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The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) is an autonomous regulatory body in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, responsible for monitoring, controlling, and mitigating environmental pollution in the NCR region. [3]
Functions of CPCB comes under both national level and as State Boards for the Union Territories. CPCB, under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, aims to promote cleanliness of streams and wells in different areas of the States by prevention, control and abatement of water pollution, and to improve the quality ...
Environmental problems in Delhi, India, are a threat to the well-being of the city's and area's inhabitants as well as the flora and fauna. Delhi, the ninth-most populated metropolis in the world (second largest if the entire NCR includes especially Faridabad and Gurugram– Haryana, is one of the most heavily polluted cities in India, [1] having for instance one of the country's highest ...
The air quality index in Delhi on Monday was roughly 450, according to India’s Central Pollution Control Board. Saxena posted on Friday that the index had reached 800 in some places. He urged ...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's capital New Delhi was wrapped in a thick layer of toxic haze on Friday and some schools were ordered closed as the air quality index (AQI) plummeted to the "severe ...
Dilip K. Biswas is an Indian environmentalist and former chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board and Delhi Pollution Control Committee. [1] He was a member of the panel which conducted ecological studies on Silent Valley and checked the feasibility of a hydro-electric project in the area, eventually recommending against project, leading to the declaration of Silent Valley as a National ...
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The landfill reached its maximum capacity in 2002; however, it continues to receive solid waste from the city of Delhi. [ 3 ] Despite efforts to mitigate problems, long-term mismanagement at the landfill has created significant ongoing environmental, fire, and human health hazards, with the site emitting toxic gases, polluting groundwater, and ...