SC to hear pollution cases related to Delhi, other cities today
The Supreme Court will expand its focus on air pollution to other cities in India during a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
The Supreme Court will expand its focus on air pollution to other cities in India during a hearing scheduled for Thursday.
India’s escalating air pollution crisis is one of its gravest public health challenges, yet it remains strikingly absent from mainstream cultural narratives.
Within a fortnight, the degree of air pollution in the industrial cities of Durgapur and Asansol have further crossed the pollution levels of the country's highest polluted cities in recent times.
According to the 2010 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), published by the WHO, indoor air pollution is the second largest killer in India after blood pressure, claiming two lives every minute.
Besides, air pollution ranks among the leading risk factors contributing to the disease burden in most South East Asian countries and India is no exception.
The decision to announce early winter break in Delhi schools was taken during a meeting chaired by the Union Territory's Environment Minister Gopal Rai.
He says farm fires are down by 38 per cent.
The authorities of Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Faridabad ordered the suspension of physical classes, from pre-school up to class 9, till November 10.
Air pollution's grave impact on foetuses: preterm birth, low birth weight, and developmental concerns. Urgent call for cleaner air and awareness.
National capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai has been reeling under high-levels of air pollution for the past one month. Kolkata is another Indian city in the list of world's most polluted.
