Delhi Pollution

Nitin Gadkari questioned the MCD's green initiatives and called for scrapping the Environment Compensation Charge on commercial vehicles. He expressed concern about misuse of funds collected for pollution control and suggested alternative funding from the Delhi govt instead of retaining the levy.

Nadir Godrej said India’s pollution crisis can be solved through public pressure and stricter enforcement, citing Beijing and Los Angeles as examples. Speaking at Mumbai Climate Week, he urged the Maharashtra government to act

The government has proposed a financial outlay of ₹1,091 crore in the budget for 2026-27 to strengthen monitoring and implementation of pollution control measures across the air, water and noise pollution categories.

Delhi witnessed fogy conditions and poor air quality on Friday morning. The IMD warned of a new western disturbance impacting northwest India. Check the full weather forecast here.

The Friday rain led to a sharp dip in temperatures and brought a welcome relief from the pollution levels.

IMD said the early Friday morning rain spell over Delhi is due to an ongoing western disturbance. Another spell of very light to light rain is forecast for the afternoon or evening

In this special feature of MINT, we go out on the streets of Delhi in Harsh winter nights of January where the temperature falls down to 3 degrees, and talk to two set of people. First are homeless, & poor who either stay in night shelters or under open sky battling extreme temperatures and poverty. Second are night guards & watchmen who do night duties and guard industrial and residential premises. Some are Freezing and begging for shelter, home and food, while some are compelled to be in such jobs. The sight is deplorable and sad. Abhinav Trivedi of MINT goes out and talks to such people. #delhi #winter #homeless #poor #rich #richlifestyle #streetfood #freezing #fog #pollution #rekhagupta #pollution #narendramodi #abhinavtrivedi #guards #nightwatchman #watchmen

In this special feature of MINT, we go out on the streets of Delhi in Harsh winter nights of January where the temperature falls down to 3 degrees, and talk to two set of people. First are homeless, & poor who either stay in night shelters or under open sky battling extreme temperatures and poverty. Second are night guards & watchmen who do night duties and guard industrial and residential premises. Some are Freezing and begging for shelter, home and food, while some are compelled to be in such jobs. The sight is deplorable and sad. Abhinav Trivedi of MINT goes out and talks to such people. #delhi #winter #homeless #poor #rich #richlifestyle #streetfood #freezing #fog #pollution #rekhagupta #pollution #narendramodi #abhinavtrivedi #guards #nightwatch

Delhi's pollution issue will be discussed in Assembly, with Environment minister Sirsa stating ‘people will know AAP is responsible for the problem’. The city's AQI improved to 276 on Thursday. Meanwhile, the NGT has ordered the submission of water quality data for the Yamuna.