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Ghaziabad tops the list of India’s most polluted cities several times in a year. Abhijay Jha lists 5 immediate priorities for the city to shake off this dubious distinction and bring a breath of fresh air to its pollution-control strategies Build an e-waste plant in Loni One of the biggest pollution sources in Delhi-NCR, the way electronic waste is disposed off in Loni beggars belief in a region that’s supposed to have the most aggressive pollution-control mechanisms. Close to 1,000 ...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas ("Commission") which was constituted recently vide The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance, 2020 passed on 28 October 2020 has directed that all industrial units in Delhi switch over to Piped Natural Gas ("PNG") by the end of next month. This is one of the first prom...

A Pittston City bar has been fined $1,000 for violating Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 mitigation restrictions. On July 31, Stephanie’s bar at 78-80 S. Main St. served alcohol to a patron without requiring the person to order food and served the person at the bar, both which were violations of the restrictions at the time, according to records on the state Liquor Control Board website. Currently, in-house service of food and alcohol is prohibited until Jan. 4 under new rules Wolf announced ...

Few American cities do as well as Chicago has done in terms of providing rapid transit service that covers the city like a blanket; only New York and Washington have systems that provide coverage that’s as dense or denser. But the blanket has some holes in it. The just-passed (but not yet signed by the president) coronavirus relief bill offers assistance to transit agencies struggling to avoid slashing service in the face of continued low ridership. That assistance will come a little too late...

Wicked Local With use of the MBTA down since the pandemic started, the MBTA has announced a significant rollback in services across Greater Boston as part of its Forging Ahead plan, leading to several bus routes in Arlington either being suspended or reduced.  The changes to service in Arlington include: Suspend service on Route 79 (Arlington Heights to Alewife Station) Suspend service on Route 80 (Arlington Center to Lechmere Station), contingent upon completion of the Green Line Extension C...

For ‘Boika’, Not Even the Sky Is the Limit December 18, 2020 SEVEN days ago, new World Boxing Organization Africa welterweight champion Brendon “Boika” Denes wished for a quick closure to 2020, a year which he said he would rather forget quickly. Of course, it’s a year everything came to a virtual standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but it is some events, including his ban from boxing, which he wanted to put behind as quickly as possible. The year has, however, rolled around bea...

Government in two minds on import of nitrate DECCAN CHRONICLE. Updated Dec 19, 2020, 1:38 am IST The government is in two minds, whether to continue importing the nitrate or cut down imports and increase domestic production  Since Beirut blast, only the public sector Indian Detonators Limited and Special Blasts, a private entity, got permission from PESO to unload and evacuate ammonium nitrate from ships. VISAKHAPATNAM: Once the last of four ships unloads its ammonium nitrate cargo at t...

At its 5 p.m. meeting Thursday on the second floor at the Daviess County Courthouse, Daviess Fiscal Court took up the following agenda items: • Approved an MOA between the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of the Governor, Department for Local Government, Office of Federal Grants and Daviess County for the Daviess County CRF Reimbursement Project • Heard and approved the Treasurer’s Financial Statement for November 2020 • Approved all claims for all departments • Heard a...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ transit agency has approved service cuts to the Boston area’s public transportation system. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Fiscal Management and Control Board voted to approve the cuts Monday by a 3-2 vote. The service reductions were proposed in the wake of plummeting ridership as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The cuts will eliminate weekend commuter rail services on seven lines, suspend 20 bus routes, and reduce ferry services and...

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