Construction ban stays, green light for coal-based industries
(WorldNews India)

Noida: As the air quality improved after the first spell of `severe plus` conditions for this season across Delhi-NCR, the Central Pollution Control Board´s (CPCB) task force recommending relaxing pollution-related restrictions and allowed coal-based industries to start functioning. The ban on construction, however, continues to stay in place. After four days of `severe` conditions, the air quality improved to `very poor` around 6 am on Saturday. On Saturday, Noida recorded and AQI of 338, in Greater Noida, it was 309 and Ghaziabad recorded an AQI of 347. For the first time this year, PM 2.5 levels...