Funds were disbursed to 9 urban local bodies including Gurugram & Greater Noida. The funds are meant to serve as gap-funding support for air quality improvement action plans.
On Tuesday, ANPR cameras were installed at nearly 350 petrol pumps to spot old vehicles, in line with the 2018 SC ban on diesel vehicles over 10 years & petrol over 15 years.
Initial order was passed 23 April. Traffic police & transport department will take further action once these vehicles are identified, adds Commission for Air Quality Management.
CAG report tabled in assembly this week said that over 5 lakh diesel vehicles in Delhi got pollution control certificates despite not passing emission tests between 2015 & 2020.
Report tabled Tuesday points at glaring gaps in pollution monitoring & data collection by agencies, says govt doesn't even record critical pollutants like lead.
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Some of the pollutants that make Delhi's air deadly are around 70 times finer than a strand of human hair and can mix in the bloodstream, causing long-term health issues.
During winters in 2024, Delhi’s peak PM2.5 level was 732 µg/m³, much higher than 2023’s peak of 580 µg/m³, says a report released Monday by Centre for Science & Environment.
According to Commission for Air Quality Management, 2024 saw a record 209 days with AQI below 200, even though the index slipped to dangerously high levels in some months.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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