Shimla Mayor urges govt to simplify approval process for felling dangerous trees amid heavy rainfall

Aug 01, 2026

Heavy rainfall continued to disrupt normal life in Himachal Pradesh's capital on Saturday, with trees uprooted at two locations in Shimla city, prompting renewed...

Hazardous smog grips Pakistan's Punjab as AQI soars across major cities

Nov 14, 2025

Punjab's air quality remained hazardous, with several cities recording extremely high AQI levels. Lahore continued to face severe smog as the Met Office reported...

Lahore's air pollution reaches 'hazardous' level

Dec 20, 2020

Lahore [Pakistan], December 20 : Amid persisting cold weather and high air pollution in Lahore, the city's highest Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday...

Pollution makes life hazardous in Kathmandu

Mar 30, 2022

Kathmandu [Nepal], March 30 : For the last one week, the air quality of Kathmandu has deteriorated and the Himalayan nation's capital has remained...

Heavy rainfall inundates parts of Surat rural; Kim River in spate, traffic disrupted

Jul 24, 2026

The strong current has made movement on the affected roads extremely hazardous.

Islamabad's air quality plummets to hazardous levels

Dec 30, 2024

According to data from the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), this alarming rise in air pollution has been largely attributed to construction projects and...