Tag: Pollution

India Meteorological Department (IMD) provides operational air quality information for general public and pollution control authorities. These forecasts are made available on the websites; https://mausam.imd.gov.in and https://ews.tropmet.res.in. The SAFAR-Air web application developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune gives location specific air quality index and advisory in four metropolitan cities (Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Ahmedabad). Information or awareness campaign may be available from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) & Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change (MoEF& CC). Air quality information is being provided in the following cities: New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and ... Read more

Regulation of industrial pollution is implemented through various provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 under Consent mechanism by the respective State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) in the States and Pollution Control Committee (PCC) in the Union Territory. Industries complying with the effluent discharge norms prescribed in the consent under the Water Act by the SPCBs/PCCs are only allowed to discharge treated industrial effluents into the environment such as inland surface water, public sewers, on land for irrigation and marine coastal areas. Government of India stipulated General discharge standards and industry specific effluent ... Read more

Under the Namami Gange Programme and under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (NWMP), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is generating and assessing data of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and levels of Faecal Coliforms (FC) for the river Ganga, Yamuna and other rivers etc. Details of data of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and levels of Faecal Coliforms (FC) for the river Ganga for the last 3 years (2018, 2019 and 2020) and the current year (January-May 2021) are provided in Annexure-I & II. The water quality data of river Yamuna monitored during the period 2018 to ... Read more