Archive · 22 Sep 2025
Bhupender Yadav Advocates Environmental Laboratory Expansion in India
Imagine the government wants to make India's environment even better.
The Environment Minister, Bhupender Yadav, is asking smart schools and research groups to work together.
They want to create new labs and find ways to clean up pollution.
At a special day for the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), they also opened two new labs in different cities.
These labs can check how clean the air and water are.
They also updated an app called SAMEER, which helps people know about pollution.
The minister said that rules are important, but everyone needs to care about the environment for the rules to work.
They also released reports about polluted rivers.
Bhupender Yadav called for collaboration to expand environmental laboratories across India.
New laboratories were inaugurated in Pune and Shillong.
The updated SAMEER App (Version 2.0) was launched.
A report titled 'Classification of Polluted River Stretches, 2025' was released.
The minister emphasized the need for behavioral change in environmental protection.
- Who
- Bhupender Yadav (Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change)
- What
- Urged collaboration for expanding environmental laboratories and launched new labs, updated app, and reports
- When
- During CPCB's 51st Foundation Day
- Where
- New Delhi, India
- Why
- To strengthen environmental protection, integrate economy and ecology, and ensure cleaner technologies.
- Key Figure
- Bhupender Yadav (Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change)
- Event
- CPCB's 51st Foundation Day
- Focus
- Expansion of environmental laboratories
- New Labs
- Pune and Shillong
- App Update
- SAMEER App (Version 2.0) launched
- Report Released
- Classification of Polluted River Stretches, 2025