Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
New Delhi: While car owners grumpily awaited their alternate day on Delhi roads during the recent 15-day driving experiment, there was one group that grinned happily every day. They were owners of cars that had a bright sticker saying 'CNG' stuck on their windshields. Cars running on compressed natural gas, …
Gurgaon: Air pollution increased slightly on Saturday in the city, even though the concentration of smog was less as compared to the past three days. The PM2.5 has been recorded at 115.25 g/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre), while it was 109.50 g/m³ on Friday. Besides, the level of carbon monoxide …
Govt’s claim that pollution in the city has dropped over the past week is at odds with data of the daily average levels as well as peak values of PM. The Delhi government's claim that pollution in the Capital has reduced over the past week is at odds with data …
Delhi government on Saturday informed the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) that as many as 60,000 cars have converted to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) since the odd-even restrictions started on January 1. At a meeting called by EPCA to lay out a plan for the implementation …
The odd-even vehicle rationing scheme implemented as an emergency measure to control air pollution during winter in Delhi has reduced the pollution load from cars by 40% and the government must be permitted to continue it till January 2016, says this report prepared by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) …
GURGAON: Lack of public transport has come in the way of fighting pollution in the city. After setting a January 31 deadline for conversion of diesel cabs and autos to CNG, the state government has now backtracked and is planning to phase out diesel autos from March 2016. This is …
New Delhi: The national capital is facing a more serious pollution crisis from secondary particles, in addition to tiny pollution particles (PM2.5) being emitted from various sources like transport, waste burning or dust. The recent draft IIT Kanpur report has flagged that secondary particles which are formed from chemical reactions …
GURGAON: The ban on registration of new diesel vehicles is being seen as a temporary measure in the fight against pollution, but environmental experts say air pollution could be reduced by almost 30% if the number of diesel vehicles on roads could be brought down significantly. According to a Haryana …
GURGAON: Taking the cue from its Delhi counterpart, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board has called for a strict fitness regime for autos and shared autos plying in the city to bring down air pollution. On Monday, the pollution control board issued a letter to the road and transport authority …
New Delhi: Taking a serious note of the recent Volkswagen emissions scandal, experts on Monday said India is also vulnerable to such fraud due to its weak emission regulations. In a workshop titled, "Urban air quality challenges and strategies to reduce emissions from in-use and new vehicles" organized by the …
A look at the background and working of the Environment Compensation Charge imposed by the Supreme Court on commercial vehicles entering Delhi. What is the Environment Compensation Charge (ECC)? Who is liable to pay; why? Acting on rising vehicular pollution in Delhi, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed that commercial …
Most Truck Drivers Say They Were Unaware Of New Charge, Refuse To Pay The city's major border points remained choked through the early hours of Saturday as collection of Environment Compensation Charge from multi-axle trucks started at 12am. Each truck took several minutes to pass as drivers pleaded ignorance about …
Number of trucks entering capital may drop by 30 per cent after implementation of environment cess, says tax collector After a six-day delay in the implementation of the Environment Compensation Charge or ‘environment cess’ on trucks entering Delhi, the concessionaire — SYMR Consortium LLP — has begun to collect the …
SMYR Consortium, the toll contractor appointed by the South Corporation, finally agreed to collect the environment compensation charge (ECC) from heavy commercial vehicles from Friday night. The decision comes following a series of meetings between the company and the Environment Pollution Control Authority . The Supreme Court had earlier ordered …
Owners of goods vehicles mandated to pay environment charge for entering Delhi from November have alleged they were being “discriminated against ” and called the tax a licence to “pay and pollute”. In a letter to the Chairman of Environment Pollution Control Authority, Bhure Lal, the All India Confederation of …
Reply from EPCA to the letter reference F.No. 23(1319) CAP/TPT/PCD/2015/2067-2072 dated 4.11.2015 from Delhi Transport Department GNCTD of Delhi in response to the legal notice of M/S SMYR Consortium LLP with regard to the imposition and collection of Environment Compensation Charge (Green tax) as ordered by the Supreme Court.
RAJOKRI BORDER: It's 10.30pm on Sunday. Tonight, the first major step to clean up Delhi's air is to be implemented - the imposition of a 'pollution tax' on trucks entering the capital. A long queue of trucks stretches deep into the Gurgaon side of the road as drivers watch the …
Confusion over implementation of the Supreme Court-ordered environment compensation charge (ECC) on commercial vehicles entering Delhi persisted for a second day on Monday, with the tax contractor not collecting the additional amount. The Supreme Court had on October 12 ordered the private toll collection concessionaire to collect Rs. 700 from …
The SMYR Consortium had pleaded with the SC to defer implementation of its order on ECC till December 1. But the court had refused. Confusion continued to prevail at Delhi’s borders with the “environment tax” imposed by the Supreme Court still not being levied, as the municipal corporations failed to …
Letter from EPCA to Govt of NCT of Delhi regarding Supreme Court order on trucks entering Delhi. EPCA visited, alongwith Transport Commissioner Sh.Parimal Rai, Rajokari Toll Collection Post on 1-2 November 2015 (night).To our great dismay, orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court are being flouted with impunity. No Environment Compensation Charge …
