Our data viz explores the alarming rise in particulate pollution in Delhi this month, the areas affected and the response by authorities to mitigate the situation
After rains in Delhi, the levels of PM 2.5 and PM 10 – which are pollutants also measured under the AQI – came down significantly. Why does this happen and how effective are rains in clearing pollution?
Environment Minister Gopal Rai met with a team from IIT Kanpur on November 8 to discuss the implementation of the cloud seeding in the national capital.
Delhi air pollution: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai held a meeting with a team from IIT-Kanpur on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of artificial rainfall through cloud seeding to bring down the AQI of the national capital.
The meeting will be attended by Delhis Finance and Revenue Minister Atishi, Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, Transport Minister Kailash Gehlot, Social Welfare Minister Rajkumar Anand and Food and Supply Minister Imran Hussain. The meeting will be held at the Delhi Secretariat at 12:30 PM.