New Delhi: A quiet change in stubble burning patterns in large farms of Punjab and Haryana over the past few years means policy decisions to tackle air pollution are being shaped by incomplete information, points out a recent study.A first-of-its-kind multi-satellite assessment, released by International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST), shows that India's official...
NEW DELHI: The share of waste burning in Delhi's air is likely to be around 2% for the next four days, according to the Decision Support System, which is the forecasting model under the Union ministry of earth sciences.However, experts have said the contribution of open burning in Delhi's air will rise significantly after winter sets in. Poor and homeless people tend to burn whatever they get to beat...
NEW DELHI: Delhi environment minister, Gopal Rai, has called upon the Central government to convene a review meeting with the states neighbouring the national capital in light of the commencement of crop stubble burning, known as "parali" burning. In letters addressed to Union minister of environment Bhupender Yadav and Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar, Rai stressed that efforts to mitigate...
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