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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NEW DELHI: An evaluation of 88 clusters, identified by central and state pollution control boards as polluted industrial areas, has thrown up a “bleak picture of air, water and land contamination”in India, the Centre for Science and Environment’s State of India’s Environment report 2021 shows, reports Vishwa Mohan Referring to the CPCB’s evaluation of the …
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Smaller and upcoming cities emerging as pollution hotspots, says report. The levels of PM 2.5, the most threatening of particulate matter, worsened in 43 out of 99 cities whose winter air in two years, 2020 and 2019, was compared by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Only 19 registered “substantial improvement” — and one …
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Childhood exposure to air pollution, including wildfire smoke and car exhaust, for even short periods of time, can lead to higher rates of heart disease and other ailments in adulthood, says a new Stanford-led study. Published in Nature Scientific Reports, the study confirms previous research that bad air can alter gene regulation in a way …
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A recent study by Greenpeace Southeast Asia on air quality in Chennai pegs the number of deaths due to air pollution at 11,000 in 2020 alone. A study has brought back focus on the effect of pollution on the health of residents of the coastal city. According to the report, 11,000 people died due to …
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Bushy, hairy-leafed cotoneaster is a “super plant” that can help soak up pollution on busy roads, horticultural experts have said. Scientists at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) looked at the effectiveness of hedges for soaking up air pollution, comparing different types of shrubs including cotoneaster, hawthorn and western red cedar. The study forms part of …
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MUMBAI: Despite the geographic advantage of being a wind-swept coastal city and improvement in air quality due to an economic lockdown, Mumbai recorded 25,000 deaths in 2020 which can be attributed to air pollution, according to Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s latest analysis released on Thursday. Deteriorating air quality cost the city $3.7 billion ( 26,912 crore) …
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New Delhi is the most polluted capital on Earth, where close to 54,000 deaths are estimated to have occurred due to air pollution, according to a report from Greenpeace Southeast Asia. The report states that serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world’s five most populous cities last year, even as air quality …
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