Climate and Health Air Monitoring Project
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PU VC releases eco-health calendar
Panjab University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Renu Vig released an eco-health calendar for 2023.
The event was graced by Prof Yajvendra PalVerma, Registrar, and Dr Rupinder Kaur, Chief Medical Officer, Panjab Un
Zira factory protests: Administration identifies properties of over 500 protesters for violating HC orders
Punjab CS announces five committees to probe all the pollution allegations; two committees, soil and animal husbandry, will visit the site in Mansurwal village on Friday
Different govt panel members reach Zira to study pollution and its effects on health
In every committee two members each as suggested by Sanjha Morcha Zira have been added, but the morcha in a statement on Thursday had stated that a few members suggested by them have either been behind bars or booked in different cases by the district administration since Sunday onwards
Members of various government panels reached Zira to study pollution and its effects on health.
पराली जलाने के हैरान कर देने वाले आंकड़े, हरियाणा के मुकाबले पंजाब में कई गुना ज्यादा जलाई जा रही पर
13 cities of Haryana record poor AQI over 100 days, Faridabad worst-hit for 2nd year in row
Thirteen cities and towns of the state have recorded more than 100 ‘bad days’ of poor, very poor and severe air pollution. This is the highest for any state in the country in 2021.
‘Bad days’ are when the air quality index (AQI) is more than 200, while ‘good days’ are those when the AQI lies between the range of 0 and 200.
Water from plastic bottle can cause cancer: PGI expert
A ban has been enforced on July 1 to safeguard the environment from plastic pollution. According to the government, it is illegal to produce, import, store, distribute, sell or use disposable plastic products that are labelled. The Tribune correspondent Naina Mishra spoke to Dr Ravinder Khaiwal, Professor of Environment Health, Department of Community Medicine & School of Public Health, PGIMER, on the impact it has on environment.
