Even though Mumbai’s overall air quality stayed satisfactory through May, Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) recorded the city’s highest AQI at 162.

Delhi authorities have introduced a rule requiring green construction-site nets to be at least 100 GSM thick because thinner nets do not properly stop dust pollution.

The report says Gurgaon’s PM2.5 pollution levels dropped by nearly 54% between 2015 and 2026, falling from about 198 to 92 micrograms per cubic metre. Most of the improvement happened before 2020, but progress has slowed sharply since then.

An environmental group called Envirocatalysts has created a new online tool to help people track air pollution across India.

Haryana has seen a massive increase in farmers burning wheat waste this April. According to official data, there were 1,565 fires recorded across the state—a 157% jump compared to the 608 cases seen during the same month last year.

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The city is reshuffling its air quality sensors to get a clearer picture of pollution.

Bengal is accelerating towards cleaner mobility, with electric vehicle adoption witnessing a robust surge despite the continued gap in the charging infrastructure.

Delhi EV Policy 2.0 Draft: Registration of Only Electric Three-Wheelers From Next Year

Pollution control body aims to address staff shortage to improve monitoring and enforcement.

Authorities have found serious and repeated failures by industries in Delhi-NCR to follow pollution rules. Many units are either ignoring emission standards or not using proper control equipment.

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Expert Committee’s Report Suggests Quality Audits And Improved Labs

Faridabad’s annual average levels of PM10 — tiny dust particles harmful to health — remain more than 2.5 times above India’s safe limit. Even though the city has cut these pollution levels somewhat over the past five years, it has spent only about half of its allotted anti-pollution budget under the government’s clean-air programme.

Environmentalists see the Budget as a missed opportunity to tackle the health emergency.

Despite severe pollution, Delhi spent only ₹781.4 crore out of the ₹1.7 lakh crore collected till 4 December last year.

In 2025, Delhi met the national PM2.5 air quality standard on only 156 out of 365 days. This accounted for just 43 per cent of the year, with only four such days recorded during the winter season, which remained the most polluted period.

New Delhi’s air quality remained in the severe category on Sunday, with AQI readings touching levels last seen two years ago, making the second half of January among the worst on record.