From waste to electricity to pollution
18 hours, 42 minutes ago

From waste to electricity to pollution

The Hindu  

Delhi remains the most polluted city in India, as of December 20. Air pollution in Delhi mostly originates from human activities such as burning coal; petrol, diesel, and gas; biomass in industries; and coal-based power plants. According to the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, thermal plants emit sulphur dioxide at levels 240 times higher than stubble burning. The guidelines of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change require coal-based power plants to install flue-gas desulfurization systems, which can reduce their annual sulphur dioxide emissions by more than 60%. Besides coal power plants, Delhi’s four waste-to-energy plants located in Ghazipur, Narela, Okhla, and Tehkhand are also major sources of pollution.

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Why sulphur dioxide emission controlled slipped off priority charts
1 month ago

Why sulphur dioxide emission controlled slipped off priority charts

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: India’s national capital region is back in the news for its hazardous levels of air pollution. However, a major constituent of the fine particulate matter, PM2.5, has secondary aerosols such as sulphur, nitrate and ammonia, whose main source is coal-fired thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR. A new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air …

Thermal power plants: A pollution worry for Delhi
1 month ago

Thermal power plants: A pollution worry for Delhi

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Emissions from Delhi-NCR-based 12 coal-fired power plants are more deadly than the emissions from the burning of paddy straw in Punjab and Haryana. Thermal power plants produce multiple times more dangerous particulate matter and Sulphur Dioxide than burning agri-residue does. According to a new analysis of sources of deadlier particulate matter and a comparison between NCR-based TPPs emissions …

SO2 emission of 12 power plants around Delhi can be reduced by 67%: Study
1 month ago

SO2 emission of 12 power plants around Delhi can be reduced by 67%: Study

Hindustan Times  

The sulphur dioxide emissions of 12 coal-based thermal power plants located in a 300-km radius of Delhi can be reduced by as much as 67% if these facilities install flue gas desulfurization technology, a new analysis has found. There are 11 coal-based thermal power plants within a 300km radius of Delhi — Dadri TPP, Guru Hargobind TPS, Harduaganj TPS, Indira …

Delhi chokes on toxic air, stubble burning contributes 38% to pollution
1 month, 1 week 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 …

How waste-to-energy plants turn garbage into electricity with a fatal flaw
1 month, 1 week ago

How waste-to-energy plants turn garbage into electricity with a fatal flaw

India Today  

In a startling expose, The New York Times in an investigative report recently shed light on the alarming environmental and health impacts of waste-to-energy incinerators in Delhi, particularly focusing on the Timarpur-Okhla plant. The push for WTE facilities in Delhi comes against the backdrop of India's rapidly increasing waste generation. INDIA'S WASTE PROBLEM The push for WTE facilities in Delhi …

Delhi: Okhla’s waste-to-energy plant sparks health and environmental crisis
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1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi: Okhla’s waste-to-energy plant sparks health and environmental crisis

India TV News  

An Okhla-based waste-to-energy WTE plant, which was once regarded as a solution to the rising heaps of garbage in Delhi, is now facing severe backlash for its harmful environmental and health impacts. In the words of the practising physician, Dr. Bhadoria, “Health conditions experienced by several residents can be attributed directly to emissions from the plant.” Still, after being schooled …

Delhi's 'eco-friendly' waste-to-energy plant poisoning millions: Report
1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi's 'eco-friendly' waste-to-energy plant poisoning millions: Report

India Today  

An investigative report published by The New York Times claims that a waste-to-energy plant in Delhi’s Okhla is exposing over a million residents to highly toxic emissions containing cadmium, lead, and arsenic. According to the report, hazardous ash from the Timarpur-Okhla Waste Management plant is being illegally dumped in residential areas near southeast Delhi's Badarpur border, close to schools and …

Why India’s Delhi Has One of World’s Worst Air Pollution Problems
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why India’s Delhi Has One of World’s Worst Air Pollution Problems

Bloomberg  

Hundreds of millions of Indians breathe some of the world’s most toxic air all year round. Air pollution in the capital area that’s home to about 30 million people is especially stubborn. This November, the capital saw some of the highest levels of pollution on record, and one measure of pollution in New Delhi frequently exceeds the World Health Organization’s …

Pollution plan: Delhi govt seeks Centre’s support
4 months ago

Pollution plan: Delhi govt seeks Centre’s support

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi government, ahead of winters, has sought Centre’s support for collaboration with neighbouring states to address cross-border sources of pollution in the national capital. In a letter to Union environment minister Bhupendra Yadav on Tuesday, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai sought time for meeting him to discuss the issue for a common strategy to combat air pollution, …

New plant to cut dumping of toxic waste at landfill sites
9 months, 1 week ago

New plant to cut dumping of toxic waste at landfill sites

The Hindu  

Saxena and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday inaugurated the city’s first plant to treat the residue left at waste-to-energy production units. Constructed in south-east Delhi’s Tehkhand, the plant has the capacity to process 9.65 lakh tonnes of residue every year and remove toxins from it. Engineers at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi said the main feature of the plant …

Sixteen out of 65 pollution hot spots in Delhi fixed: Govt
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Sixteen out of 65 pollution hot spots in Delhi fixed: Govt

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s environment department has said 16 or around 25% of the 65 “major” sources of local pollution identified at Delhi’s 13 pollution hot spots have so far been fixed this winter, with 43 other sources being “constantly monitored” to prevent local pollution. The review also revealed that a total of 4,555 “minor” dispersed sources of pollution were identified by the …

Delhi air quality worsens again, stays ‘very poor’
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi air quality worsens again, stays ‘very poor’

Hindustan Times  

Pollution levels in Delhi deteriorated on Tuesday but stayed in the “very poor” zone for the fourth straight day, as the city recorded a 24-hour average air quality index reading of 372, according to the national bulletin released by Central Pollution Control Board. Data from the Decision Support System on source contribution to Delhi pollution levels showed that the city’s …

Delhi pollution: Thermal power plants yet to conform to emission norms
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi pollution: Thermal power plants yet to conform to emission norms

Hindustan Times  

Only two of the 12 thermal power plants located within a 300-km radius of Delhi have heeded to a 2015 government order integrate technologies that reduce sulphur in their emissions, records reviewed by HT show, underlining how efforts to mitigate the air pollution crisis are marred by inaction by various stakeholders. The Union government in 2015 issued notices to all …

Delhi Pollution: No respite for residents as air quality in Delhi remains 'severe' category
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi Pollution: No respite for residents as air quality in Delhi remains 'severe' category

Firstpost  

Delhi’s air quality ranks among the worst in the world’s capital cities. According to a report compiled by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago in August, air pollution is shortening lives by almost 12 years in Delhi. The poisonous haze blanketing Delhi thickened on Wednesday with the air quality across Delhi continuing to be in the ‘severe’ …

OPINION | DELHI TOXIC HAZE: 3 PLANTS THAT CAN PROTECT YOU
1 year, 1 month ago

OPINION | DELHI TOXIC HAZE: 3 PLANTS THAT CAN PROTECT YOU

India TV News  

On Friday November 3, the national capital was covered with a thick layer of toxic haze. The thick haze covered the sun completely as the people in National Capital Region gasped for fresh air. Yogi blamed air pollution on burning of paddy stubble. There are nearly one crore vehicles in Delhi-NCR, and they contribute 17 per cent to the capital's …

AQI woes: Delhiites go the green way as air purifying plants go out of stock
1 year, 1 month ago

AQI woes: Delhiites go the green way as air purifying plants go out of stock

Hindustan Times  

Are you too finding it difficult to breathe as Delhi gets enveloped in a thick blanket of smog? Demand for plants like areca palm, peace lily, money plant, and aglaonema, has been on the rise since these are known to purify the air. “The demand for plants such as areca palm, peace lily and money plant has gone so high …

Delhi's Green War Room: How Engineers & Scientists Are Fighting Air Pollution
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi's Green War Room: How Engineers & Scientists Are Fighting Air Pollution

The Quint  

First established in 2020, Delhi’s Green War Room has been tasked with controlling air pollution and air quality in the national capital. In August this year, a report by Chicago University's Energy and Policy Institute said that Delhi residents are likely to lose 11.9 years of their life if current air pollution levels are not brought down. The PM 2.5 …

Delhi's AAP government to provide free plants at doorstep. Know why
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi's AAP government to provide free plants at doorstep. Know why

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government plans to provide small plants and pots free of cost at people's doorstep to enhance the green cover in the national capital, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. The Delhi government's tree transplantation policy states that agencies concerned must transplant a minimum of 80 per cent of the trees affected by their development work. Rai said …

After Okhla, Narela waste-to-energy plant in Delhi seeks capacity boost
1 year, 10 months ago

After Okhla, Narela waste-to-energy plant in Delhi seeks capacity boost

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee has launched public consultations for the proposed capacity upgrade at the Narela waste-to-energy plant from the current 24MW to 60MW, officials aware of the development said on Monday. Delhi MSW Solutions Ltd. which developed the 24 MW unit within an integrated solid waste management facility at a site notified by Municipal Corporation of Delhi. According …

Air pollution blights India’s capital
2 years ago

Air pollution blights India’s capital

Al Jazeera  

A smokey brown haze blankets India’s northern plains and the national capital, New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, affecting the health of millions of people, but the authorities have found few solutions to the pollution crisis and are literally unable to clear the air. In recent days, the Air Quality Index in the capital of 20 million people, …

Explained | What has Delhi done over the decades to combat air pollution?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | What has Delhi done over the decades to combat air pollution?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, Delhi was once again covered in a cascading haze of smog— witnessing very poor air quality, sticking to the trend that has existed during winter months for some years now. In November 2016, the Supreme Court told Delhi and NCR authorities to form a plan to deal with air pollution and subsequently the MoEFCC …

Environmental Performance Index rankings: India needs to create nature-based solutions for sustainable environment
2 years, 1 month ago

Environmental Performance Index rankings: India needs to create nature-based solutions for sustainable environment

Firstpost  

Our strategy for improving our EPI ranking should also include safeguarding our blue-carbon habitats, creating plans to prevent natural disasters in coastal areas, and safeguarding the fisherfolk community The Environmental Performance Index, which analyzes 180 nations based on a number of factors including air quality, sanitation, environmental health, biodiversity, and predicted emissions by 2050, provides an overview of the level …

Ghaziabad is North India's most polluted city, Noida, Delhi next on list
2 years, 3 months ago

Ghaziabad is North India's most polluted city, Noida, Delhi next on list

India Today  

Among the 56 cities in North India, Faridabad is the most polluted one, says a study by the Centre for Science and Environment. Delhi, Noida and Faridabad are next on the list, according to the report which was done with data on PM2.5 levels in 2021. Under the National Clean Air Programme, Delhi, Ghaziabad and Noida receive funding to clean …

Waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur landfill shut for over 6 months: NGT panel
2 years, 4 months ago

Waste-to-energy plant at Ghazipur landfill shut for over 6 months: NGT panel

Hindustan Times  

The only waste-to-energy plant at the Ghazipur landfill site has been shut for more than seven months, said a panel put together by the National Green Tribunal, ordering an enquiry against the concessionaire of the facility and asking civic bodies to consider temporarily diverting garbage from east Delhi and dumping it in the Okhla landfill. Ghazipur landfill The committee has …

Temporary shut down of coal-fired power plants around Delhi helped reduce pollution, says government
2 years, 5 months ago

Temporary shut down of coal-fired power plants around Delhi helped reduce pollution, says government

Firstpost  

The Delhi government had earlier shutdown three thermal power plants operating within the Capital permanently, Indraprastha power plant in 2009, Rajghat plant in 2015, and Badarpur plant, in 2018 New Delhi: The closure of a few coal-fired power plants within 300 km radius of Delhi last year helped reduce pollution levels, the government has said. In November last year, India …

20 tonne of seized plastic heads to Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants
2 years, 5 months ago

20 tonne of seized plastic heads to Delhi’s waste-to-energy plants

Hindustan Times  

Over 20,000 kilograms of banned single-use plastic has been seized by the 48 Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the Delhi government’s revenue department teams since July 1, when 19 SUP items were banned nationwide, has made its way to the three waste to energy plants in Okhla, Narela-Bawana and Ghazipur. Of the total plastic waste, 587 tonnes was single-use plastic, …

Delhi to get 4th waste to energy plant in 2 months as project enters final leg
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi to get 4th waste to energy plant in 2 months as project enters final leg

Hindustan Times  

The construction work on Delhi’s fourth waste to energy plant at southeast Delhi’s Tehkhand is in the last stage, following the installation of boilers, officials associated with the project said, and added that the plant may start operations in the next two months. According to a senior Municipal Corporation of Delhi official, the plant will produce 25 megawatts of power …

Pollution body bans coal use in Delhi, except by thermal power plants
2 years, 6 months ago

Pollution body bans coal use in Delhi, except by thermal power plants

The Hindu  

The use of coal as fuel in industrial, domestic units will be banned in the National Capital Region from January 2023 but the ban wouldn’t apply thermal power plants — incidentally the largest users of coal, according to a notification Wednesday by the Commission for Air Quality Management, that coordinates air pollution norms in Delhi and adjoining States. An analysis …

3 landfills have cost Delhi ₹450 cr in environmental damages: Study
2 years, 7 months ago

3 landfills have cost Delhi ₹450 cr in environmental damages: Study

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s three landfill sites – Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur -- have cost more than ₹450 crores in environmental degradation to the national capital so far and with no noticeable progress being made to reduce the millions of tonnes of waste at these dumping sites, according to a study by a team of experts that was submitted to the National Green …

Better waste management can reduce air pollution load during Delhi’s winter
3 years ago

Better waste management can reduce air pollution load during Delhi’s winter

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : Empowered communities, strict enforcement and more efficient municipal waste collection. Experts say that these are among measures that can lead to an improvement of Delhi’s problematic air quality by curbing the open burning of municipal solid waste across the city. East Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal said that one team each for “day and night …

EXPLAINER: Why India has repeated air pollution problems
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Why India has repeated air pollution problems

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — New Delhi struggles with pollution year-round, but the problem becomes acute during fall and winter months. In northern India, “the autumn spike in air pollution relates in part to the annual burning of crop residue in fields,” said Deborah Seligsohn, an Asia air pollution expert at Villanova University. It remains unclear how much of an impact a proposed …

Air quality in Delhi-NCR on brink of emergency, people advised to limit outdoor activities
3 years, 1 month ago

Air quality in Delhi-NCR on brink of emergency, people advised to limit outdoor activities

Firstpost  

Over 4,000 farm fires, accounting for 35 percent of Delhi’s pollution on Friday, played a major role in pushing the 24-hour average AQI to 471 by 4 pm, the worst this season so far New Delhi: Authorities on Friday advised people to limit outdoor activities and told government and private offices to cut vehicle use by at least 30 percent …

Parts of north Delhi have city’s worst air quality, pollution control body says
3 years, 1 month ago

Parts of north Delhi have city’s worst air quality, pollution control body says

Hindustan Times  

Jahangirpuri, Wazirpur, Alipur, Bawana and Mundka topped a list of most polluted areas among 39 localities in the national capital where air quality is monitored regularly, according to an analysis by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. The city recorded the season’s first ‘very poor’ air day on November 2 — for the first time since June 9 — and its …

Delhi air pollution: Environment Minister Gopal Rai to hold meeting today
3 years, 1 month ago

Delhi air pollution: Environment Minister Gopal Rai to hold meeting today

India TV News  

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has called a joint meeting of all departments concerned, including environment department, Delhi Pollution Control Committee, Delhi Development Authority, Public Works Department and municipal corporations, on Tuesday to discuss steps to curb air pollution in the national capital from local sources. He said that stubble burning is the main reason behind the increased air pollution …

Delhi's air quality likely to enter severe’ category due to Diwali, stubble burning, says study
3 years, 1 month ago

Delhi's air quality likely to enter severe’ category due to Diwali, stubble burning, says study

Firstpost  

Under the zero firecracker emission scenario, Delhi’s PM2.5 concentration is predicted to be in the upper end of the ‘very poor’ category from November 4 to November 6. New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality is likely to enter the ‘severe’ zone on Diwali night and the share of stubble burning in its PM2.5 pollution may go up to 40 per cent …

Delhi Pollution: Is Delhi's Air Poisonous? Air Pollution Increases Six-Fold In National Capital
3 years, 1 month ago

Delhi Pollution: Is Delhi's Air Poisonous? Air Pollution Increases Six-Fold In National Capital

ABP News  

Just like every year, Delhi's air quality is said to be deteriorating as the winter sets in at the national capital. According to meteorologists, Delhi's air quality is expected to get worse in the next few days with pollution levels increasing further in certain areas of the National capital. According to a report by Safar, an air pollution level monitoring …

How India’s Waste Landfills Can be Its Green Fuel Fields
3 years, 1 month ago

How India’s Waste Landfills Can be Its Green Fuel Fields

News 18  

The world is warming up because of fossil fuel emissions caused by humans. India is gearing to adopt newer technology to convert solid waste into clean and green energy that would help in immediate, rapid and large-scale reduction in greenhouse emissions. The situation in India is indeed alarming—the country produces 62 million tonnes of waste annually, of which an estimated …

Why Delhi air pollution remains a pressing problem despite govt's tall claims?
3 years, 2 months ago

Why Delhi air pollution remains a pressing problem despite govt's tall claims?

India Today  

With the onset of the winter season, polluted days are back in Delhi and the areas surrounding NCR. Anumita Roychowdhary, executive director of research and advocacy at Centre for Science and Environment, and Anil Kumar, former director of Delhi’s Department of Environment, explained the issues and factors responsible for the unchecked rise of pollution in the National Capital and nearby …

4th waste to energy plant in Delhi to be ready by August next year
3 years, 2 months ago

4th waste to energy plant in Delhi to be ready by August next year

Hindustan Times  

The waste to energy plant at south Delhi’s Tehkhand will become operational by August next year, South Delhi Municipal Corporation officials said, adding that a crucial piece of hardware for the plant is expected to arrive by month-end. This will be SDMC’s second waste to energy plant which will process 2,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day. “In a …

Deaths in Delhi may double in 9 years due to coal pollution: Research
3 years, 2 months ago

Deaths in Delhi may double in 9 years due to coal pollution: Research

India Today  

According to a new study, the number of deaths due to coal pollution could almost double in the next nine years with almost 5,280 premature deaths expected by 2030. According to a report published in Times of India, Delhi recorded 330 premature deaths due to coal-related pollution in one year. Research shows 37 coal units around Delhi generating 6.6GW of …

Vehicular Emissions, Toxic Waste & Industrial Smoke: New Delhi's Air a Perennial Crisis of its Own Making
4 years ago

Vehicular Emissions, Toxic Waste & Industrial Smoke: New Delhi's Air a Perennial Crisis of its Own Making

News 18  

Thousands of families who live near a smouldering waste landfill in a northern corner of India’s capital have boarded up their doors and windows because they say the air outside is so toxic that they would be coughing all day. Delhi has blamed farmers burning crop stubble in the neighbouring states for its sickly air, and the federal capital’s chief …

The great Indian pollution menace, in six charts
4 years, 1 month ago

The great Indian pollution menace, in six charts

Live Mint  

Blue skies during the lockdown months made us hopeful about a different winter this time. If we consider the entire winter season, as was done in the ARAI-TERI 2018 study on source apportionment, crop burning indeed accounts for roughly 4% of Delhi’s air pollution. During the peak stubble burning phase, crop burning accounts for more than 50% of Delhi’s air …

What India Can Learn From Arvind Kejriwal’s Fight against Delhi Pollution
4 years, 2 months ago

What India Can Learn From Arvind Kejriwal’s Fight against Delhi Pollution

News 18  

Every year as the air turns cold and the festive season is around the corner, residents of Delhi brace for a fresh bout of pollution. Smog Towers and Anti-smog Guns The Delhi government is also investing in installing “Smog Towers” in high-pollution density areas in the capital such as Cannaught Place. Not just the towers, the Delhi government has also …

Delhi Govt Asks Centre to Close Down All 11 Thermal Power Plants in NCR amid Rise in Pollution Levels
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Govt Asks Centre to Close Down All 11 Thermal Power Plants in NCR amid Rise in Pollution Levels

News 18  

With the air quality index hovering in the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ categories in Delhi over the last few days, the Delhi government on Wednesday wrote to the Centre urging it to shut down all 11 thermal power plants in the National Capital Region. “Pollution from thermal power plants in the vicinity of Delhi is one of the reasons for …

CPCB Writes to Delhi Govt for Urgent Action on Major Polluting Sources, Lists Out Pending Tasks
4 years, 2 months ago

CPCB Writes to Delhi Govt for Urgent Action on Major Polluting Sources, Lists Out Pending Tasks

News 18  

Expressing concern over the menace of air pollution in Delhi during winters, the central pollution watchdog has asked the Arvind Kejriwal government to take immediate action on major pollution sources like construction and demolition activities and open garbage dumping. Listing out a series of tasks to be accomplished across Delhi, the Central Pollution Control Board asked in a letter to …

Delhi's Air Crisis: A City on the Brink of Emergency Measures
7 years, 1 month ago

Delhi's Air Crisis: A City on the Brink of Emergency Measures

CNN  

Delhi is facing a severe air pollution crisis, with air quality readings reaching dangerous levels. The city government has implemented a series of city-wide emergency measures, including a total ban on trucks entering the capital and temporarily suspending all civil construction projects. The city has become a gas chamber, with much of the pollution settling due to the lack of …

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