Central Pollution Control Board

A garbage dump in Shadipur. Credit: kalishakti/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Will India Need a Landfill the Size of Bengaluru By 2030?

Ramesh Ilangovan 01/02/2017

Forty-three million tonnes of solid waste are collected annually,...

We know by now that air pollution is not a standalone problem in a city but is essentially a symptom of inadequate planning. In Delhi's Paharganj. Credit: mckaysavage/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

How Do We Improve Delhi’s Graded Responsibility Action Plan for Better Air Quality?

Sarath Guttikunda 23/01/2017

When pollution is bad, we have to be more...

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How Delhi Knew What To Do To Fix Its Air Pollution in 1997 – But Didn’t Act

Sarath Guttikunda 06/01/2017

If after 20 years of dialogue we are exactly...

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Why the Supreme Court’s Direction on Delhi’s Airpocalypse Will Likely Fail

Dharmesh Shah and Shweta Narayan 30/12/2016

In 2013-2014, the CPCB spent a mere Rs 8.14...

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High Pollution Levels From Straw Burning Shows Green Tribunal Orders Were Neglected

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 04/11/2016

In a December 2015 order, the National Green Tribunal...

The Taj Mahal. Credit: 8838/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Openly Burning Garbage Around Agra is Discolouring the Taj Mahal

T.V. Padma 09/10/2016

The findings should shake Agra out of its complacency,...

Relatives immerse a body in the river Ganga prior to cremation in Varanasi. Credit: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

Is Participative Governance the Answer to Cleaning the Ganga?

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 22/09/2016

According to activist Himanshu Thakkar, merely transferring powers within...