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 …
Immediate sign of the mobility crisis in our cities is paralyzing congestion, -- crawling traffic and high pollution levels. Mounting global evidence shows that this imposes high costs on urban communities. This can be around 2 - 3 per cent of the GDP. In many cities congestion occurs during the …
This recent study by Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority is an effort to improve public understanding of the challenges that parking of vehicles present and the ways parking regulations can be leveraged to restrain traffic in Indian cities. Global experience bears out that parking management is one of the …
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. The key focus of the fiscal measures are clean fuels and technologies including CNG, LPG and zero emissions technologies; disincentives for older …
Finding parking space in the city is becoming an impossible task and with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) yet to furnish a list of parking sites along the 2,183 notified commercial and mixed land use stretches
Megha Suri | TNN The reopening of schools after the summer break has thrown the city into a severe CNG crisis. The waiting time at filling stations, which was just 5-10 minutes at the beginning of the year, has increased to an average of three to four hours, leading to …
The Honorable Supreme Court in its order dated 27.4.2007 directed EPCA to examine and file its opinion on the Outdoor Advertisement Policy prepared by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Further in its directions of 25.4.2008 the Hon
The bus commuters plying between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh can now look forward to an easy journey. The Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Governments signed an agreement on Monday, which would facilitate free movement of vehicles in each other's territory. "Better connectivity between NCR in UP and Delhi and free movement …
The draft transport agreement between the UP and Delhi governments is a step ahead for the Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority appointed by the Supreme Court to monitor government projects with the aim of preventing pollution by decongesting the city. Stating that for interstate public transport, nothing short of …
As more vehicles turn to CNG, the number of filling stations is proving to be inadequate Spiralling prices of crude oil are ringing alarm bells for the green fuel policy in the Capital. As more and more private vehicle owners switch to CNG and the government makes CNG mandatory for …
The bus rapid transit (BRT) system may not have found many takers among commuters, but it does have some high profile people batting for it even if the collective public rage against the system may be putting some of its staunchest proponents on the defensive. The Environment Pollution (Prevention and …
On the hike in parking charges proposed during an Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) meeting, MCD and DDA said they have received the minutes of the meeting and were working out the modalities. They added that it was too early to give out details of the new set-up. NDMC officials, …
If the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has its way, you will soon have to pay as much as you do at multi-level parking lots to keep your car along the street. With about 25 new multi-level parking lots being constructed in the Capital before the Commonwealth Games 2010 to …
Get set to pay more for parking in busy markets and posh commercial centres. The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has proposed levying higher rates in areas where real estate is costlier and demand for parking space high. It also wants time-linked rates extended to the entire city
The Honorable Supreme Court in its order dated 27.4.2007 directed EPCA to examine and file its opinion on the Outdoor Advertisement Policy prepared by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. EPCA has held consultations with different city agencies concerned with the policy, as well as heard the representation of different groups …
