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 environment minister added that the smog tower in Connaught Place has been shut down arbitrarily on the orders of Delhi Pollution Control Committee Chairman Ashwani Kumar. BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla had also reached the Smog Tower in Delhi's Connaught place wearing a gas mask.

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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 …

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. …

Delhi BJP asks AAP govt to explain how it spent clean air funds given by Centre
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi BJP asks AAP govt to explain how it spent clean air funds given by Centre

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janta Party MPs Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and Bansuri Swaraj on Saturday asked the Delhi government to explain why it has not spent more than 70% of the funds it was given under the National Clean Air Programme, and criticised it for turning the Capital into one of the world’s most polluted cities. New Delhi, July 20 : Bharatiya Janata …

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 Ministers to hit the road for execution of pollution plans
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi Ministers to hit the road for execution of pollution plans

The Hindu  

All Ministers in the Delhi government will work on the ground to ensure the implementation of the emergency pollution control measures in the national capital, said Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday. Mr. Rai made the statement after he held a meeting with Delhi Ministers, and a day before his government is likely to place before the Supreme Court its …

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 …

Want CP smog tower working, orders top court; Delhi CM seeks suspension of DPCC secy
1 year, 2 months ago

Want CP smog tower working, orders top court; Delhi CM seeks suspension of DPCC secy

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the non-functional smog tower in Delhi’s Connaught Place to be made operational immediately, and also summoned the Delhi Pollution Control Committee chairman Ashwani Kumar. The bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia said, “We want this tower to be working,” and added, “We direct the chairperson of DPCC to remain personally present …

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 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 …

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 …

Private Company Conceals Info About Blacklisting In Tender Case: Delhi HC Imposes ₹12.5 Crores Cost To Be Utilised For Installation Of Smog Tower In City
2 years, 7 months ago

Private Company Conceals Info About Blacklisting In Tender Case: Delhi HC Imposes ₹12.5 Crores Cost To Be Utilised For Installation Of Smog Tower In City

Live Law  

Update: No Smog Tower Installation In Delhi As High Court Corrects Arithmetic Error In Order Imposing 12.5 Cr CostThe Delhi High Court today imposed a hefty cost of Rs. 12.5 crores on a private company namely SARR Freights Corporation, for concealing the information about its blacklisting in a tender matter and directed that the said cost shall be utilized for …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Wind-breaking walls, anti-smog gun among measures to curb dust pollution at Central Vista site
3 years, 2 months ago

Wind-breaking walls, anti-smog gun among measures to curb dust pollution at Central Vista site

India Today  

In a bid to ensure that the Central Vista Avenue construction site does not contribute to Delhi's air pollution, construction giant Shapoorji Pallonji has taken a number of measures in addition to the mandatory health, safety, and environmental safeguards. Sources from Shapoorji Pallonji said, "On a weekly basis, we conduct ambient air monitoring at the Central Vista Avenue project site …

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 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 …

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 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 …

MoU Ready for Smog Tower Installation Project in Delhi, Centre Informs SC
4 years, 5 months ago

MoU Ready for Smog Tower Installation Project in Delhi, Centre Informs SC

News 18  

The Centre informed the Supreme Court Thursday that an MoU has been prepared for the installation of smog tower at Anand Vihar in east Delhi and it will be signed by the stakeholders. After Mehta informed the top court about the MoU, the bench questioned him as to why its January 13 order, directing the project to be completed within …

SC Asks Centre To File Detailed Affidavit Regarding Completion Of Smog Tower Project In Delhi
4 years, 5 months ago

SC Asks Centre To File Detailed Affidavit Regarding Completion Of Smog Tower Project In Delhi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to file a comprehensive affidavit highlighting all details about the smog tower project in Delhi and why the same was not completed as per Court Orders. A Bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari had several questions about various aspects regarding the implementation of this project, which aims to …

SC Warns to Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against IIT Bombay for Backing Out of Smog Tower Project
4 years, 5 months ago

SC Warns to Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against IIT Bombay for Backing Out of Smog Tower Project

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed great displeasure upon learning that the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay had backed out from completing the Smog Tower project which would help Delhi fight its pollution crisis. In December 2019, a Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra directed the Centre and Delhi Government to ensure that a smog tower, essentially large …

SC Says Shocked at IIT Bombay Backing out of East Delhi's Smog Tower Project
4 years, 5 months ago

SC Says Shocked at IIT Bombay Backing out of East Delhi's Smog Tower Project

News 18  

The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed shock at IIT Bombay's backing out of the smog tower project at Anand Vihar in east Delhi and said this was "not expected of such institutions". The bench expressed displeasure as to how IIT Bombay could back out from the project after six months as the top court had passed the order in this regard …

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 …

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 …

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