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India.com News Desk October 21, 2021 6:23 PM IST
It must be noted that the GRAP is a set of emergency measures to be taken to reduce air pollution depending on the level of pollution in Delhi-NCR.
India.com News Desk October 17, 2021 10:01 AM IST
Stubble burning in the neighbouring states significantly contributes to the air pollution in Delhi.
India.com News Desk September 20, 2021 5:48 PM IST
The survey conducted by WAPCOS said 90 per cent of the participating farmers claimed that the solution turned stubble into manure in 15-20 days.
India.com News Desk January 11, 2021 7:48 PM IST
Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the petitioner, told the bench, "The issue will arise again. For this year, the issue of stubble burning is over and it will start again next time. The Centre has said nothing on this."
India.com News Desk November 23, 2020 3:54 PM IST
Satyender Jain said stubble burning caused problems in breathing and those who had COVID-19 inhaled the smoke, which aggravated the seriousness.
PTI November 5, 2020 11:13 AM IST
"People are bursting crackers and it is not even Diwali yet. The city has already become a gas chamber. This happens every year. For how long will this continue," asked Shiv Shrivastava, a resident of south Delhi.
India.com News Desk November 1, 2020 10:27 AM IST
Delhi's AQI did not improve much despite better ventilation, mainly because of highly favourable north-north westerly boundary level wind direction and perfect wind speed for intrusion of pollutants from farm fires.
PTI October 19, 2020 12:00 AM IST
The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution stood at 17 per cent.
India.com News Desk October 13, 2020 4:19 PM IST
Notably, the national capital recorded the season's worst air day on Tuesday morning with the air quality index mounting to 'very poor' category at 304.
PTI October 8, 2020 9:54 PM IST
The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority directed the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to ban the use of diesel generators, except for essential and emergency services, in the national capital and the vicinity towns of Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Gurugram.
PTI October 7, 2020 8:31 PM IST
The city recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) of 215, which falls in the "poor" category. It was 178 on Tuesday.
PTI September 30, 2020 12:44 PM IST
Delhi recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 160 at 10:30 am, which falls in the moderate category. The 24-hour average AQI on Tuesday was 177.
India.com News Desk September 27, 2020 9:40 PM IST
Stubble burning will lead to a massive increase in the number of emergency cases in the current situation of widespread COVID-19, the petitioner told the court.
India.com News Desk September 23, 2020 10:33 PM IST
An agricultural-cum-environment expert cautioned that if alternate arrangements are not made for treatment, pollutants could give rise to severe respiratory problems, which might, in turn, worsen the COVID-19 situation.
India.com News Desk November 25, 2019 3:16 PM IST
Taking suo motu cognisance on the matter, the apex court directed the CPCB to file the details on the nature of the factories operating in Delhi.
PTI November 21, 2019 10:59 PM IST
A report also said that there has been an overall improvement in the air quality of Delhi in 2019 (from January-November 19) successively from 2016.
India.com News Desk November 16, 2019 12:07 AM IST
The development comes after the Punjab government announced that it has so far disbursed over Rs 19.09 crore to 29,343 farmers across the state for not burning the crop residue.
India.com News Desk November 4, 2019 4:31 PM IST
The Supreme Court has also ordered the Kejriwal-led government to produce data or records by Friday to prove that 'Odd-Even' scheme has reduced pollution in Delhi, even as autos/taxis continue to ply the roads.
India.com News Desk November 2, 2019 4:53 PM IST
"Also, it's not a thing that can be stopped by sealing borders. For clogging in Delhi, fire in dump yards in Delhi is a big cause," Chautala said.
India.com News Desk November 2, 2019 12:26 PM IST
Javadekar further said that it's unfortunate that the CM is resorting to blame-game instead of finding solutions to the pollution menace.
India.com News Desk November 2, 2019 2:39 PM IST
The air quality in the national capital on Saturday did not see any improvement as it continued to remain in the 'severe' category.
India.com News Desk October 30, 2019 4:32 PM IST
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the governments of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to ask their farmers to stop stubble burning which leads to air pollution in Delhi.
India.com News Desk October 30, 2019 8:08 AM IST
Owing to Cyclone Kyarr, the skies will remain cloudy, though it won't rain, and the winds won't gather pace to blow away the smog.
India.com News Desk October 29, 2019 6:23 PM IST
Despite repeated calls to stop the practice, the stubble burning counts have increased from 1,654 to 2,577 in Punjab and Haryana in the last 24 hours.
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