Pollution

Ahmedabad Expands Oversight of Construction Pollution

Ahmedabad has intensified oversight of construction-led air pollution as part of a broader effort to align rapid urban growth with…

3 months ago

Calcutta High Court Limits Firecracker Use In Urban Spaces

Kolkata — The Calcutta High Court has instructed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (PCB) and law enforcement agencies to…

3 months ago

Bengaluru Pollution Profile Shows Urban Plateau

Bengaluru’s air quality performance in 2025 presents a paradox for India’s technology capital. While the city avoided the extreme pollution…

3 months ago

Chennai Air Quality Dips After Bhogi Fires

Air quality across Chennai deteriorated sharply during Bhogi celebrations this week, with particulate pollution rising across all monitored zones and…

4 months ago

Bengaluru Kalena Agrahara Lake Revival Reshapes Urban Ecology

A long-degraded water body on Bengaluru’s southern edge has re-emerged as a functioning ecological and civic asset, underscoring how targeted…

4 months ago

Mumbai Orders Closure Of Nineteen RMC Plants Amid Strict Pollution Control Enforcement

Mumbai’s air quality has shown marginal improvement this week after the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) ordered the closure of…

5 months ago

Chennai Residents Confront Flooding Challenges Today

A slow-moving deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is expected to curve back towards the Chennai coastline, prompting authorities…

5 months ago

Mumbai Records High AQI As Wadala And Sion Struggle With Dust Pollution

Mumbai’s winter air quality has deteriorated sharply, with several central neighbourhoods recording pollution levels in the “unhealthy” bracket due to…

5 months ago

Mumbai air crisis triggers GRAP-4 enforcement

Mumbai has begun enforcing emergency pollution-control measures under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP-4) across some of its most polluted…

5 months ago

Richa Chadha Warns Of Escalating Pollution And Calls On Mumbai To Protect Green Corridors

Delhi’s toxic winter air has again triggered national concern, as the capital’s Air Quality Index (AQI) entered the “very poor”…

5 months ago