As the capital city of India, Delhi is subject to a high level of pollution year-round. The levels of fine and coarse particulate matter, known respectively as PM2.5 and PM10 are often prevalent in the air, as well as other forms of pollutants and toxic chemicals finding their way into ...
When is the air quality and pollution in Delhi at its worst? The US AQI rating as well as readings of PM10 and PM2.5 are at their worst in the later months of the year as well as January, due to changes in weather and the burning of crops and forestland. These practices, known as...
This chapter provides a detailed account of the Delhi Pollution Case (M.C. Mehta v Union of India), and critically reviews the mechanism of Public Interest LitiSanghavi, DhruvSocial Science Electronic PublishingSanghavi, Dhruv, Reducing Air Pollution through Pub- lic Interest Litigation: The Delhi...
This research is focus on how the concentration of five pollutant i.e. NO2, NO, 03, PM10, PM2.5 changes in the absence and presence of vehicle during the 24 hour a day and diurnal variation taking R K Puram location in Delhi from Jan to Dec 2014...
but we don’t get our hands on good quality air like inDelhi, the most affected city in India byair pollution. Quality of air in Delhi has been decreasing since several year. The Indian capital has been choking on bad air for several years now, and the problem is only worsening. On ...
Air pollution problems in Delhi have been a matter of serious concern, particularly due to the multiplicity and complexities of emission sources. The present work is an attempt to work out the contribution of various source categories in the ambient environment of Delhi. In the absence of adequate...
In an interview with Xinhua, Climate Trends' Aarti Khosla said that the lessons shared in the report from China's experiences are "worth considering" for the Indian government. A strong political will is required in India to address air pollution in Delhi in order to replicate China's experien...
“If you need to clean the air in this region, you basically need a version of the Paris Agreement, but for air pollution, which does not have to be global. But, at least, in this case, [it must] bring together these three countries, so that the local sources of air pollutants in...
Managing future air quality in megacities: A case study for Delhi Megacities in Asia rank high in air pollution at the global scale. In many cities, ambient concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) have been exce... M Amann,P Purohit,AD Bhanarkar,... - 《Atmospheric Environment》...
The pollution comes from a variety of sources: an increase in cars, coal power and diesel generators, dust from construction, and smoke from agricultural burning or fires used in cooking. In New Delhi, a court case forced the city to create an action plan for days with the worst air quali...