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.
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva, on Friday, blamed AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s team in Delhi for the severe pollution in the city with toxic particles in the air and hazardous water in Yamuna.
Criticising the Atishi-led AAP government in Delhi for its alleged failure to address the issue of pollution, Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva said on Tuesday that the ruling dispensation lacks the vision to solve the problem.
Ahead of the upcoming festive and winter season, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has launched a campaign to remove garbage and construction waste to curb pollution.
According to the Delhi BJP, their two spokespersons who regularly work on pollution issues have said that Delhi may see maximum imposition of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) regulation as the Delhi government has done nothing to ensure that Punjab stops crop burning.
Recent snapshots of our living earth relayed by satellites above have undoubtedly been among the most dramatic images ever encountered by humans. Earlier images, in comparison, would have much smaller areas of barren rocks and urban sprawl; much more extensive tree cover.
