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Pollution regulator threatens to shut 14 thermal plants over emission norms The pollution watchdog has asked thermal stations in six states to respond within 15 days why these plants should not be closed down Current Affairs :Taking a severe perspective on warm force stations’ inability to satisfy outflow guidelines, the Central Pollution Control Board (CBCB) has given admonitions to 14 plants across six conditions of the nation. In a notification dated January 31, a day prior to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman implied in her Budget 2020 discourse that coal-terminated force stations neglecting to fulfill guidelines may be closed down, the contamination guard dog has solicited the administrators from these 14 warm stations to react inside 15 days why they ought not be shut down. In her Budget discourse on February 1, Sitharaman had said in Parliament: “For the warm force plants which are old and whose carbon emanation levels are high, we suggest that utilities running...

SC mulls smog towers, anti-smog gun to fight air pollution in Delhi The bench observed the life span of millions of citizens has already been shortened due to pollution Current Affairs News :Brown haze towers and against exhaust cloud firearm may before long be introduced in Delhi with the Supreme Court on Monday requesting that the Center turn out with a choice, inside 10 days, on these in the Delhi-NCR area to battle the developing hazard of air contamination, a wellbeing danger shortening the life expectancy of millions. A seat of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta stated: “The Center should accompany a guide on brown haze towers inside 10 days, as Delhi is one of the most contaminated in the nation.” The seat watched the life expectancy of a large number of residents has just been abbreviated because of contamination, which has conceivably become a perpetual issue, and individuals are really choking in Delhi-NCR. A brown haze tower is a huge vertical structure p...

No respite for Delhiites as air qulity stays at ‘very poor’ levels SAFAR warned that further deterioration in Delhi’s air quality may start from the fourth week of October Current Affairs :Occupants of Delhi and abutting regions were allowed no break on Thursday as the air quality remained at “extremely poor” levels. As indicated by the Center-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the Air Quality Index of the capital toward the beginning of the day was recorded at 312, falling in ‘poor people’ class. The AQI between the scope of 51 to 100 is considered as palatable, 101-200 is moderate, 201-300 falls under the classification of poor. While 300-400 is considered as ‘poor’, levels between 401-500 fall under the ‘risky class’. As indicated by SAFAR, “the general air nature of Delhi is in the lower end of the exceptionally poor class, with PM2.5 as lead poison. This is the first run through in the season that it entered in this zone immova...