Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Delhi: AQI at 364, residents face difficulty in breathing

The AQI of Delhi was recorded at 364 at 7 AM on Sunday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

Safer Water

Water is as old as human civilization. Ecological needs of water as a scarce natural resource and as an essential commodity fundamental to life, livelihood and human survival have, of late, been recognized by all concerned agencies. In this backdrop, a person of wisdom would want to know the impact of water pollution on human health and the importance of clean drinking water, which is an important ingredient concomitant to sustainable development.

With onset of monsoon, CAQM accelerates implementation of action plan for greening NCR

The plantation progress will be reviewed again by the Commission with the NCR States and NCTD in August.

CAQM formulates comprehensive policy to abate menace of air pollution in Delhi-NCR

The scope of this comprehensive plan by CAQM is to abate air pollution primarily in Delhi and NCR.

As cities choke

The air we breathe is poisoned with anthropogenic and natural emissions all the time. However, air pollution is not a new problem. As long as man has lived in cities, he has had a propensity to pollute the air. It is a problem of the ever-expanding technological society. The situation has been accentuated by the monstrous climatic change

HP among top performing states/UTs in biomedical waste management

All these states/UTs have a total score of 21 out of 24 according to a report submitted to the National Green Tribunal by the CPCB regarding implementation of the Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016.

By Statesman News Service

01 February, 2021 8 mins read