NEW DELHI: The Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), a set of anti-air pollution measures implemented in the Delhi-NCR region during the winter season, is set to be activated starting Sunday. The Commission for Air Quality Management, an autonomous body tasked with improving air quality in Delhi and its neighboring areas, made significant changes to the GRAP last year and again in July this year.The...
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NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Monday instructed government and private construction agencies to follow the guidelines to control dust pollution in the city during the winter season. He convened a meeting with government and private construction agencies at Delhi Secretariat in this regard. "All agencies engaged in construction work were instructed to follow 14-point guidelines to...
NEW DELHI: Following Delhi government's announcement that it will prepare an action plan to deal with high pollution from April to September, experts emphasised that summer pollution has different characteristics than winter.During summer, ozone and dust are among the main sources of pollution. Particulate pollution in the season rises due to arid conditions, high heat and transportation of dust to...
THANE: Amid concerns over pollution levels in Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers, industries from Badlapur MIDC have come together to mitigate the situation. The industrialists who treats effluents to CETP plant, before MIDC releasing into either Ulhas or Waldhuni rivers, have installed an additional new technology called DAF (Dissolved Air Floatation) in their CETP plant.Through this DAF technology, oils and...