The Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government has said that a major reason behind the deteriorating air quality in Delhi, especially in the Anand Vihar area, is the buses coming from the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh. Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday carried out an inspection at the Anand … Read more
Close to the Delhi-Mumbai expressway in southeast Delhi, four laborers unload piles of jeans from a vehicle. These jeans are taken to Meethapur village, where they are dyed blue in illegal dyeing units. The untreated toxic chemicals used in the dyeing process flow into nearby gutters, turning them deep blue.In Meethapur, the main gates of … Read more
PANAJI: Polymers in microplastics may pose a risk to the Indo-Gangetic plain, a study on rivers Ganga and Yamuna by the Goa-based CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography has concluded. The study titled ‘A comprehensive assessment of macro and microplastics from Rivers Ganga and Yamuna: Unveiling the seasonal, spatial and risk factors’, has been published in the … Read more
