-The Hindu Cheaper combine harvesters have replaced expensive farm labour but leave behind stubble Bali Ram, a 39-year-old farmer from Kaimla village in Karnal, around 120 km from Delhi, did not burn the paddy stubble in his fields this year for fear of being penalised. Despite the extra cost, he decided to plough his land with a tractor to get rid of the plant stalks. However, he conceded that most of the villagers...
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Right to clean air -Anurag Agrawal
-The Hindu As I write this column, my gaze is on the post-Deepavali haze that has enveloped Delhi. As a third-generation asthmatic, with a fourth-generation asthmatic daughter, it is set me wondering whether returning to Delhi, the city of my birth, from the United States a decade ago was a mistake. This haze is smog (smoke + fog), a hazardous mix of noxious gases and very high levels of suspended respirable...
More »Delhi Pollution: Kejriwal orders odd-even scheme, bans construction -Maria Akram
-The Hindu The Delhi government will soon bring the car rationing interim scheme back in the city, in view of the rising air Pollution levels. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called an emergency Cabinet meeting at his residence on Sunday afternoon to discuss the punitive measures to be taken to bring down the rising Pollution levels. Mr. Kejriwal said that the car rationing, odd-even scheme will return soon and preparations will start. "We...
More »Delhi Pollution: Sadly, Arvind Kejriwal's emergency plan is old and ineffective -Kanishka Singh
-The Indian Express The CM has ordered schools to remain shut for three days and halted construction of roads for five days. New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced emergency measures for reducing the alarming air Pollution levels in the Capital. However, the steps announced seem too little too late. One can recall the orders given last winters by the Supreme Court to reduce air Pollution in the city and...
More »Worsening Pollution: Delhi schools to remain shut for 3 days
-PTI New Delhi: As Pollution levels worsened in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said schools in the city will remain closed till Wednesday and announced a raft of “emergency” measures to deal with the situation including ban on construction and demolition activities for the next five days and temporary closure of the Badarpur Power Plant. Emerging from an emergency cabinet meet, Kejriwal said the government will discuss with the Centre the...
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