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Rail project causing pollution
A major environmental catastrophe has unfolded in parts of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir endangering lives of thousands of local people. The air pollution caused by heavy vehicular traffic
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It s official
Japan makes it mandatory for government agencies to go for ecofriendly vehicles
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Miles to go
Is the government serious about introducing compressed natural gas CNG as a standard fuel for Delhi's vehicles? Have adequate steps been taken to ensure that all the state buses run on CNG within the deadline stipulated by the Supreme Court? How far wil
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Sepa teams to study noise level on roads
As part of its nine-day special study aimed at finding the levels of vehicular noise generation in the city, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) started taking readings of noise emissions caused by vehicular traffic on Thursday. Noise readings were taken at Fresco Chowk (Burnes Road), Tibet Centre and Seventh Day Adventist Hospital on M. A. Jinnah Road and Empress Market. Six readings were taken at one of the points in question. The Sepa, which plans to study vehicular traffic noise levels in 28 areas of the city, has dedicated two teams of its experts for the task.
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It’s official now
Price mechanism is the only way to discourage the use of dirty fuels
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Safeguards against autos
The Supreme Court decides to crack down on three wheelers by banning further registration of vehicles in Delhi
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How carcinogenic is your CAR?
Do you want a country full of cars? Cars cause cancer. Scientists can even measure the cancer potency levels of the cars we ride. The so called cancer potency index has emerged as an important tool for risk assessment the world over. But think twice bef
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United emission norms
Eight countries decide that it is time to have uniform standards for vehicular emissions
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Impact of Supreme Court order on Particulate pollution
The cse study shows that the cng strategy will help to get closest to the clean air target compared to slow changes in diesel technology. • When buses, autos and taxis move to cng by 2001,
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Green Paper proposals
• A new system of trunk road planning to avoid planning delays • New power to local authorities to manage traffic demand in their areas and reduce vehicular pollution •
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Impact of Supreme Court order on nitrogen oxide pollution
• When all buses, autos and taxis which ply in Delhi move to cng by 2001, the total pollution load of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from vehicles will reduce by about 18 per cent against the target of
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Needed: Answers
The questionnaire sent by CSE's Right To Clean Air Campaign to senior executives of transnational carmakers selling diesel cars in India: • We presume that you know that suspended
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Vehicles of radiation
Radioactivity should be added to the list of potential carcinogens in motor-vehicle exhausts, say scientists from the University of Bristol, UK. Denis Henshaw and colleagues have found raised
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Off the diesel track
Daewoo is the only transnational company in the Indian market that is not interested in getting on to the diesel bandwagon. In an interview with Down To Earth , Anuj Pattanaik, general manager marketing of Daewoo Motors India Ltd, explains the reaso
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Abandoned to fate
Though private bus operators will have to shoulder a bulk of the responsibility of phasing in CNG buses, they were the last to be informed by the Delhi government. The first public notification for
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Paving way for a clean future
Released recently, the Bellagio memorandum advocates best practices for policies on vehicular emission reduction worldwide
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BRAZIL
Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America is to introduce permanent restrictions on the use of cars in an attempt to alleviate the city's growing transport problems and curb pollution. Residents
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Diesel Update
A European study determined that exposure to traffic related air pollution, in particular diesel exhaust particles, may lead to reduced lung function in children living near major motorways.
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Revisiting economics of congestion
In our December 31, 2006 issue we raised some questions in the editorial, 'Economics of congestion'. Readers responded. Here is a cross section of views Theory-practice hiatus Shreekant Gupta,