Smog produced due to burning of paddy stubble in Punjab fields is highly unlikely to travel 300-400 km to adversely impact Delhi's air quality, Punjab Agricultural University's experts said on Friday
Addressing an online media briefing here, he said the Cabinet has also approved a proposal to install a ''smog tower'' in Delhi''s Connaught Place to deal with air pollution
The toxic air costs the country as much as 8.5% of its GDP, according to World Bank calculations, besides shortening the lives of citizens
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to "start at the earliest" the work for installation of smog tower at Anand Vihar in east Delhi, which is aimed at helping in combating air pollution
The Supreme Court said it will not tolerate any laxity on issue of smog tower project in national capital and directed Centre to file a detailed affidavit citing reasons for the delay in the project
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At 12.30 pm, the city's overall air quality index was 390 -- marginally better than Monday's high of 397 at 8 pm, according to the Central Pollution Control Board
An orange alert means heavy pollution PM2.5 density of higher than 150 micrograms per cubic meter of air
Singh presented 20 major conclusions, recommendations of the conference which included speedy promotion of infrastructure
Decision taken in the backdrop of worsening air quality over the past few days
The Union Minister said Delhi is itself responsible for 80% of the worsening air in the city
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