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Air Quality Index Delhi: Pollution in several areas of NCR escalates to 'severe plus' category; average AQI in October less than 2018, says report
Fp Staff •Pollution levels in Delhi and neighbouring NCR region escalated to hazardous levels and visibility dropped significantly after a thick blanket of smog engulfed several parts of the city on Sunday
Air Quality Index Delhi: Pollution levels in NCR still in 'severe' category despite light rainfall on Sunday morning; overall AQI docks at 466, reports CPCB
Fp Staff •Pollution levels in Delhi and neighbouring cities stood at an overall air quality index (AQI) of 466 on Sunday according to Central Pollution Control Board's 7 am weather bulletin
Manohar Lal Khattar requests Prakash Javadekar to call meeting of CMs of Delhi, neighbouring states on pollution
•Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday requested Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar to convene a meeting of CMs of Delhi and neighbouring states to prepare a joint strategy to address the air pollution problem in Delhi-NCR
Delhi's pollution level drops marginally with light increase in wind speed, but air quality remains in 'severe' category; overall AQI docks at 407
•Pollution levels in Delhi and neighbouring cities dropped marginally on Saturday with a slight increase in the wind speed, a day after the region recorded its worst air quality forcing authorities to shut schools, ban all construction activities
Authorities declare public emergency as Delhi-NCR's air quality drops to 'severe+' level; schools to remain shut till Tuesday
•The Delhi government decided to shut all schools till 5 November after a Supreme Court-mandated panel declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region in the wake of the rising level of pollution
Share of stubble burning to Delhi's pollution rises to 46%, highest this year, says SAFAR; air quality remains severe at 484 AQI
•The share of stubble burning from the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana in Delhi's pollution rose to 46 percent on Friday, the highest this year, government agency SAFAR said as the air quality in the national capital nose-dived further
EPCA declares public health emergency in Delhi-NCR region, bans all construction activities till 5 November
•A Supreme Court mandated panel on Friday declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region and banned construction activity till 5 November
Skymet predicts monsoon showers for Delhi-NCR on 5, 6 September; region has undergone dry spell since 17 August
•Delhi and its adjoining areas-Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad are likely to receive heavy rainfall on 5 and 6 September, predicted Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency
Mahindra Electric, SmartE join hands to deploy electric 3-wheelers in fleet; to enhance EV charging network
•Under the partnership, SmartE will introduce 1,000 Mahindra Treo and Treo Yaari electric three-wheelers in Delhi-NCR by March 2019 with an aim of transforming last mile connectivity.
Delhi air pollution crisis: Environment minister Harsh Vardhan says 'no need to panic', hopes situation will return to normal soon
•Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said there was no need to panic over the poor air quality in Delhi and hoped the situation would return to normal soon