With incessant urbanization and industrialization, the global air quality has dangerously deteriorated over the past few years. The recently released World Air Quality Report 2019 revealed that cities in south Asia are most polluted in the entire world. 21 out of the world’s 30 cities
Earth is in dire need of help amidst the crisis of rapidly changing climate, but the various activities of mankind are further fueling global warming. The use of fossil fuels adds a huge amount of pollutants in the air. According to a Greenpeace report, air
Acknowledging the serious health threats posed by the polluted air in the major cities of the country, a budget of Rs 4,400 crores has been allocated to curb air pollution. While presenting the budget for the financial year 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman allocated the
For the past few months, Indian capital Delhi and other major cities in the country have been suffering from severe air pollution. Many solution were implemented but nothing seemed to neutralise the noxious air. Targeting to produce an effective solution to this problem, student researchers
Every year in the winter season, Delhi’s air quality deteriorates to very poor and severe categories of the Air Quality Index (AQI). Envisioning a solution to tackle air pollution in the city, the government has installed Delhi’s first smog tower at Lajpat Nagar central market
Air pollution is an issue requiring urgent attention as it affects nearly everyone on the planet and degrades the environment beyond comprehension. There are many ways to reduce the contributing factors polluting the air and health benefits of air pollution reduction on a whole. On
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has recently started offering LPG gas connection to roadside eateries and is now ready to introduce environment-friendly pellets in order to replace open chullahs for cooking. Pellets are organic material which amount to minimize pollution during combustion. According
For the past few months, severe air pollution in various Indian cities has had a noxious impact on citizens. Many measures were taken to combat the polluted air, especially in Delhi. In a unique initiative to fight the rising air pollution, “Oxygen Parlour” has been
The story of Delhi air pollution is nothing new. The timeline goes two decades back when the national capital of India started smothering on polluted air. Many years have passed and nothing’s changed, except for the air quality of Delhi which has worsened over time.
The national capital of the Indian subcontinent has been suffering from severe air pollution for the past few months. As the increasing air pollution in Delhi has badly affected the fireworks industry in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, a man from the cracker hub has invented a