Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Crossings Republik Flat Owner Association Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 29/11/2023. In this original application, Applicant has questioned the setting up of a Bio-CNG plant with 300 TPD capacity at Khasra Nos. 121, 122, 123, 124, 129, 304, 305 …
Luxury Sedans, SUVs Hit Speed-Breaker Harder With FM's New Cess Be prepared to shell out more for cars. Finance minister Arun Jaitley introduced an `infrastructure cess' in the Budget which will see a spike in car prices across categories--right from the entry-level Maruti `Alto' that gets dearer by Rs 3,000 …
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union Budget on Monday left the middle class and salaried people high and dry, hit by slow economic growth and the rising cost of living. There was no increase in the income-tax exemption limits, nor was there any hike in tax-saving instruments. Only people earning …
NEW DELHI: The AAP government's decision to go ahead with its second phase of odd-even car rationing scheme during April 15-30 may just serve a limited purpose unless Delhi along with neighbouring states -Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan-do not move on a comprehensive 360 degree approach agreed on last year. …
New Delhi: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that 27% of the car and SUV models displayed at the recently-concluded auto expo were of 2,000cc diesel engines. The Supreme Court has banned the sale of such vehicles till March 31, 2016. "This is in complete disregard of the …
Vehicle purchasers will be able to get data on mass emission values and noise level of horns from July 1. Based on an order issued by the National Green Tribunal, Pune, on November 26, 2015, the ministry of road transport and highways issued an advisory to all vehicle manufacturers to …
Gurgaon: A CNG crematorium built in DLF Phase III at a cost of Rs 85 lakh in May 2012 has been lying unused even as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Union environment ministry and Delhi government to initiate programmes to provide alternative modes of cremation of …
Delhi is the country's pollution capital but Calcuttans are breathing in more toxic air because of higher exposure, a study has shown. Conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the survey reveals that the pollution level has leapt by over 60 per cent between 2010 and 2013. …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Union environment ministry and the Delhi government to initiate programmes to provide alternative modes of cremation of human remains, saying the traditional method of burning wood emitted hazardous pollutants in the environment. A bench, headed by Justice U D Salvi said there was …
The AAP government has clarified that a commercial vehicle which is completely empty and has no goods whatsoever will be charged the environment compensation charge, or green cess, as stipulated by the Supreme Court. The CNG-fuelled vehicles, however, have now been given an exemption from the cess. A notification to …
NAVI MUMBAI: City based activists have urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to consider implementing odd-even traffic formula of Delhi in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mumbai, to curb the rising air pollution. "I recently wrote to the CM on behalf of various activists and citizens to have the odd-even formula in our …
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, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Association of Radio Taxis Vs. Govt. of Delhi & Ors.dated 12/01/2016 regarding prohibition on running of diesel taxis in NCR Delhi.
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 Road Transport Highways Ministry has issued a draft notification specifying the design and shape of the star-rating stickers that will be placed on the windows of vehicles. Sources said these will be put up by manufacturers to end any confusion and to prevent any scope of dealers claiming that …
If you have a BS IV-compliant diesel car and usually ride alone, you can reduce your per capita particulate (PM) emissions per kilometre by at least 40 times by using a CNG bus instead. And if you have been driving a diesel SUV, then the benefit could be to the …
The Department of Environment Affairs has completed the study to facilitate the large-scale uptake of alternative transport fuels in South Africa – the case for biogas. The main objective of this study is to establish an understanding of the economic and practical potential for compressed biogas (CBG) as an alternative …
NEW DELHI: The draft IIT-Kanpur report on pollution in Delhi has triggered fresh alarm over the city's winter air quality as it has found "very high" levels of an extremely toxic group of 100 chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), emitted mainly due to incomplete combustion. According to several past …
The world's “most polluted city“ may have reached a turning point going into 2016. Crowning a two-year public campaign for clean air in Delhi, Supreme Court on December 16 delivered a landmark judgment placing numerous restrictions on private and commercial diesel vehicles. It stopped the entry of trucks with pre-Bharat …
Delhi govt writes to LG for authorisation to issue challans; rule to apply to all cars entering Delhi. From January 1 to January 15, every car entering Delhi will have to follow the odd-even registration number rule as the government sets out to implement an idea to reduce congestion on …
The general prefernce for diesel vehicles is turning the air in Gujarat's cities toxic. In Gujarat today, around 1.21 crore vehicles, including two-wheelers, guzzle 18 crore litres of petrol a month. In stark contrast, just 24.06 lakh diesel vehicles burn a whopping 50 crore litres of the fuel which is …
