In 1986, the Central government had launched the Central Rural Sanitation Programme — the first nationwide programme aimed at dealing with issues related to sanitation. Several other sanitation programmes were launched in the next 28 years, like the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan in rural India and Basic Services for Urban Poor in urban India. However, India’s …
The analysis also shows that north Delhi recorded the worst pollution levels in the city this winter, with Jahagirpuri emerging as the hot spot with the worst air. There were two continuous smog episodes during this year’s winter. The first episode was of longer duration as it started on November 3 and lasted seven days. …
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MUMBAI: With the city adding more high-rises and highways in the last decade, road dust now makes up over 71% of the particulate matter in Mumbai’s air, as opposed to 28% in 2010, says a study by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). The source-identification study for …
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