Kolkata's air quality reached "very unhealthy ... deteriorated steadily as cracker activity increased. Noise pollution also spiked significantly, particularly in silence zones near hospitals ...

Kolkata recorded a marginal decrease in air pollution level during 2024 compared to 2023, but still stands as the second most polluted metro city in the country after Delhi and within the 2 per cent ...

Noise adversely affects the economy by reducing productivity, increasing healthcare costs, affecting property values, and negatively impacting tourism and related businesses.

Kolkata: In a significant move to combat air pollution, KMC made real-time air and noise quality monitoring mandatory for all construction sites measuring 20,000 square metres (2.2 lakh sqft ...

Rising air pollution in Cossipore railway siding has prompted West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim to announce that the state government will formally address the issue with the Railways. The call for ...

Delhi, located in the land-locked Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) with adverse meteorology, has recorded the highest level of pollution during winter, Kolkata — also at the tip of the IGP — ranks ...

Ballygunge had the highest pollution levels and the most number of bad air days. KOLKATA: Kolkata's air quality improved this winter with the average PM2.5 concentration dropping to 65 micrograms ...

Air shade management and multi sectoral approach key to counter city’s air pollution with focus on transport and waste burning Pockets of the Kolkata showed pollution surges much above the national ...

Indian cities including Delhi among the list of world's noisiest places: UN Report; tips to counter noise pollution damage ...

An Eastern Railways spokesperson told PTI that the Railways will explain its stand over the issue once it gets the letter from the West Bengal government but asserted that issues of sanitation ...