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Air, noise pollution in Delhi down this Diwali (With: Fewer crackers, less pollution this Diwali, say Delhiites)

October 30th, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The capital recorded lower noise and air pollution levels during Diwali celebrations this year than in 2007, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said Wednesday."The air pollution ...

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Fewer crackers, less pollution this Diwali, says Delhiites

October 29th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Diwali was greener in the nation's capital this year. The economic squeeze helped the growing environmental awareness cut down the amount of fireworks set off this year, ...

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Pyrotechnics lessen this Diwali, emits less pollution

October 29th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): The morning after Diwali, a festival of lights was less hazy in national capital as people used lesser firecrackers to celebrate festival night after an appeal ...

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Autonomy recommended for pollution control board

October 21st, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 21(IANS) Recommending financial and functional autonomy for the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a parliamentary panel Tuesday criticised the trend of IAS officer and bureaucrats holding key posts in ...

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”Save Ganges” campaign in Varanasi

September 18th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Varanasi, Sept 18 (ANI): Children of seers'' families in Varanasi along with school children took to the banks of river Ganga today to save the river. On the call of the yoga ...

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Ahmedabad riding clean fuel wave to healthier future

August 9th, 2008 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS -
By Rafat Quadri Ahmedabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Thanks to compressed natural gas (CNG), Gujarat's commercial capital is now the 50th most polluted city in India, down from fourth. Just a couple of years ...

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High court bans use of plastic bags in Delhi

August 7th, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday banned the use of plastic bags by shops in the national capital and asked the city government to enforce the ban at ...

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Activists against dams on Ganga forced to wind up protest(Lead)

June 22nd, 2008 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS -
Dehradun, June 21 (IANS) Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal and fellow activists, on a hunger strike since June 13 to protest construction of dams on the river Ganga, had to wind up their ...

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Septugenarian’s fast forces Uttaranchal to scrap 2 dams

Septugenarian’s fast forces Uttaranchal to scrap 2 dams

June 20th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Dehradun, June 20 (IANS) Yielding to pressure from septugenarian environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who is on hunger strike against the damming of the Ganga, the Uttaranchal government said it would not construct two ...

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He uses hunger, silence to save Ganga from dams

June 14th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, June 14 (IANS) G.D. Agarwal, an environmentalist who has taken a vow of silence and is on a hunger strike in Uttarakhand to object to dams being built on the Ganga, ...

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Untreated sewage flows into Yamuna near Taj

June 8th, 2008 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS -
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, June 8 (IANS) Agra's main sewer line, located close to two World Heritage monuments - the Agra Fort and the Taj Mahal, - has been flowing untreated into the ...

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Orissa coalmine hub most polluted place in India

May 29th, 2008 - 7:57 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Talcher, a coalmine hub in Orissa, is the most polluted place in the country, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said Thursday. The ministry of environment and forests ...

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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on Mayawati’s petition

May 15th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre on a petition filed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati seeking to quash the Central Bureau ...

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Ex-IIT professor to fast unto death for Ganges

May 13th, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by admin -
Agra, May 13 (IANS) Pained at the way the Ganges has turned into a trickle at some places due to damns built along the river, a former IIT professor has decided to ...

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Most pollutants in Yamuna come from Delhi

March 20th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Indian capital contributes 79 percent of pollutants flowing in the Yamuna and the 23-km stretch of the river in the city carries only wastewater during non-monsoon ...

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Manmohan Singh prays on the banks of the Ganges

March 15th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin -
Varanasi (UP), Mar 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh surprised environmentalists on Friday by attending evening prayers on the banks of the River Ganges. Dr. Singh was accompanied by his wife Gursharan ...

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5000 volunteers reach Rishikesh to save Himalayan ecology

February 22nd, 2008 - 7:55 pm ICT by admin -
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Feb 22 (ANI): With a three-pronged objective of saving the Himalayas from ecological disaster, cleansing the River Ganges of pollutants and also saving the cow, 5000 volunteers who have embarked ...

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Clean River Ganges campaign picks up in Varanasi

February 20th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by admin -
Varanasi, Feb 20 (ANI): A campaign to clean the River Ganges has been restarted with vigour by activists of 146 organisations. The campaigners said they wanted people to join the effort to ...

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Golden temple surroundings to be made pollution-free

January 22nd, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by admin -
By Ravinder Singh Robin Amritsar Jan 21 (ANI): A team comprising of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) officials visited the Golden Temple complex here recently to monitor ...

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Taj corridor scam: Supreme Court gives reprieve to Mayawati

November 14th, 2007 - 1:58 am ICT by admin -

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