Doctors recommend that patients with pulmonary ailments best stay indoors this winter. Winter season can take a toll on people’s health. Doctors suggest that rhinitis, bronchitis, asthma and other lungs related diseases could become severe in people during winters due to increase in dust and pollen particles in the air. According to the Jayanagar general hospital […]
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Study shows that constant exposure to dusty and unhealthy environment triggers several lung diseases in the traffic policemen in Karnataka. Air pollution and high level of Particulate matter (PM) are adding to the problems. Unhealthy road conditions, dusty job environment and constant exposure to high levels of air pollution are causing breathing difficulties among the […]
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Carpooling continues to be illegal despite a Greenpeace report published in January, 2022 stating that air pollution levels in Bengaluru are three to four times higher than the set World Health Organization (WHO) standards. Bengalureans are confused about carpooling in the city as air-pollution levels continue rising. Mirza Faizen Assad, a civil advocate, confirmed that […]
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Namma metro pillars to soon get vertical gardens across the city to combat air pollution. Vertical gardens will be installed on the Namma metro pillars to reduce air pollution in the city. B L Yashavanth Chavan, Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO) of Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation said, “Based on the proposals from the civic body, […]
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The number of Pollution Under Control Certificates (PUCC) tests conducted by the Regional Transport Office (RTO) has fallen in the last three years. The percent of vehicles checked and booked for PUCC decreased by about 11 percent in the last three years. Data from an official of the RTO showed that, in 2018-19, 17,38,886 tests […]
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Residents complain of foul odour and headaches due to industrial emissions; officials blame it on the reduction of buffer zones near industrial areas. Dombivli: Dombivli residents are suffering due to the highly polluting industries in the adjoining Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). Pollution control officials say that effluents and emissions are inevitable in an industrial […]
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The number of private vehicles with expired registration certificates is increasing in Bangalore. By Archita Chakraborty The regional transport office stated that over two lakh two-wheelers and four-wheelers are operating with expired registration certificates in the city. The number of vehicles seized by the Regional Transport Office (RTO) increased by 45.54 per cent since 2017. […]
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Green crackers and effective checks on sale of other crackers has saved the air quality of the city this year By Niket Nishant Bengaluru:Despite initial fears of a shortage, green crackers used in Diwali this year have prevented the quality of air from deteriorating in the city after the festival. Data from the Central Pollution […]
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The new app Sameer combines a feed for air quality index with a system of complaint and redressal. By Ayanti Bera Bengaluru, Jan 24, 2019. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has launched a mobile application called Sameer, which means, a gust of wind in Hindi, as a step towards checking the degrading air quality […]
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Concession Aims to Introduce Electric Buses By SA Gayatri Bangalore, Jan. 24, 2019. The National Institute of Transforming India (NITI) Aayog scheme has issued a model concession agreement for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) aimed at the operation and maintenance of electric buses in cities across India, hopefully at some point in 2019. This model concession agreement […]
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