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The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India is a statutory organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Mo.E.F.C.C.). It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of pollution) Act, 1974.
Its Kheroj-Vautha stretch was named by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as among the most polluted river stretches in India. [ 70 ] Further polluted by the Ahmedabad civic body's failure to build a sewage treatment plant in Motera .
The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India, annually publish National City Rating under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme. The rating includes around 500 cities, covering 72 percent of the urban population in India.
On Sunday morning, the AQI stood at 457 according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the reading for Delhi has been above the 400 mark, on a scale of 500, since Thursday. It is likely ...
India Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) [8] Legal India PM 2.5: 40 μg/m 3: Annual Mean None India Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) [8] Legal Global PM 2.5: 75 μg/m 3: 24 hour Any 24 hr mean None WHO [1] Interim target (IT) 1 Global PM 2.5: 50 μg/m 3: 24 hour Any 24 hr mean None WHO [1] Interim target (IT) 2 Global PM 2.5: 37.5 μg ...
The standards and the timeline for implementation are set by the Central Pollution Control Board under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. [1] The standards, based on European regulations were first introduced in 2000. Progressively stringent norms have been rolled out since then.
It is the Indian capital's most polluted water body due to direct inflow of untreated sewage from surrounding populated areas. A January 2005 report by the Central Pollution Control Board classifies this drain, with 13 other highly polluted wetlands, under category ‘'D'’ for assessing the water quality of wetlands in wildlife habitats.
[8] [9] The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has requested a reply from the relevant authorities, such as the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), regarding the recent fire incident at the Ghazipur landfill site within a period of five weeks. [10]