city's air quality. In his letter to Chief …

Restart Delhi smog tower in 24 hours, says Rai
1 year ago

Restart Delhi smog tower in 24 hours, says Rai

The Hindu  

Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday hit out at the Delhi Pollution Control Committee after operations of the smog tower at Connaught Place were shut down a day earlier due to unpaid salaries of its workers, calling it a “contempt” of the Supreme Court’s order. He also asked DPCC Chairman Ashwani Kumar to submit a detailed report within 48 hours, …

The smog tower in Delhi has been shut down by workers for not getting salaries
1 year ago

The smog tower in Delhi has been shut down by workers for not getting salaries

Op India  

The smog tower, inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in 2021 amid much fanfare, is ‘locked up’ again as Delhi continues to be engulfed in smog. “This tower is under Delhi Pollution Control Committee and National Buildings Construction Corporation, and our company, Vibgyour Consulting, was operating this tower,” Mahipal Bisht, one of the staff members, told India Today. Back in …

Delhi’s smog tower impact too little, too close: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi’s smog tower impact too little, too close: Report

Hindustan Times  

A Delhi Pollution Control Committee team on Wednesday restarted the anti-smog tower at Connaught Place, a day after the Supreme Court ordered the administration to immediately operationalise the 24-metre tall, giant air purifier fitted with fans and an array of filters. The smog tower at Connaught Place was installed following an apex court order on January 13, 2020 at a …

Kejriwal recommends immediate suspension of Delhi Pollution Control Committee chairman to LG
1 year, 2 months ago

Kejriwal recommends immediate suspension of Delhi Pollution Control Committee chairman to LG

India TV News  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday recommended the immediate suspension of the DPCC chairman Ashwani Kumar to Delhi LG VK Saxena. Row over smog tower costs DPCC post to Kumar The development came three days after Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai wrote to Kejriwal, seeking the suspension of Kumar for "arbitrarily halting" the operation of a large smog tower …

Delhi Environment Minister seeks suspension of officer who halted smog tower project
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi Environment Minister seeks suspension of officer who halted smog tower project

The Hindu  

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on November 4, seeking the suspension of Delhi Pollution Control Committee chairman Ashwani Kumar for "arbitrarily halting" the operation of a large smog tower installed at Connaught Place two years ago to mitigate air pollution. Mr. Rai mentioned that two smog towers were installed in Delhi — at Connaught …

As Delhi chokes, AAP minister responds to BJP's allegations on smog tower
1 year, 2 months ago

As Delhi chokes, AAP minister responds to BJP's allegations on smog tower

Hindustan Times  

Delhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Saturday said that the smog tower in the city's Connaught Place has been inoperational due to non-payment by the Centre, reported ANI. Rai said as the Delhi Air Quality Index worsened, several BJP leaders went to the Connaught Place-located smog tower and made videos accusing the Aam Aadmi Party of being behind it. The …

As Delhi battles toxic air, smog tower in Connaught Place 'non-operational'
1 year, 2 months ago

As Delhi battles toxic air, smog tower in Connaught Place 'non-operational'

Hindustan Times  

The ₹23 crore-smog tower in Delhi's Connaught Place, inaugurated by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in August 2021 amid much fanfare, has gone ‘missing’ at a time when the national capital and its neighbouring areas are battling ‘severe’ air pollution. The smog tower behind locked gates Visuals by news agency ANI on Friday showed the tower, now non-functional, behind locked gates. …

NGT pulls up Delhi and Punjab governments over rising air pollution in NCR and neighbouring States
1 year, 2 months ago

NGT pulls up Delhi and Punjab governments over rising air pollution in NCR and neighbouring States

The Hindu  

Taking suo moto cognisance of newspaper reports published in the ongoing month, detailing the rising air pollution in Delhi and Punjab, the National Green Tribunal had pulled-up the governments concerned and directed them to come-up with action taken report as well as a plan of action to control the same. The principal Bench of the NGT in Delhi, comprising Chairperson …

Delhi's air quality to improve further but remain within upper end of Poor category as curbs end
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi's air quality to improve further but remain within upper end of Poor category as curbs end

India Today  

Even as Delhi’s air quality improved slightly on Tuesday, it is likely to remain within ‘Very poor’ or upper end of Poor till Wednesday. The air quality will remain within the upper end of Poor category due to weak upper-level wind flow, reduction in local emissions, and moderate dispersion of pollutants leading to dilution of near-surface pollution, the SAFAR forecast …

Connaught Place smog tower has ‘noticeable impact’ on air pollution: Gopal Rai
2 years, 3 months ago

Connaught Place smog tower has ‘noticeable impact’ on air pollution: Gopal Rai

The Hindu  

The smog tower installed by the Delhi government in Connaught Place has a “noticeable impact” on reducing air pollution within a 300-meter radius, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday. Mr. Rai said that based on data collected over a year, the smog tower was found to have reduced air pollution within a 50-meter radius by 70-80% and within a …

Air pollution woes: Delhi CM Kejriwal to launch 15-point action plan on September 30
2 years, 3 months ago

Air pollution woes: Delhi CM Kejriwal to launch 15-point action plan on September 30

India TV News  

Air Pollution in Delhi: With the onset of the festival season, national capital, like every year, is bracing for air pollution as well. In view of this, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will launch his government's 15-point action plan to fight air pollution in winter on September 30, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference, Rai …

Smog towers not final solution to pollution, says Central Pollution Control Board official
2 years, 8 months ago

Smog towers not final solution to pollution, says Central Pollution Control Board official

The Hindu  

Technologies such as smog towers are interventions that are still being tested and are not a final solution to the problem of pollution, Prashant Gargava, Member Secretary, Central Pollution Control Board, said at a webinar on Wednesday. To address Delhi’s exorbitant winter level pollution, smog tower — that consists of a large fan, housed in a tower to suck in …

In a flux over smog towers
2 years, 11 months ago

In a flux over smog towers

The Hindu  

A walk of up to one km in three different directions from the smog tower in Connaught Place with a handheld air quality monitoring device has revealed fluctuating levels of the chief pollutant, PM 2.5. What is interesting is while the air closest to the tower should be cleanest, the device recorded the opposite in several instances — falling pollution …

Bad air: Ad hocism won’t work anymore
3 years ago

Bad air: Ad hocism won’t work anymore

Hindustan Times  

It’s December in Delhi, and as the city is blanketed by a brown soup of air pollution again, a familiar storyline is playing out. Questions are raised about whether air pollution could be harmful, even cause death, with the Union government responding that there is too little evidence on the health impacts of air pollution. Persuaded by the visibly deteriorating …

Delhi smog tower cleans air, but test continue on efficacy and range
3 years, 1 month ago

Delhi smog tower cleans air, but test continue on efficacy and range

Hindustan Times  

Preliminary data submitted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee shows a 50-60% reduction in PM 2.5 concentration, but only between the inlet and the outlet of the smog tower installed at Connaught Place earlier this year. Experts have long argued that smog towers are not a long-term solution to Delhi’s air pollution problem, …

Noida’s first anti-smog tower along DND flyway becomes operational
3 years, 1 month ago

Noida’s first anti-smog tower along DND flyway becomes operational

Hindustan Times  

The first anti-smog tower along the Delhi-Noida-Direct Flyway near Film City in Noida became operational on Wednesday. The 20-metre-tall anti-smog tower will cover an area of one square kilometre, and help mitigate air pollution during the winter season, said officials. Built on a green belt area of 400 square metres along the DND Flyway, the anti-smog tower will work at …

Arvind Kejriwal made Delhi smog city, should resign: BJP
3 years, 1 month ago

Arvind Kejriwal made Delhi smog city, should resign: BJP

India TV News  

Instead of making Delhi a world class city as he promised, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has turned it into a "smog city", the BJP claimed Tuesday, attacking the AAP government over air pollution in the national capital. "If Kejriwal is unable to perform, he should immediately resign," Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta told a joint press conference with Leader of …

Here's why it is easier to put up a smog tower, but difficult to curb air pollution in Delhi
3 years, 2 months ago

Here's why it is easier to put up a smog tower, but difficult to curb air pollution in Delhi

Firstpost  

If we want to reduce air pollution in Delhi, our focus has to be on reducing coal and biomass burning and tackling land degradation and desertification in Delhi-NCR, and in neighbouring states. What we burn the most, pollutes the most | | 2019-20 | Pollution potential Coal and lignite 1,045 High Biomass for cooking 500 Highest Petroleum products 240 Medium …

Delhi in Grip of Season's 1st Smog Episode, Likely to Be Longest in 4 Years: CSE
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi in Grip of Season's 1st Smog Episode, Likely to Be Longest in 4 Years: CSE

News 18  

The first severe smog episode has hit Delhi and the National Capital Region and is expected to last for another two days, green think-tank Centre for Science and Environment said on Wednesday. Compared to the first smog episode of previous four years, the current smog has matched the duration of the first smog of 2018 and 2020 season — both …

Anti-smog initiatives increase as Delhi battles pollution post Diwali celebration
3 years, 2 months ago

Anti-smog initiatives increase as Delhi battles pollution post Diwali celebration

India TV News  

The Delhi government on Friday intensified various initiatives, including installations of anti-smog guns in various locations of the national capital to fight the increased pollution that reached 'severe category', a day after the celebrations of Diwali. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai will visit ITO, Near Old PHQ for the installation of Anti-Smog Gun on Friday, according to Aam Aadmi Party …

Delhi: Newly built smog tower near Connaught Place now functional; cleans air up to 88%
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi: Newly built smog tower near Connaught Place now functional; cleans air up to 88%

India Today  

Delhi’s newly built smog tower at Baba Kharag Singh Marg near Connaught Place is fully functional and the initial readings are quite positive in terms of pollution reduction. This is the first instance that comparable data of the polluted air, which is flowing inside the tower and the air coming out of it, can be compared qualitatively. Similarly, PM10 level …

Delhi has got its first smog tower, but why many experts are not impressed
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi has got its first smog tower, but why many experts are not impressed

India Today  

Delhi’s air pollution has been a matter of worry for years now and several attempts have been made by governments to control it. Just ahead of this season, the Delhi government has inaugurated its first smog tower at Baba Kharag Singh Marg in Connaught Place, but many environmentalists say this kind of project can’t provide a permanent solution to a …

Smog tower to be functional after monsoon: govt. official
3 years, 4 months ago

Smog tower to be functional after monsoon: govt. official

The Hindu  

The smog tower inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday to fight air pollution will be functional after monsoon as the filters for it will be fitted only after the rainy season ends, a government official said. After inaugurating the smog tower at Connaught Place on Monday, Mr. Kejriwal had said that similar towers would be built in other …

Delhi’s Smog Tower Before Diwali Is Only for Optics, Science Be Damned
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi’s Smog Tower Before Diwali Is Only for Optics, Science Be Damned

The Quint  

The Chief Minister of Delhi has inaugurated India’s first-ever smog tower in the heart of the city to help combat rising air pollution in the national capital. For a city that has been bogged down with smog every winter, being proactive, getting technology to fix the problem shows the government in the right light. These quick-fix solutions continue to find …

News18 Evening Digest: Indian Army Grants Time Scale Colonel Rank to Five Women Officers & Other Top Stories
3 years, 4 months ago

News18 Evening Digest: Indian Army Grants Time Scale Colonel Rank to Five Women Officers & Other Top Stories

News 18  

Indian Army Grants Time Scale Colonel Rank to Five Women Officers A selection board in the Indian Army has cleared the way for the promotion of five women officers to colonel rank, post completion of 26 years of reckonable service, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement issued on August 23. Delhi gets first smog tower, A Large Scale …

Delhi gets first smog tower, A Large Scale Air Purifier, at Connaught Place To Combat Pollution
3 years, 4 months ago

Delhi gets first smog tower, A Large Scale Air Purifier, at Connaught Place To Combat Pollution

News 18  

India’s national capital, Delhi got its first-ever much-needed smog tower, which was inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday. The smog tower is a structure designed to work as a large-scale air purifier in order to reduce air pollution particles. After the polluted air enters the smog tower, it is purified by the multiple layers before being re-circulated into …

New Delhi opens first ‘smog tower’; expert says ‘absolute waste’
3 years, 4 months ago

New Delhi opens first ‘smog tower’; expert says ‘absolute waste’

Al Jazeera  

Move aims to reduce the air pollution blamed for thousands of premature deaths every year, but experts are sceptical. India’s capital New Delhi has opened its first “smog tower”, aimed at reducing the air pollution blamed for thousands of premature deaths every year, but experts are sceptical. Concentrations of tiny deadly particles in New Delhi’s air regularly exceed safe limits …

Delhi pollution: What AAP government has done so far in 2020
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi pollution: What AAP government has done so far in 2020

Hindustan Times  

During the 2020 Delhi Assembly election Arvind Kejirwal-led Aam Aadmi Party promised two-third reduction in Delhi’s pollution. The Delhi government has launched a ‘Green War Room’ which will be the centre for collaboration of different agencies that will work together to tackle air pollution. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is also focussing on increasing the green cover in Delhi with a …

Delhi Air Pollution: SC Directs Completion Of Smog Towers Construction In 10 Months [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Air Pollution: SC Directs Completion Of Smog Towers Construction In 10 Months [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has granted ten months for that the completion of the construction of smog towers in Delhi for the purpose of curbing air pollution.This was after the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and the Department of Environment & Forests, Government of NCT of Delhi undertook before a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra that the work …

Centre tells SC That NBCC Will Construct & TATA Will Install Smog Tower Project
4 years, 5 months ago

Centre tells SC That NBCC Will Construct & TATA Will Install Smog Tower Project

Live Law  

The Centre on Tuesday informed Supreme Court that the foundation work for the Smog Tower project, aimed to help Delhi fight the menace of air pollution, could be started immediately.However, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta also indicated that, as informed earlier, it would take a period of around 10 months to complete the entire project. The Centre on Tuesday informed Supreme …

Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: We are worried for future, says Supreme Court
4 years, 10 months ago

Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: We are worried for future, says Supreme Court

India TV News  

"We are worried for future", the Supreme Court said on Friday, asking the municipal corporations and other agencies in Delhi to consider purchasing BS-VI compliant diesel vehicles for their respective works to reduce pollution. A bench of justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta said this while hearing a plea filed by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, seeking permission to allow …

Install smog towers at Connaught Place, Anand Vihar in three months: SC
4 years, 11 months ago

Install smog towers at Connaught Place, Anand Vihar in three months: SC

India TV News  

The Supreme Court has given three months to the Centre and Delhi government for the pilot project of setting up a 'smog tower' at Connaught Place and Anand Vihar here, while issuing a slew of directions to combat the menace of air and water pollution. Smog towers are structures designed as large-scale air purifiers to reduce air pollution.A bench of …

Gautam Gambhir inaugurates prototype of first-of-its-kind air purifier in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar
5 years ago

Gautam Gambhir inaugurates prototype of first-of-its-kind air purifier in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar

India TV News  

BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Friday inaugurated the prototype of the first-of-its-kind air purifier in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar Central Market. The giant air purifier will be a test case on how far the capital's air quality woes can be fixed. Plummeting air quality has been a top concern across the capital since autumn when Delhi schools had to be temporarily …

Delhi Smog Towers: Solution to Pollution or Waste of Public Money?
5 years ago

Delhi Smog Towers: Solution to Pollution or Waste of Public Money?

The Quint  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, 9 October, announced that the Delhi government has taken a decision to build a smog tower in the capital’s Connaught Place to fight the pollution crisis, touted to be worth Rs 20 crore. The CM said that this would be India’s first smog tower and would be one of two smog towers coming …

Anti-smog gun could combat Delhi's rising pollution levels
5 years, 2 months ago

Anti-smog gun could combat Delhi's rising pollution levels

India Today  

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has tried an anti-smoke gun in the midst of major pollution spike in Delhi. Its speciality is that in a short period of time, it will eliminate pollution levels from a particular spot rapidly. Reportedly, through this gun, waterfalls in the area of 70 to 100 metres, due to which dust and pollution fall on …

India's New Delhi hits 'unbearable' pollution levels, equivalent to smoking 33 cigarettes a day
5 years, 2 months ago

India's New Delhi hits 'unbearable' pollution levels, equivalent to smoking 33 cigarettes a day

ABC  

Air pollution in New Delhi and surrounding towns has reached the worst levels so far this year, with authorities in the capital having declared a public health emergency and ordered the closure of schools. Key points: New Delhi's Chief Minister said pollution levels had reached "unbearable levels" Particulate matter in the air hit 900 PM 2.5 — way over the …

CMs urge Centre to convene urgent meeting as North India turns into gas chamber
5 years, 2 months ago

CMs urge Centre to convene urgent meeting as North India turns into gas chamber

India Today  

Amid a blame game over failure to check toxic haze that has enveloped the national capital and neighbouring areas, the chief ministers of Delhi, Punjab and Haryana on Saturday called for urgent intervention by the Centre to draw a joint plan with them to address the "serious" situation. Sisodia's remarks came on a day Javadekar alleged that Chief Minister Arvind …

India's own 'smog tower' may help combat air pollution
6 years, 2 months ago

India's own 'smog tower' may help combat air pollution

India TV News  

As the city grapples with dangerous levels of air pollution, a Delhi-based start-up has designed a 40-feet-tall purifier which it claims could provide clean air to 75,000 people living in the three-kilometre radius around it. Kurin Systems has recently got the patent for the "world's largest as well as the strongest air purifier" published by the World Intellectual Property Organization, …

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