The air quality in Kharghar-Panvel-Taloja areas in Maharashtra has been found to contain high levels of PM 2.5 after a month-long study conducted by environment NGO Waatavaran Foundation.
By Outlook Planet Desk 21/12/2020
The air quality was in the "very poor" category in Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Faridabad while it was in the "poor" zone in Gurgaon, according to data issued by a government agency on Sunday.
By Outlook Planet Desk 17/12/2020
The average air quality remained "severe" in Ghaziabad and Noida for the fourth day in a row, while it stayed "very poor" in Faridabad and Gurgaon, according to a government agency data on Monday.
By Outlook Planet Desk 08/12/2020
The people of Gurugram got a huge relief from air pollution as the PM 2.5 level on Tuesday was recorded to be 166.
By Outlook Planet Desk 21/11/2020
The Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitoring agency SAFAR on Sunday said that stubble burning has peaked in the states neighbouring Delhi and its share in the pollution level in the national capital rose to 40 per cent.
By Outlook Planet Desk 10/11/2020
The air quality largely remained "very poor" in Noida Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad in the National Capital Region on Friday, according to a government agency.
By Outlook Planet Desk 09/11/2020
Pollution levels reduced marginally in Delhi on Tuesday, even as the share of stubble-burning in the city's PM2.5 concentration rose to 23 per cent, the maximum so far this season.
By Outlook Planet Desk 08/11/2020
Studies in Europe and the US have established that long-term exposure to air pollution can contribute to mortality in COVID-19 cases, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
By Outlook Planet Desk 08/11/2020