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Brahmapuram: A wasteland fire that suffocated a city

March 10, 2023 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, March 10: After almost a year of being in the limelight for a mounting waste problem and bio-mining projects, the Brahmapuram dump site, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Kochi city corporation, is once again making media headlines as a fire broke out, which seems to have left the city in a […]

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The ten most polluted cities in India

March 23, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Cities are major contributors to climate change. According to UN-Habitat, cities consume 78 percent of the world’s energy and produce more than 60 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, they account for less than 2 percent of the Earth’s surface. Gopal Rai, Delhi’s environment minister, cited research by the Centre for Science and Environment […]

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Air Quality Improves in Delhi, Govt allows reopening of schools and colleges from November 29

November 24, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The State government of Delhi has now allowed the reopening of schools and colleges from November 29 as the air quality index became very poor in the last few days. Strong winds on Sunday and Monday had led to an improvement in the air quality. The Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that […]

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Delhi stands first in study of Polluted Cities by Greenpeace

March 5, 2019 Revoi

As per the study that measured the presence of fine particulate matter known as PM2.5, New Delhi has been ranked the most polluted capital in the world. Seven of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world are in India, according to a new study showing South Asia’s battle with deteriorating air quality and […]