Compared to last year, between October 1 and November 5, the incidents of farm fires have reduced by 47.8% in Punjab and 38.04% in Haryana. However, wind movement towards Delhi has resulted in the deterioration of air quality which is presently marked in the hazardous category.

The havoc created by air pollution in Delhi NCR could be turned into an opportunity by creating a National Fodder Bank utilising rice-wheat straw, left for burning, and fortifying the same with nutritious food legume stover

An analysis of winter air pollution trends, released by CSE, highlighted that despite the stabilised trend in average levels, Delhi still had the highest number of 'severe' or 'worse' air quality days compared to other big cities in NCR. Details here.

Delhi is choking. Governments are not doing enough. (There is nothing new in this story.)

दिल्ली एनसीआर में प्रदूषण और स्मॉग पर रोक के लिए केंद्र सरकार अध्यादेश के माध्यम से एक कानून लायी है। 'वायु गुणवत्ता प्रबंधन अध्यादेश' में दिल्ली एनसीआर में प्रदूषण के जिम्मेदार लोगों पर पांच साल तक की जेल की सजा और एक करोड़ रूपये जुर्माने का कड़ा प्रावधान किया गया है। इसको लेकर एक आयोग के गठन की भी बात की गई है।