Delhi Smog

Delhi Air Crisis Latest Updates: While hearing the pollution case, the Supreme Court asked all states that are part of the National Capital region to decide on banning physical classes for all students due to severe smog.

Dense smog delays over 300 flights at Delhi airport: Report

The smog comes as Delhi’s air quality continues to worsen. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) shot up to 459 at noon, falling under the 'severe' category, as reported by the Central Pollution Control Board.

Delhi AQI Today: Smog engulfs national capital as air quality plummets, AQI breaches 400

While current wind patterns are anticipated to continue for the next day, pollution levels are expected to increase further in two to three days due to unfavourable weather conditions.

Artificial rain & cloud seeding in Delhi won’t work, ‘as ineffective as the smog tower’, say experts

Delhi government will bear the cost of Phases 1 & 2 of cloud seeding, totalling Rs 13 crore. Cloud seeding experiment, at Rs 1 lakh per sq. km, is likely to bring relief only for a week. Experts are sceptical about the endeavour. Here's why

Delhi's air quality in 'severe' category as thick smog covers national capital

The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution jumped to 34 percent recently, the highest this season so far.

Delhi Air Pollution: Understanding how the air we breathe in affects us

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on November 10 a plea seeking measures to curb worsening air pollution in Delhi-NCR. A look at how polluted air affects your lungs and overall health.

Air Pollution | Piecemeal interventions will not clear Delhi’s upcoming smog

If the Delhi government is serious about phasing out diesel-based vehicles, and the proposed four-month ban is the beginning of such a move, it must look at the Shanghai model to quell the unrest first by ensuring just transition 

India welcomes back tourists but smog shrouds Taj Mahal

Foreign tourists have been welcomed back to India after pandemic travel bans but intrepid travellers will have to brave the intense pollution season to visit the country's most famous attraction.

Air Pollution | A look at how polluted air affects lungs

What happens when polluted air reaches your lungs? Take a look to understand...

Air pollution | How well do Delhi’s giant smog towers combat bad air?

At 10:30 am on November 3, the monitor installed atop the tower at Connaught Place displayed a PM 2.5 level outside of 275.84 and PM 10 at 303.87. After purification, the PM 2.5 level was at 103.1 and PM 10 at 110.6

Explained | Hiding behind a smog tower

Like all end-of-pipe solutions, whether for effluents or for emissions, investments such as smog towers or effluent treatment plants have been established to be futile and economically unfeasible in the long run

Delhi's air quality still in 'severe' category

The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi at 8.40 am stood at 412 against an AQI of 467 at 10 am on November 15. The AQI in Faridabad was 427, Ghaziabad 424, Greater Noida 377, Noida 411 and Gurgaon 420.

The air pollution puzzle – Finding the missing pieces!

Much like Bhopal, the ‘Delhi Smog’ is a reflection of a system ill designed to protect the environmental health of its citizens

Air Pollution | Where’s the equity while proposing solutions to Delhi’s smog?

There is a socio-politics behind the debates over air pollution and it exposes a prevalent class divide. By vilifying the farmers in Punjab and Haryana, the AAP-led Delhi administration, and to a large extent the mainstream media, has reinforced the idea of environmental classism.

Stubble burning not the reason for Delhi's air pollution, say Punjab, Haryana officials

The System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) released a report saying stubble burning was responsible for 32 percent of the overall pollution in Delhi by PM2.5 particles

South Delhi Municipal Corporation distributes air purifiers to four schools

The devices were received by the principals of the schools at a function held at the Civic Centre here

NCR towns to enforce odd-even during pollution emergency: EPCA

The Centre-notified Graded Response Action (GRAP), of which the odd-even is a part, says that the car-rationing scheme is to be implemented across Delhi-National Capital Region, but it has not been done yet due to logistical concerns.

Ban on entry of trucks in Delhi extended

The ban on the entry of trucks in Delhi was imposed from 11 PM on November 9 after the pollution levels touched 'severe plus' category. The ban expired at 11 PM on November 12.

Delhi air pollution level shoots up after brief let-up

The hourly graph of the Central Control Room for Air Quality Management, which had briefly fallen below emergency levels yesterday, recorded PM2.5 and PM10 concentration at 478 and 713 micrograms per cubic metre by afternoon.

NGT announces 1 lakh fine on those violating construction ban

The green panel ordered that if any violation of its order was found at the construction sites by the inspecting teams in Delhi and the National Capital Region an environment compensation of Rs 1 lakh would be levied for each such fault.

NGT asks Delhi govt to establish the basis for odd-even scheme

On April 21 last year, the CPCB had told NGT that there was no data to suggest that the odd-even scheme has led to a decline in vehicular pollution in Delhi-NCR. Under the scheme, vehicles with odd and even numbers are allowed to ply on alternate days.

Delhi pollution LIVE: As capital chokes, Kejriwal brings back Odd-Even scheme

Delhi is reeling under the onslaught of harmful smog which has become a regular affair around this time every year. We bring you the latest updates on the smog situation and how it is affecting the people, transport and the environment as a whole.

Delhi smog: Construction works halted at Metro & other sites

In line with the order of the city administration, construction and demolition activities at Delhi Metro sites and areas under the jurisdiction of municipal corporations, have been suspended for this week with immediate effect, R