Delhi is India’s most polluted megacity, but others are catching up: CSE report

CSE analyses winter pollution data from Delhi, Kolkata-Howrah, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai; only the national capital has shown …

This winter was the cleanest in NCR since 2018, finds CSE; Delhi air most toxic

Delhi-NCR saw lowest PM2.5 average in last five years since air quality tracking began; long way to clean air standards

Delayed paddy plantation has cascading effect on north India’s air pollution: Harvard University

Delhi and other parts of the region can experience lesser pollution if certain districts of Punjab do not delay planting paddy, say researchers

Delhi turns gas chamber again but AAP government in Punjab gives hope

New agricultural practices and technologies can be adopted for high yield with comparatively less stubble

Air pollution kills our children; and it isn’t even acknowledged

Lack of political will and intent and not making an explicit linkage with health means that Indian children die preventable deaths

Vehicles were top polluters in Delhi during Diwali week: CSE

Delhi has 14 million registered vehicles and an annual addition of 0.5 million vehicles a year

Warning: Air quality in North India may turn ‘severe’ by Diwali

AQI in Delhi-NCR between ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ range October 22, 2022

Surge in clean fuel prices may hurt Delhi’s air pollution fight

Commission for Air Quality Management had earlier directed industries to switch to clean fuel 

‘Air pollution cuts India’s average life expectancy by 5 years’

Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the others mentioned in a new report by the University of Chicago

Unprecedented ozone levels have made Delhi air more toxic: CSE analysis

Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad also show worrying trends

Delhi pollution crisis: The figure of 4-10% for stubble fires is not wrong but irrelevant

There need to be different strategies to address long- and short-term exposure to pollution problems in Delhi. Governments are aware of it, but …

Diwali 2021: Firecrackers, stubble burning, weather can trigger air emergency in Delhi-NCR

Air quality has started to deteriorate across Delhi and its satellite towns

Pollution less severe this winter in Delhi; smog episodes fewer, shorter: CSE

There were wide variations in the overall air quality in adjacent areas within the city, pointing at local pollution

Delhi not ready for post-lockdown traffic rebound: CSE

Respite from traffic congestion and air pollution during COVID-19 lockdown could not be sustained

Winter air pollution & smog: CSE study notes fresh patterns

Daily PM2.5 levels up 8-11 times between cleanest August & dirtiest November across Delhi-NCR

Delhi gets a breather from breathing toxic air after 41 days

However, air quality in the city is forecast to deteriorate again in the next 2 days  

Air quality in Delhi further deteriorates post-Diwali; breaches emergency mark for a time

Wind direction though has changed; it will allow greater dispersal of pollutants from stubble burning

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (November 8-13, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the …

Diwali amid COVID-19: Not bursting fire crackers will keep Delhi from turning into a gas chamber again

Even under a zero-firecracker emission scenario, PM2.5 levels are predicted to bring air quality at the edge of ‘very poor’ and ‘…

‘What other option do we have?’: Why stubble fires would not die

The happy seeder and super seeder machines are too few in number, a lot of them are defunct: Why farmers set their crops on fire every year 

Diwali amid COVID-19: Will NGT order be enough to keep people from fireworks?

Air quality remains severe in Capital Delhi for 5th day straight

Air quality ‘severe’ in Delhi-NCR for sixth consecutive day

Conditions after Diwali night could worsen if people flout firecracker ban; light rain could further aggravate pollutant load

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (November 2-6, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Stubble fire counts up, Delhi air quality slips to ‘severe’

Stubble burning share of PM2.5 estimated around 42% on November 4 from 5% a day earlier

‘Very poor’ Delhi air to slip further over 2 days

Blame factors: Calm surface wind, low ventilation, local pollution sources