Water wars
Mark Twain once remarked that “Whisky is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Fresh water is a very precious and limited natural resource even though water covers about 71 per cent of the earth’s surface.
Mark Twain once remarked that “Whisky is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Fresh water is a very precious and limited natural resource even though water covers about 71 per cent of the earth’s surface.
Severe wintertime ozone (O3) pollution may be driven by alkene emissions from local petrochemical industries, and can be detrimental to human health, finds a study.
Congress candidate from Patparganj constituency seat Anil Chaudhary slammed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying that Delhi got nothing from AAP except for pollution.
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and adjoining areas revoked Stage IV restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) on Tuesday, following a notable decline in pollution levels.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Monday announced to install mist sprayers on electric poles to combat air pollution and keep the area under its jurisdiction, clean, green, and beautiful.
Sachdeva criticized the Delhi Chief Minister's recent directive from November 4, which ordered officials to continue their work until the last moment, calling it "absurd."
"Stage-I of GRAP has been in force since October 15 and Stage-II since October 22 in the entire NCR. During the October 15-31 period, a range of preventive and remedial measures were initiated to abate air pollution in the region," the Ministry said.
According to the pollution monitoring agency, the average AQI of Delhi stood at 382, nearing the 'severe' zone.
The situation remained uneasy for residents of the national capital on Saturday with the average air quality index witnessing no improvement, reeling under the 'very poor' category.
The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 339, classified as ‘very poor,’ with 33 out of 40 monitoring stations recording AQI levels above 300 as of 4 p.m., according to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
