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Translating health concerns into air quality regulations
A CSE roundtable provokes a debate on the urgent need for health assessments to drive government regulations on air pollution.
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bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Time to bow out, Mr Ram Naik by Hari Jaisingh
The Tribune,
New Delhi, 11th Aug, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Adulterated diesel supply up due to drought
The Tribune
New Delhi, 10th Aug, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) No rains to clean muck in air, SPM levels rise
The Indian Express
New Delhi, 30th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Safety norms row leaves many fuming
The Times of India
New Delhi, 30th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Ban on heavy vehicles can reduce pollution by 55%
The Tribune
New Delhi, 22nd July,2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) 13th CNG bus on fire, no norms yet
The Indian Express
New Delhi, 18th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Ban on polluters lauded
The Hindu
New Delhi, 17th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Without rain, pollutants stay put over city
Indian Express
New Delhi, 17th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) If trucks go Euro II, Delhi can take off masks
The Indian Express
New Delhi, 16th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Govt. to change gears in anti-pollution drive
The Hindu
New Delhi, 9th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Pollution still not under control
The Pioneer
New Delhi, 9th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) Delhi still gets deadly diesel dose
The Times of India
New Delhi, 5th July, 2002
bul_red.gif (868 bytes) PUC checks based on wrong premise
The Indian Express
New Delhi, 3rdJuy, 2002
Our campaign started with blowing the lid on smog and exposing the smogmakers in a city where a person dies every hour due to air pollution. The campaign carries on to clean up the air of the noxious pollutants and to make breathing easier.
apcgraphicon.gif (4141 bytes) DAILY AIR QUALITY STATUS AT TUGHLAKABAD, NEW DELHI
Maximum permissible limits given for sensitive area in NAAQS is used to develop an Air Quality Index for Tughlakabad. Tughlakabad is considered as a sensitive area as Batra Hospital is situated nearby. CSE brings you the weekly air qaulity status of this area.
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Read two reports by international CNG experts that evaluate how Delhi, which has the world’s largest CNG city bus fleet with 7,100 buses, is meeting the challenge of large-scale deployment of a new technology.
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JULY 17, 2002:A CSE study shows that the Supreme Court ruling on trucks and goods vehicles will make a dramatic impact on particulate pollution levels in the Capital.
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CSE'S
CAMPAIGN
FOR CNG

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The Supreme Court has put an end to all speculations on CNG. Its message is clear: the priority is public health and there will be no compromises on this.
APRIL 29, 2002: RAM NAIK'S EXPERTISE: FOOLISH ECONOMICS AND MALICIOUS INTENT
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APRIL 19, 2002: Centre for Science and Environment condemns repeated threat from IGL to increase prices of CNG, which is inciting Delhi Government to hike bus fares and destroy consumer interest in the CNG strategy.
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CSE files FIR on Cyber crime
Is this yet another dirty trick from the diesel lobby?

It has just come to the notice of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that an email message is in wide circulation from a portal called dhamakapataka@morningindia.com maligning CSE and misrepresenting the facts of its campaign on CNG. It is a dangerous misinformation campaign. Since this message seems to have a wide outreach, we are keen to set the picture right.
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POLLUTION LEVELS PLUMMET AS DIESEL BUSES GO OFF ROADS

The landmark Court ruling came on April 5, 2002. The fall out: around 6000 diesel buses were off the road the next day. The RSPM, however, remained high between April 5 and 7 because of dust storms.
DO NOT LET A HANDFUL OF BUS OPERATORS HOLD THE CITY TO RANSOM AND COMPROMISE THE HEALTH OF MILLIONS IN THIS CITY.
The Centre for Science and Environment feels encouraged to see the responsible way the city government has responded so far to focus on the implementation strategy of the court order.
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Centre for Science and Environment welcomes the recent Supreme Court ruling from the three-judge bench headed by Justice BN Kirpal as momentous and innovative.
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FUELLING CORRUPTION:THE NETWORK OF THEFT
In an independent inspection of fuel adulteration in Delhi, CSE found that the current tests and fuel specifications are completely inadequate to detect adulteration.
complete report available in pdf format
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cover_20020415.gif (6164 bytes) Breathing dangerously:
Tiny particles that cannot be seen are cutting our lives shorter. Adding to the risk
of lung cancer by 8 per cent and heart disease by 6 per cent.
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cover_20020131.gif (6303 bytes) Limp Frog:
Asia is drowning. The exploding number of two and three-wheelers on Asia’s streets promise to
flood the continent with pollution. These vehicles may be the backbone of the commuting millions in Asia but they are also the greatest threat to public health.
31st January, 2002
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cover_20010915.gif (2660 bytes) Clear as air:
The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests.
15th September, 2001
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cover_20010715.gif (2552 bytes) Driving out cars: People are beginning to say no to cars. A small movement is spreading across in Europe to drive car out.
This movement aims to restore the inner cities, fight pollution and improve quality of urban life.
15th July, 2001
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dte_str1.jpg (1874 bytes) Capital chaos: As governance formally surrendered the administration of Delhi to chaos on All Fool's Day, 2001, the fate of its citizens health and public transport
continued to hang in balance.
30th April, 2001
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dte_str2.jpg (1461 bytes) Saboteurs: To clean up delhi's air, the supreme court ruled in July 1998 that all public transport should
move away from diesel and towards CNG by march 31, 2001. But the union govenrment and the Delhi state government has done nothing apart from discrediting CNG.
15th Match, 2001
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dte_str3.jpg (1717 bytes) Setting low standards: The Indian oil sector quibbles on standards for cleaner fuels.Does nothing.
28th February, 2001
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dte_str4.jpg (1519 bytes) Pay if you pollute: Polluters pay principle is
being applied in advanced countries to control vehicular pollution. Our government is still to wake up to such effective fiscal measures.
31st January, 2001
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