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'A breath of fresh air' is a term irrelevant in today’s world. A cloud of smoke from the exhaust of a bus, car, or a scooter; smoke billowing from a factory chimney, flyash generated by thermal power plants, and speeding cars causing dust to rise from the roads--- The quality of air in our cities is anything but fresh.

Modernisation and progress have led to air getting more and more polluted over the years. Industries, vehicles, increase in the population, and urbanization are some of the major factors responsible for air pollution.

The task of cleaning up air pollution, though difficult, is not believed to be impossible. The shift to less polluting forms of power generation, such as solar energy, wind energy, geothermal, tidal and other forms of renewable energy in place of fossil fuel can be used for controlling pollution. Many cities in India now have pollution control checks for vehicles. There is also an attempt to keep a check on polluting industrial units by the judiciary.

This year as part of the Greenathon initiative, join us in our endeavour to spread awareness about air pollution and help make an impact. Keep watching this space for more on this campaign.

In the News

Rich Indians pollute more: Greenpeace

By Swati Thiyagarajan 11/14/2007 8:20:00 PM

A new study by Greenpeace suggests that 'rich' Indians using cell phones, computers, DVDs and other such gadgets are adding more to the pollution.

Pollution aggravates heart ailments

By Maya Sharma 9/30/2007 11:20:00 AM

There could be an explanation as to why patients with heart diseases are more likely to be admitted to hospitals when air pollution levels are high.

ARAI strives to curb pollution on roads

By Imtiaz Jaleel 3/31/2005 10:53:00 PM

About 83 per cent of the vehicles on the roads in India, do not comply to the Euro 3 emission norms.

Delhi govt gets tough on polluting vehicles

By NDTV Correspondent 1/31/2005 7:46:00 PM

The Delhi government has started a special drive to try and clamp down on pollution.

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