Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/03/2024. The Special Protection Group (SPG) filed the application to direct the Transport Department, NCT of Delhi to allow extension of registration period of specialized armoured vehicles - 3 in number …
Volkswagen admitted last year that it had installed software on diesel cars that tricked US emissions tests. Volkswagen has agreed to pay US$ 10 billion to settle a huge US civil case over its diesel emissions-cheating scandal, a person familiar with the negotiations said today. As part of the settlement, …
Volkswagen has agreed to pay $10.2bn (£6.9bn) to settle some claims in the US from its emissions cheating scandal, according to reports. Most of the money would compensate 482,000 owners of two-litre diesel cars programmed to distort emissions tests. Owners could receive between $1,000 and $7,000, depending on their car's …
The ban, Javadekar said, has resulted in newer cars being taken off the roads and older, more polluting cars being used. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the ban on diesel cars and SUVs with engines above 2,000 cc in Delhi-NCR by courts “is not the right way”. Calling it …
NEW DELHI: With roads in urban areas increasingly getting gridlocked, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the road transport ministry to evolve new models for building city ring toads with a long-term planning perspective. Though the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set a target of ring roads in …
Pollution from many popular diesel cars is much worse when it is colder than 18C outside, new research suggests. Testing company Emissions Analytics told the BBC it has measured a significant rise in poisonous gas emissions from a wide range of models as the temperature drops. It found the problem …
The alarming rise in pollution in the capital and areas around it has been a major source of concern for most residents here. The Supreme Court has banned registration of diesel-run cars above 2000cc in NCR till March 31, and then extended it. While almost every major car manufacturer expressed …
"The government is not planning to hike bus fares as of now. We are also considering to give concession for students up to Class XII in the KSRTC buses," he added. THRISSUR: The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order banning diesel vehicles which are more than 10 years old in the …
German prosecutors have opened an investigation into the former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn over allegations of market manipulation in relation to the company’s diesel emissions scandal. According to the state prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig, there was “sufficient concrete evidence” that Volkswagen had deliberately delayed informing shareholders of last year’s …
International Road Federation (IRF), a Geneva-based global body working for better and safer roads worldwide, has written a letter to chief minister Naveen Patnaik urging him to develop greener roads and highways to reduce carbon emissions in the state. In the letter, IRF chairman K K Kapila also urged the …
Volkswagen AG will have an extra week to finalize a settlement with the U.S. government and owners of affected diesel-powered cars in its emissions cheating case after a federal judge delayed the deadline, citing the “highly technical nature” of the negotiations. A draft agreement will now have to be filed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 17/06/2016 regarding air pollution in Delhi by diesel vehicles. By filing this application the Applicant M/s. Manan Enterprises is seeking registration of two number of BS-IV Diesel vehicles to be deployed …
In a bid to check the increasing air pollution in the Bihar capital, the government has banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles from the roads from Wednesday. "We have banned 15-year-old diesel vehicles from the roads from June 15 as announced by the state government to control air pollution," district transport official …
Diesel vehicles have taken a record share of the market on London roads in recent years, despite warnings blaming them for contributing to the capital’s illegal levels of air pollution. Sadiq Khan, the new mayor of London, has been lobbying for a diesel scrappage scheme, a policy that was backed …
Long-term exposure to household air pollution from lighting, cooking or heating with fuels, such as kerosene or diesel, may increase the risk of heart attacks and death, researchers including one of Indian-origin have warned. Burning cleaner fuels, such as natural gas, was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular deaths, …
Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari has promised central assistance to Kerala in developing energy efficient vehicles by exploring the possibilities of Lithium ion battery based research work going on in ISRO in Thiruvananthapuram. Gadkari made the promise and suggested the state to start using alternative energy …
The green panel says that the bench has clarified that the new vehicles will solely be used for transportation of waste to dumping sites The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi government to register two new diesel vehicles which are conforming to BS-IV norms and would be used …
The government will explore all legal steps to overcome the situation arising out of the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Kochi special circuit bench’s curbs on diesel vehicles, Minister for Transport A.K. Saseendran has said. Presiding over a meeting of owners of stage carriers, lorries, trucks, tankers and other vehicles here …
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) said on Wednesday it received regulatory approval to fix another 1.1 million cars, raising the number of VW models cleared for refitting to more than 2.5 million since the start of the year. Germany's motor vehicle authority KBA has approved fixes for VW brand models, VW commercial vehicles …
Norway is set to ‘completely ban’ the sale of all petrol and diesel powered cars in the next 10 years. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have reached a concrete agreement that 100 per cent of Norway’s cars should be powered by …
KOCHI: For diesel, the game seems to be almost over. In search of a ‘tidier’ and greener fuel India seems set to zoom in on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). At least for now, it seems that in the run with diesel, CNG might well have the last laugh. And the …
