New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): After inspecting 1,915 sites under the anti-open burning campaign so far, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday informed that 21 notices and challans have been issued to the violators.

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI The Delhi government on Wednesday said real-time data on pollution sources in the national capital will be available from August 1A supersite will be established on Pandara Road in Central Delhi by the end of July to identify sources of pollution in real time it said after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal chaired a review meeting with teams from IIT Kanpur IIT Delhi and The Energy and Resources Institute TERI on the ambitious Real Time Source Apportionment System and Pollution Forecasting ProjectDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Environment Minister Gopal Rai Delhi Development Commission Vice Chairperson Jasmine Shah and other high-ranking officials were present at the meetingKejriwal said real-time identification of pollutants will significantly help in taking controlling measures and reducing pollutionDuring the review meeting Professor Mukesh Khare from IIT Kanpur informed the chief minister that a mobile application will also be developed as part of the systemIn Delhi pollution remains in the moderate category around October 9 every yearAfter that the pollution level starts increasing suddenly Looking at NASAs photos it has been noticed that a large amount of stubble is burnt during that period Whereas the figures every time say that only five per cent of Delhis pollution can be blamed upon stubble In such a situation it is important to ascertain the actual contribution of stubble in Delhis pollution and how much other factors contribute This would enable real-time detection of factors causing pollution in the state and help in controlling that source of pollution a statement quoted Kejriwal as sayingDelhi will become the first city in the country to identify the real-time source of air pollution through its apportionment systemThe project will help identify the factors responsible for the rise in air pollution at any given location in Delhi It will help understand the impact of pollution sources like vehicles dust biomass burning stubble burning and industrial emissionsBased on the results the government will be able to take the necessary steps to curb the specific sources of pollution Additionally pollution forecasting will help the government take significant policy decisions regarding school closures construction restrictions and vehicular restrictions beforehand PTI GVS RC

New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at The Energy and Resources Institute's (TERI) World Sustainable Development Summit on February 16 at around 6 pm virtually.

New Delhi Dec 26 PTI The Delhi government is going to ask e-commerce companies food delivery services and cab aggregators to completely switch to electric vehicles and petrol pumps to not give fuel to vehicles without a pollution-under-check PUC certificate officials said Vehicle emissions account for around 38 per cent of the citys air pollutionThe government is going to take two majors steps to check vehicular pollution -- we will ask all aggregators including Zomato Swiggy Ola Uber etc to completely switch to electric vehiclesThese services account for 30 per cent of the registered vehicles in Delhi an official told PTIWe are also considering directingdealers and petrol pumps not to supply fuel to vehicles without PUC certificate he saidDirections under the Environment Protection Act in this regard are expected to be issued this weekAsked if a deadline will be given to aggregators to switch to EVs a senior official in the transport department said It will be done in phased manner We will soon publish the draft guidelines The Delhi Electric Vehicles policy -- introduced in August 2020 aims at increasing the EV share in total vehicle sales to 25 percent by 2024Only Flipkart by 2030 and Fedex by 2040 have established worldwide targets for converting their last-mile delivery fleets to electric vehicles while DHL has set a 60 per cent electrification target for its fleetIn October the city government launched a massive drive to check PUC certificates and deployed around 500 teamsat petrol pumps for this purposeUnder the Section 1902 of the Motor Vehicle Act 1993 vehicle owners not having a valid PUC can be fined up to Rs 10000 or imprisoned for up to six months or both The owners are required to get test their vehicles tested to ascertain if they meetemission standards for pollutants such as carbon monoxide nitrous oxides carbon dioxideThere are around 1000 authorised pollution checking centres set up at petrol pumps and workshops in the cityAlso in compliance with the National Green Tribunals directions the Delhi government will deregister all diesel vehicles which will complete 10 years on January 1 2022 and issue a no objection certificate NOC so that they can be re-registered in other placesHowever no NOC will be issued for diesel vehicles which have completed 15 years or more on the date of applying for it according to an order issued earlier this monthDelhi is the most-polluted capital in the world and is one of the fastest expanding cities in terms of population according to Swiss air technology company IQAirAccording to a study conducted by the Automotive Research Association of India and The Energy and Resources Institute in 2018 vehicles contribute to about 40 percent of PM 25 emissions in Delhi PTI GVS DV DV

Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 26 (ANI): While China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promises to create opportunities for the South Asian states to facilitate a more sustainable growth model, it also implies significant environmental risks, apart from economic, legal and sovereignty issues.