New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday alleged that the atmosphere in Delhi is getting polluted due to the negligence of Kejriwal and the AAP government. The Union Minister said that Rs 1286.93 crore was collected in the form of environment cess in... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday alleged that the atmosphere in Delhi is getting polluted due to the negligence of Kejriwal and the AAP government. The Union Minister said that Rs 1286.93 crore was collected in the form of environment cess in... The post appeared first on .

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday alleged that the atmosphere in Delhi is getting polluted due to the negligence of Kejriwal and the AAP government. The Union Minister said that Rs 1286.93 crore was collected in the form of environment cess in... The post appeared first on .

Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi on Wednesday alleged that the atmosphere in Delhi is getting polluted due to the negligence of Kejriwal and the AAP government.

New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): On the basis of the technology developed by the University of Minnesota, a pilot project was started by IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and DPCC last year after October rains at Delhi Government's Baba Kharag Singh road smog tower.

New Delhi Mar 26 PTI The Delhi government on Saturday set aside Rs 266 crore for the environment and forest sector in the Budget for the financial year 2022-23Presenting the budget in the Assembly Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said air pollution water pollution loss of biodiversity and noise pollution are serious challenges in DelhiFor the prevention of air pollution our government implemented the Ten Point - Winter Air Action Plan from October 1 2021 to February 28 2022Under this targeted actions have been taken to control stubble burning anti-dust campaign prevention of burning of garbage ban on fireworks installation of smog tower identification of more polluting sites strengthening of green war rooms e-waste park arrangements and vehicular pollution control he saidSisodia said the Delhi Government has been successful not only in the conservation of green cover of the city but also in its continuous expansionOf the seven major mega cities Delhi has the largest forest area covering about 19424 square kilometers The forest and tree cover of Delhi has increased from 2188 per cent of the total geographical area in 2019 to 2306 per cent in 2021 which is a remarkable achievement he saidThe government has developed 11 city forests in the last two years which are fulfilling an important role of a green space in the fast-growing urban concrete spaces he said PTI GVS NSD

New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Amid rising concerns over rising pollution in the national capital, Delhi's BJP unit slammed the Aam Aadmi party government in Delhi and alleged that recently built smog tower in the city is not working.

New Delhi Sep 30 PTI Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday appealed to residents of the city to reduce the number of vehicle trips to help bring down vehicular pollution The minister held a meeting with resident welfare associations NGOs and eco clubs on pollution control measures being taken by the Delhi government Senior officials from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee and the Environment Department attended itWe wanted to collect the feedback from these organisations on our efforts and seek their suggestions Most of the people said that the Red light on Gaadi off campaign should be continued he told reportersIt was suggested that all RWAs promote carpooling Residents can plan their work and reduce the number of vehicle trips accordingly which will help bring down vehicular pollution Security guards should be provided heaters to prevent burning of biomass Rai said The minister also launched an email id -- greenwarroomgmailcom - using which people can give suggestions to the government on pollution control measuresThe Delhi government has imposed a complete ban on the sale and bursting of firecrackers in the city till January 1 2022 It has issued detailed guidelines for construction and demolition sites to control dust pollutionOfficials said Delhis Winter Action Plan to tackle pollution will be ready soon It will focus on 10 points including stubble burning pollution hotspots working of smog tower and vehicular and dust pollutionAs part of the plan the city government will upgrade the Green War Room launched last year to monitor and coordinate anti-pollution efforts and update the Green Delhi application to effectively address complaints related to pollution causing activitiesA team of officers will also be set up to have talks with neighbouring states to jointly fight pollution PTI GVS KJ KJ

New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The smog tower at Connaught Place inaugurated by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has completed one month and is functioning at full capacity.

New Delhi Sep 22 PTI Smog towers that could come up in Delhi in the future will be at least three times cheaper than the one at Connaught Place environment department officials said on WednesdayA team of six experts from IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi has been constituted to study the impact of the Rs 20-crore air purifier in central DelhiAmong other things the two-year study will focus on developing design parameters for a cost-effective indigenous smog tower according to the officialsThe experts will try to ascertain the area of influence and the optimum fan speed for best results at minimum costs an official saidThe study will also focus on reducing the size of the structure minimising energy consumption and developing design parameters and specifications for low-cost indigenous filters and fans The filters imported from the US are really expensive he saidThe Indian version of this smog tower will be at least three times cheaper according to experts from IITs the official saidThe smog tower at Baba Kharak Singh Marg has 5000 coarse filters and as many fine filters which can capture particulate matter as small as 03 micronsThus it can also ascertain the concentration of particles smaller than PM25 another official saidChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had inaugurated the smog tower as a pilot project on August 23Environment Minister Gopal Rai said it will be working at full capacity from October 1The officials said the air purifier was operated for 24 hours straight for the first time on TuesdayWe found that the hourly PM25 levels reduced from 34 micrograms per cubic metre to 4 gm and the PM10 levels reduced from 44 gm to 6 gm an official saidThe smog tower can purify air in a one-km radius around the structure at a rate of around 1000 cubic metres per second PTI GVS IJT