EPCA News
Delhi's air quality has dropped to the "poor" category on Friday
It is likely to deteriorate further due to unfavourable meteorological conditions and a spike in farm fires.
EPCA has directed the states neighbouring Delhi to take urgent steps to curb air pollution
The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Monday announced a blanket ban on bursting firecrackers for the entire winter season in Delhi-NCR region, in its efforts to tackle the deteriorating air quality levels in the national capital.
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The Supreme Court-appointed agency had recommended the ban after air quality in Delhi and NCR turned ''severe''.
As many as twenty-six areas in Delhi recorded 'severe' air quality, while 8 gauged 'very poor', the CPCB data said.
More cases of stubble burning in the neighboring states were recorded this time as compared to last year
EPCA chief Bhure La has proposed a complete ban on non-CNG vehicles in Delhi.
The Delhi Police on Sunday continued to check the entry of vehicles in the national capital as the entry of heavy and medium goods vehicles has been banned till November 12.
The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) on Saturday wrote to Delhi Chief Secretary urging to extend the ban on industries using coal and biomass in the national capital due to high pollution levels.
The top court-appointed EPCA has banned all construction activities for 10 days.
Paddy stubble burning is set to resume in Haryana and Punjab while dust-laden winds from Iran and Pakistan are expected to choke Delhi.
Health and environmental experts have repeatedly warned against alarmingly high levels of pollution in and around New Delhi. Most of them agree there is no concrete plan in place and none are expected either.
Currently, the DTC has a fleet of 3,944 buses while the Delhi Integrated Multimodal Transit System (DIMTS) runs 1,634 buses under the cluster scheme, as per the transport department statistics.
Air purifiers cannot "save us" from the ill-effects of pollution, environmentalist Sunita Narain has said.
Issuing directions for the ban to be removed, the EPCA also ordered doing away with the four-time hike in parking fees.
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