Central Pollution Control Board

Delhi curtails pollution during Diwali; Mumbai noisier

Delhi curtails pollution during Diwali; Mumbai noisier New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), on Sunday, released figures of how fire-cracker triggered pollution has affected the air we breathe post Diwali. Firecrackers burst during Diwali celebrations are major contributors to air pollution and sound pollution. Director, CPCB, Dr Santosh D Makhijani said, "Of the nine locations we monitored in Delhi for noise, (we found that) the noise level has gone up at three locations and come...
08:02 AM, Oct 19, 2009
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