Enemy at the gates, it’s time to do battle
6 years ago

Enemy at the gates, it’s time to do battle

Firstpost  

The NITI Aayog has suggested electrifying public transport, and banning transit traffic and phasing out private diesel vehicles by 2022 in 10 worst polluted cities Air pollution is exacting a heavy toll on India. Apart from cardiovascular ailments, pneumonias, respiratory disorders and cancers, air pollution is now also clearly linked to an increased risk of diabetes, depressed immunity and inflammatory responses that damage body tissues. Even by the national air quality standards, which are less stringent than those set by WHO, 102 cities have been listed as “non-attainment” cities by the Central Pollution Control Board. It has suggested electrifying public transport, taxis and three-wheelers, curbing vehicular pollution in 10 worst cities by banning transition traffic and phasing out private diesel vehicles by 2022.

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Tackling air pollution is an economic imperative, not just a health crisis
1 day, 20 hours ago

Tackling air pollution is an economic imperative, not just a health crisis

Live Mint  

Even as air pollution chokes Indian cities, nearly ₹858 crore allocated by the central government for pollution control in 2024-25 remains unspent. Meanwhile, Delhi’s 2025-26 budget proposes ₹300 crore for emergency pollution control measures and a new command centre to monitor air and water quality. From 11-13 November last year, at the peak of the pollution crisis, Artha Global’s Centre …

Air pollution, Yamuna: Can Rekha Gupta govt match intent with action?
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3 days, 3 hours ago

Air pollution, Yamuna: Can Rekha Gupta govt match intent with action?

India Today  

Delhi Budget 2025 was meant to dazzle. With Rs 506 crore allocated for improving air quality and Rs 1,500 crore for cleaning the river, the Budget has sought to back up the BJP’s election promises with solid funds, seeking to offer a pragmatic, even if ambitious, plan to correct decades of environmental neglect. The government’s is committing Rs 500 crore …

Nearly ALL of the world is breathing dirty air: Shocking map reveals how just 17% of cities have safe levels of air pollution - so, how toxic is your hometown?
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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Nearly ALL of the world is breathing dirty air: Shocking map reveals how just 17% of cities have safe levels of air pollution - so, how toxic is your hometown?

Daily Mail  

Nearly the entire world is breathing dirty air, a shocking new study has revealed. On this map, only blue circles show areas with levels of air pollution considered safe by the WHO India was home to seven of the nine most polluted cities in the world, including New Delhi which had 91.6 micrograms of PM2.5 particles per square metre of …

It’s not Delhi! This Meghalaya town is the world’s most polluted. Here’s why
2 weeks, 4 days ago

It’s not Delhi! This Meghalaya town is the world’s most polluted. Here’s why

Firstpost  

Thirteen of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in India. As per Swiss air technology company IQAir’s report, Byrnihat was the world’s ‘most polluted metropolitan area of 2024’. A study by a Swiss air quality technology company has found that Chad was the most polluted country last year, followed by Bangladesh, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and India, respectively. …

India fails to meet WHO's air quality standard, Assam's Byrnihat most polluted
2 weeks, 5 days ago

India fails to meet WHO's air quality standard, Assam's Byrnihat most polluted

India Today  

Only seven countries have achieved the World Health Organisation's stringent air quality standards for 2024, and India is not one of them. The report said India saw a 7 per cent decline in PM2.5 concentrations in 2024, averaging 50.6 micrograms per cubic metre, compared to 54.4 micrograms per cubic metre in 2023. Air pollution in Delhi worsened, with the annual …

Air pollution hits health and GDP, yet missing from poll promises
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Air pollution hits health and GDP, yet missing from poll promises

Hindustan Times  

Delhi is enjoying a long spell of good air. A Genuine Crisis One hypothesis is that the immediacy of air pollution’s health and economic effects don’t compare to other pressing issues such as subsidies and identity politics, particularly for the poor. To get some sense of the prevalence of negative impacts of air pollution, not just in Delhi, the Artha …

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson urges India to clean up air pollution, poor AQI
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson urges India to clean up air pollution, poor AQI

The Hindu  

Tech entrepreneur and health influencer Bryan Johnson’s appearance on Zerodha-owner Nikhil Kamath’s podcast has underlined India’s poor air quality index even in rarified circles. Johnson later explained himself on February 3 saying, “When in India, I did end this podcast early due to the bad air quality. The problem was that the room we were in circulated outside air which …

Opinion: Is Air Pollution Making India Age Faster?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Is Air Pollution Making India Age Faster?

ABP News  

The blanket of smog that covers multiple developed and developing cities around the world — including our nation’s capital — is not just responsible for choking our lungs. India, the world’s most populated nation and the largest democracy, has been facing the horrors of air pollution for years. Approximately 5 million annual deaths across the world are due to fossil …

Delhi voting in 300+ AQI. Will it be gasp, vote, gasp, again?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi voting in 300+ AQI. Will it be gasp, vote, gasp, again?

India Today  

Despite the high-pitched Delhi election 2025 campaign in the last few weeks, there was an unusual silence around the city's biggest nemesis -- air pollution. To assess whether the alarming issue of Delhi's air pollution -- responsible for nearly 12,000 deaths annually -- found a place in the manifestos of the BJP, AAP, and Congress, India Today Digital examined their …

'My air purifier turned infective': Bryan Johnson leaves Nikhil Kamath podcast midway over pollution in India
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

'My air purifier turned infective': Bryan Johnson leaves Nikhil Kamath podcast midway over pollution in India

Firstpost  

After a video of his sudden departure from the interview went viral on social media, Johnson explained on his X account that the air quality inside the room was 130 and PM2.5 was 75 µg/m³ “which is equal to smoking 3.4 cigarettes for 24 hours of exposure” Bryan Johnson, the American entrepreneur known for his age-reversal and longevity experiments, left …

Yamuna pollution takes centre stage in Delhi poll campaigning but air pollution disappears
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Yamuna pollution takes centre stage in Delhi poll campaigning but air pollution disappears

The Hindu  

Even as pollution of the Yamuna river took centre stage in the Delhi Assembly election campaign for all three main political parties, air pollution was almost absent from the political messaging. Air pollution was almost absent from election speeches of Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and Mr. Modi, and found fleeting mentions in senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s speeches. …

Rural India is Choking: Unmasking the Air Pollution Crisis from Biomass Burning, Stubble Fires, and Industrial Emissions
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rural India is Choking: Unmasking the Air Pollution Crisis from Biomass Burning, Stubble Fires, and Industrial Emissions

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 03, 2025 16:34 IST - 10 MINS READ In the village of Chhatikara in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, Rukmini Devi, a mother of two, sits outside her thatched home on a hazy January afternoon, fanning a makeshift stove, as smoke from smouldering cow dung cakes rises into the air and swirls around her. Northern malaise The 2023 …

Air pollution crisis finally in focus ahead of tight Delhi election
2 months ago

Air pollution crisis finally in focus ahead of tight Delhi election

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Chawla, a 50-year-old resident of Delhi’s affluent Siri Fort …

Citizens, environmentalists and residents demand action on Mumbai’s worsening air
2 months, 1 week ago

Citizens, environmentalists and residents demand action on Mumbai’s worsening air

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Troubled by the worsening air pollution in Mumbai, citizens, civil society members, and environmental groups convened on Friday evening at the YMCA Hall in Grant Road to discuss solutions to this pressing issue. “The MPCB has only seven to eight technical staff to address air pollution, but at least 30 more are needed,” he said during the event organised …

Less than a third of cities met PM10 target: Report on most polluted cities
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Less than a third of cities met PM10 target: Report on most polluted cities

Hindustan Times  

Fewer than one-third of India’s most polluted cities have met their 2024 air quality improvement targets when it comes to reducing dust, raising doubts about the nation’s ability to achieve its broader clean air goals, according to a new report released on Thursday. The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air found that just 41 of 131 non-attainment cities …

Air pollution bigger threat than cancer? Age-reversing CEO sounds alarm
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Air pollution bigger threat than cancer? Age-reversing CEO sounds alarm

India Today  

Bryan Johnson, a 45-year-old millionaire tech entrepreneur and longevity advocate, has made headlines for his unconventional mission to reverse ageing and extend human lifespans. Bryan Johnson, while highlighting his visit to India, shared a post on X said, "India would save more years of life by solving air pollution than curing cancer. The country’s air pollution levels contribute to nearly …

Solve air pollution not cancer: US millionaire Bryan Johnson's blunt advice for India to fight ‘silent killer’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Solve air pollution not cancer: US millionaire Bryan Johnson's blunt advice for India to fight ‘silent killer’

Hindustan Times  

Age-reversing millionaire Bryan Johnson has targetted the air pollution problem in India yet again through his posts on X, this time offering advice for solving the pollution problem in the country. Here's what you can do in polluted environments," the 45-year-old said, sharing a video of his associate listing the ways in which they combatted air pollution during his recent …

India’s novel attempts at battling deadly air pollution are falling short
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3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Air pollution killed 1.5 million annually from 2009-2019
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Air pollution killed 1.5 million annually from 2009-2019

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A whopping 1.5 million deaths were reported in India annually from 2009 to 2019 due to long-term exposure to PM2.5 pollution every year, said the latest Lancet study. The study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, said that the entire 1.4 billion population of India live in areas having PM2.5 levels higher than World Health Organisation-recommended yearly average …

Air pollution likely killed millions of Indians over a decade, study finds
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Air pollution likely killed millions of Indians over a decade, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They found that around 3.8 million deaths from 2009 to 2019 could be linked to air pollution levels staying …

Air pollution deaths in India rose from 4.5 million to 7.3 million in 10 years: Lancet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Air pollution deaths in India rose from 4.5 million to 7.3 million in 10 years: Lancet

India Today  

Long-term exposure to air pollution is claiming millions of lives in India, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Over the decade, approximately 3.8 million deaths were attributed to air pollution levels exceeding India's air quality guideline of 40 micrograms per cubic metre. While India's national air pollution control programme, launched in 2017, aims …

Smog, Sweet Smog | Power Play by Anand Mishra
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Air pollution is a national problem. Can you live with it?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Air pollution is a national problem. Can you live with it?

Live Mint  

These numbers reflect the air quality levels in different corners of Parth Phiroze Mehrotra’s house in a posh south Delhi neighbourhood. “Before this, I had 10 air purifiers in the house for over three years," says Phiroze Mehrotra, 38, editor-in-chief of publishing house Juggernaut Books. And then there are residents like Phiroze Mehrotra, who are finding ways to shield themselves—he’s …

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s Candid Take On Avoiding Being In Delhi: ‘Itna Bhayankar Pollution Hai…’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s Candid Take On Avoiding Being In Delhi: ‘Itna Bhayankar Pollution Hai…’

ABP News  

New Delhi, Dec 3 Irked by increased pollution levels in Delhi, Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who is an MP from Nagpur, on Tuesday confessed that he does not feel like visiting the national capital as he often catches infection here. "Har baar Delhi me aata hua, aisa lagta hain ki jaana chahiye ki nahi. Itna bhayankar pollution hai stood at …

Don’t let air pollution cloud the success story of India’s economic emergence
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Don’t let air pollution cloud the success story of India’s economic emergence

Live Mint  

India has achieved remarkable economic success, ranking as the world’s fifth-largest economy. In September 2013, China introduced a significant national policy to address severe air quality issues that included emission-reduction targets with a focus on key industrial sectors like coal, steel and cement, a regional focus on heavily polluted regions such as Beijing and Tianjin, new regulations for industry, an …

Pollution worsening in Chandigarh despite ‘clean air’ efforts
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pollution worsening in Chandigarh despite ‘clean air’ efforts

Hindustan Times  

Pollution levels in Chandigarh have risen over the past five years, despite efforts under the National Clean Air Programme to improve the city’s air quality. While 97 of the 130 cities targeted by the NCAP showed improvements in annual PM10 concentrations in FY 2023-24 compared to FY 2017-18, Chandigarh’s pollution levels have increased. ‘Rapid urbanisation primary reason’ Navneet Kumar Srivastava, …

‘Death in the air’: How is life different in world’s most polluted city?
4 months ago

‘Death in the air’: How is life different in world’s most polluted city?

Al Jazeera  

India’s capital New Delhi is swamped by smog, and air pollution kills 2 million Indians a year. “You are stopping like we have an option.” For nearly three weeks, India’s capital has been swamped by deadly smog — one evening, the Air Quality Index hovered over 1,700, more than 17 times higher than the acceptable limit. ‘Vastly inequitable’ impact Noor …

Winds continue to carry off pollutants, improve Delhi air
4 months ago

Winds continue to carry off pollutants, improve Delhi air

Hindustan Times  

The marginal improvement in air pollution that Delhi residents have experienced owing to strong winds over the past few days continued on Wednesday with the air quality remaining in the lower end of “very poor”, data showed. Out of the 38 monitoring stations providing data in Delhi on Wedesnday, 17 recorded “poor” air quality, while the remaining 21 remained in …

Delhi’s pollution emergency and India’s aspiration to become a leading economy
4 months ago

Delhi’s pollution emergency and India’s aspiration to become a leading economy

Firstpost  

Delhi has turned out to be one of the most polluted places on this planet, an undesirable achievement for a nation that has always prioritised and promoted the principles of ecological consciousness As India aims to become the third largest economy in the world, it has considerably failed to develop a policy plan that may control the play of the …

Millions breathe poison, but why public health isn't political priority in India
4 months ago

Millions breathe poison, but why public health isn't political priority in India

India Today  

“It feels terrible, I just don't like it," says Rubaab, an 8-year-old in New Delhi who has been using a nebuliser since he was a child. If Delhi, and other Indian cities, slowly turned into gas chambers, with air pollution behind 7 per cent of all daily deaths, why didn't anyone take note? From the lack of public demand and …

Breathless in India: Polluted air isn't Delhi's problem alone anymore
4 months ago

Breathless in India: Polluted air isn't Delhi's problem alone anymore

India Today  

As Delhi, like every year, struggles with unhealthy air, the weather conditions continue to make India’s fight against pollution worse. Delhi’s air quality remains in the “very poor” category even though the Graded Response Action Plan has been taken a notch down. The government has told Parliament that air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region is driven by …

AQI Today: Delhi air pollution ‘very poor’; Visuals show Mumbai, Agra’s Taj Mahal covered in smog
Top News
4 months ago

AQI Today: Delhi air pollution ‘very poor’; Visuals show Mumbai, Agra’s Taj Mahal covered in smog

Live Mint  

Delhi AQI today: The national capital received no relief from air pollution after Delhi's air quality slipped to ‘severe category’ on Saturday. Delhi air pollution: Smog engulfs Taj Mahal, Red Fort, India Gate Sunday morning | Watch Mumbai wakes up to thick layer of smog | Watch Mumbai's air pollution also reached high levels on Saturday and remained high Sunday …

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dirty air could be a blow to India’s $5 trillion dreams
4 months, 1 week ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Dirty air could be a blow to India’s $5 trillion dreams

Deccan Chronicle  

India aspires to become a $5 trillion economy, the third largest in the world, in the next five years. According to estimates by the World Health Organisation, in 2019, some 68 per cent of outdoor air pollution related premature deaths were due to ischaemic heart disease and stroke, 14 per cent were due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 14 per …

Only collective action can tackle Capital crisis
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4 months, 1 week ago

Only collective action can tackle Capital crisis

Hindustan Times  

Northern India, particularly Delhi and the NCR region, is grappling with choking air. The winter of 2023 painted a grim picture, with Delhi’s Air Quality Index frequently surpassing 400—the “hazardous” threshold—and touching over 500 during peak episodes. Despite government bans and alternatives like the Happy Seeder, economic hardships and logistical hurdles keep stubble burning a persistent issue, contributing 25-30% of …

Rahul Gandhi on air pollution in north India: 'Need collective response, not political blame games'
4 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi on air pollution in north India: 'Need collective response, not political blame games'

Hindustan Times  

Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the air pollution in north India is a national emergency that requires a collective response instead of political blame games. “Air pollution in North India is a national emergency—a public health crisis that is stealing our children’s future and suffocating the elderly, and an environmental and economic disaster …

Declining air quality in India - a primer on how to survive living with poor AQI
4 months, 1 week ago

Declining air quality in India - a primer on how to survive living with poor AQI

The Hindu  

The combination of festive activities and the onset of winter have further deteriorated the Air Quality Index in certain States and Union Territories across India forcing the Union Health Ministry to issue an advisory directing state health departments and healthcare facilities to enhance their preparedness to safeguard the health of public against the ill-effects of rising air pollution levels. Experts …

Clearing the air on Delhi’s pollution crisis
4 months, 1 week ago

Clearing the air on Delhi’s pollution crisis

The Hindu  

Since 1984, when M.C. Editorial | A consistent response: On air pollution responses in Delhi The usual response to point sources of pollution — legislating new technology and enforcing stringent prosecution — does not work for dispersed sources, which have a strong societal component and few viable options. A review of Beijing’s approach to controlling air pollution by the United …

Delhi air pollution: Why has India failed to clean up its toxic smog?
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4 months, 1 week ago

Delhi air pollution: Why has India failed to clean up its toxic smog?

Al Jazeera  

State authorities tout an experimental plan that involves stimulating clouds for rain, but scientists are sceptical. Soaring air pollution in India’s capital, New Delhi, has reached “hazardous” levels this week, causing state officials to limit movement and revive plans to stimulate artificial rain to clear toxic smog. Here’s what you need to know about Delhi’s smog challenge and what artificial …

Delhi air pollution: X user suggests residents to 'learn Kannada, settle in Bengaluru'
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4 months, 1 week ago

Delhi air pollution: X user suggests residents to 'learn Kannada, settle in Bengaluru'

India Today  

As Delhi choked due to severe air pollution over this week, an X user suggested that residents should learn Kannada and move to Bengaluru instead in a post that has now gone viral. But in Delhi, you have to pay for the clean air too with an additional 18% GST.” The person further added, “It's time to learn Kannada and …

How China won pollution battle as India allows Delhiites to choke to death
4 months, 1 week ago

How China won pollution battle as India allows Delhiites to choke to death

India Today  

No sighting of the sun for days. BEIJING VS DELHI: SEEING IS BELIEVING WHEN IT COMES TO AQI Kyle Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University, shared charts in 2023, showing how Beijing's air pollution had improved over the years, but Delhi's looked "mostly unchanged". Beijing's air pollution has improved over the years, while Delhi's appears to remain mostly unchanged. …

Delhi smog: Life in the world’s most polluted city
4 months, 1 week ago

Delhi smog: Life in the world’s most polluted city

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Inside Delhi’s first ever clinic dedicated to pollution-related illnesses, Deepak Rajak struggles to catch his breath. The specialist clinic at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohiya hospital was set up last year to treat the growing number of patients affected by hazardous air pollution, which worsens every winter in the Indian capital. “We were at the bus stop, …

India unable to meet WHO air quality standards; airshed approach, US-style EPA needed, says former WHO chief scientist
4 months, 1 week ago

India unable to meet WHO air quality standards; airshed approach, US-style EPA needed, says former WHO chief scientist

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist at the World Health Organization, says India should adopt an “airshed approach” to analyze its air pollution crisis and set up an environment protection agency to enforce government rules with strict action. They come as the air quality index in Delhi spikes record levels, forcing the state government to issue emergency orders, …

Smog triggers deadly car pile-ups in UP, 2 dead, several injured; victim says ’couldn’t see anything’
4 months, 1 week ago

Smog triggers deadly car pile-ups in UP, 2 dead, several injured; victim says ’couldn’t see anything’

Live Mint  

At least two people lost their lives, and several others were injured in separate smog-related accidents in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, November 19. Residents in India's northern states woke up to another day of poor air quality on Tuesday, as a layer of dense fog shrouded most of the region, and pollution in the capital Delhi remained severe. India battles …

Delhi air crisis discussed at COP29: Experts term it a public health emergency
4 months, 1 week ago

Delhi air crisis discussed at COP29: Experts term it a public health emergency

India Today  

Engulfed in smog, Delhi’s air pollution crisis has become a central topic at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. With the city’s Air Quality Index surpassing 500 and touching hazardous levels, the issue has drawn global attention to the public health emergency unfolding in India’s capital. Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Executive Director of Malaysia’s Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, emphasised …

As Shashi Tharoor suggests capital switch over smog, Indonesia is already at it
4 months, 1 week ago

As Shashi Tharoor suggests capital switch over smog, Indonesia is already at it

India Today  

"Is Delhi still fit to be India's national capital," questioned Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as pollution soared to extremely severe levels in the national capital, with several areas touching the 500 AQI mark. Jakarta, which is home to about 10 million people, has been plagued by worsening air quality year after year WHAT THE NEW CAPITAL WILL LOOK LIKE? An …

From the India Today archives (2015) | Air pollution: What Delhi could learn from Beijing
4 months, 1 week ago

From the India Today archives (2015) | Air pollution: What Delhi could learn from Beijing

India Today  

For two weeks in the winter of 2013, Beijingers awoke every day to poisonous, smoggy skies. The first had come a year earlier, in the autumn of 2011, when he started what may well come to be remembered as China's first-ever public awareness campaign against air pollution. "People knew very little about what PM2.5 was until he mentioned it on …

Health Day at COP29 raises alarm over worsening air quality in Delhi
4 months, 1 week ago

Health Day at COP29 raises alarm over worsening air quality in Delhi

New Indian Express  

BAKU: On Health Day, at the ongoing COP29 negotiations in Baku, experts raised alarm about the severe air pollution crisis plaguing India's national capital Delhi and the broader South Asia airshed. Residents in Delhi and surrounding areas are struggling to breathe, with the Air Quality Index crossing 450 and particulate matter levels surging to hazardous concentrations. Delhi’s air quality typically …

Delhi chokes on toxic air, stubble burning contributes 38% to pollution
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi chokes on toxic air, stubble burning contributes 38% to pollution

India Today  

Delhi’s air quality plummeted to a 'severe' category over the past few days, with stubble burning contributing a staggering 38 per cent to the city’s pollution on Friday—its highest share so far in 2024. For several consecutive days, stubble burning has accounted for over 30 per cent of Delhi’s pollution, with contributions steadily rising from 30.8 per cent on November …

India’s capital New Delhi shuts all primary schools as air quality worsens
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Delhi smog explained: Why air turned hazardous and early respite looks bleak
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi smog explained: Why air turned hazardous and early respite looks bleak

India Today  

It’s not just Delhi that is under a blanket of the annual early-winter smog, making the city’s air hazardous for its 20 million residents. Despite many dissuasive efforts, including the threat of financial penalties, many farmers in Delhi’s neighbouring states continue to burn crop stubble, worsening air pollution. Punjab’s 7,029 fires since September 15 were 70 per cent fewer than …

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