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6 Air Stations Ready, But Kept On Bench By Pollution Board

Yet To Be Integrated With CPCB Network Amid Raging Row

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How Gaps In Data, Monitoring Are Crippling Pollution Control Boards

Expert Committee’s Report Suggests Quality Audits And Improved Labs

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PM10 stays 2.5 times above safe limit, but Faridabad uses only half of budget to cut pollution

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.

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Union Budget 2026: Delhi gasps as funds to combat pollution lowered

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

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Borderline Crisis: 55% Of Green Fund Unused

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

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In 2025, Delhi met national PM2.5 standards on just 156 days — mere 4 of these in winter

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.

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Highest AQI for Jan in 2 yrs, city breathes joint worst air on record for 2nd half of first month

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.

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Free services at electric, CNG-based crematoriums

In a major citizen-centric move with significant environmental implications, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will offer free cremation services at all electric and CNG-based crematoriums in the national capital. The decision, described by officials as a “mega step”, aims to promote eco-friendly last rites while easing the financial burden on bereaved families.

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Buck to stop at RWAs, establishments for open burning by staff members

The Delhi government has declared that residents’ welfare associations (RWAs), housing societies, institutions, government and private establishments, contractors, agencies or any other entity will be held responsible if a person engaged, employed or deployed under their authority is found indulging in open burning.

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Diesel vehicles make a comeback, regs close in on pre-Covid mark

Petrol Dominant Category, EV Nos See Fall, Underlining Emission Challenge.

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Air Cleanest Since 2020. But No Clean Chit

PM Emissions Still Far Higher Than National, WHO Cutoffs

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Use of cow dung cakes at 3 crematoriums: MCD readies plan, experts call for caution

After repeated insistence from councillors, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has finalised a plan to introduce the use of cow dung cakes or logs in cremations on a pilot basis in three facilities — Green Park, Dwarka and Jwala Nagar. While councillors have pitched the move as an eco-friendly measure to reduce wood use and costs, experts have raised concerns over pollution and practical challenges.

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Why you may be finding it tough to breathe: Delhi records worst NO2 levels in 7-years; vehicles, industries to blame

ITO, Anand Vihar, Lodhi Road And Wazirpur Among Hotspots For Highly Reactive Gas

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Why You May Be Finding It Tough To Breathe: Burning Of Fuel Pushes NO₂ To A 7-Year High

ITO, Anand Vihar, Lodhi Road And Wazirpur Among Hotspots For Highly Reactive Gas

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From ashes to haze: How daily garbage burning continues to fuel city’s toxic air

Delhi’s fire department is grappling with a steady stream of calls related to garbage burning — a problem that is contributing significantly to Delhi’s worsening air pollution.

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This is how we did it’: China embassy has advice for Delhi

How did Beijing go from being the ‘smog capital of the world’ to conditions in research papers on tackling air pollution? China has lessons for India. In a series of posts on X, spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in India, Yu Jing, laid out the path that Beijing followed to drastically improve air quality.

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Low winds & thick fog cover push AQI to ‘very poor’ zone

Gurgaon’s air quality worsened sharply as low wind speed, dense fog and falling temperatures trapped pollutants near the ground, pushing the AQI into the ‘very poor’ category.

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Expedite transition to EVs, boost public transport: Experts to govt

After Delhi government announced the ban on entry of all private vehicles below BS-VI and not registered in Delhi till GRAP stages III and IV are in place, most experts welcomed the step.

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For Delhi, It’s Darkest Before And After Dawn

For over 19 hours, the AQI maxed out at 500 at Rohini — 6 pm on Sunday to 1 pm on Monday. From 2 pm onwards, Rohini’s AQI was unavailable on Monday. “Insufficient data” was stated as the reason.

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Delhi breaths fire: AQI maxed out for over 19 hours at Rohini before data goes missing

The article details a critical air pollution event in Delhi where the Air Quality Index (AQI) at the Rohini monitoring station remained at the maximum hazardous level of 500 for over 19 hours. After this period, the station's AQI data became unavailable with the reason cited as "insufficient data."

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6 Air Stations Ready, But Kept On Bench By Pollution Board

How Gaps In Data, Monitoring Are Crippling Pollution Control Boards

PM10 stays 2.5 times above safe limit, but Faridabad uses only half of budget to cut pollution

Union Budget 2026: Delhi gasps as funds to combat pollution lowered

Borderline Crisis: 55% Of Green Fund Unused

In 2025, Delhi met national PM2.5 standards on just 156 days — mere 4 of these in winter

Highest AQI for Jan in 2 yrs, city breathes joint worst air on record for 2nd half of first month

Free services at electric, CNG-based crematoriums

Buck to stop at RWAs, establishments for open burning by staff members

Diesel vehicles make a comeback, regs close in on pre-Covid mark

Air Cleanest Since 2020. But No Clean Chit

Use of cow dung cakes at 3 crematoriums: MCD readies plan, experts call for caution

Why you may be finding it tough to breathe: Delhi records worst NO2 levels in 7-years; vehicles, industries to blame

Why You May Be Finding It Tough To Breathe: Burning Of Fuel Pushes NO₂ To A 7-Year High

From ashes to haze: How daily garbage burning continues to fuel city’s toxic air

This is how we did it’: China embassy has advice for Delhi

Low winds & thick fog cover push AQI to ‘very poor’ zone

Expedite transition to EVs, boost public transport: Experts to govt

For Delhi, It’s Darkest Before And After Dawn

Delhi breaths fire: AQI maxed out for over 19 hours at Rohini before data goes missing

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