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: The Supreme Court-appointed EPCA on Thursday asked all NCR states to file a status report on a fuel sticker scheme to identify, and if required ban, diesel vehicles in the national capital region on bad-air days. The process of installing hologram-based fuel stickers on all vehicles other than …
Panel formed I Will prepare action plan to regulate number of vehicles, construction The government today constituted the Air Quality Monitoring Committee (AQMC) to check the high pollution levels in the seven towns of Baddi, Damtal, Kala Amb, Nalagarh, Poanta Sahib, Parwanoo and Sundernagar. The committee will prepare an action …
All taxi operators in Delhi including cab aggregator companies Ola and Uber have been directed by Supreme Court-appointed Environmental Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to submit an affidavit on their diesel taxis plying on the roads of Delhi-NCR. EPCA sought the information from the companies during its meeting on Thursday …
NEW DELHI: With a blanket ban in NCR on all diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old and petrol vehicles which are 15 year old in force, the road transport ministry will approach the Supreme Court to keep tractors and private cars out of the purview of the order. …
Copenhagen has been struggling with air pollution for many years now. Pollution from lorries, vans, buses and cars each year costs lives. Now, research conducted by the University of Copenhagen and a series of collaborators shows that the average lifespan of Copenhageners could increase by an entire year in 2040 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saloni Ailawadi Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/11/2018 regarding pollution caused by Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd. and Skoda Auto India Private Limited. The Applicant points out that in respect of engines manufactured by the said manufacturers, violation of …
There was a need to look into restricting the use of non-CNG private vehicles during high pollution episodes in the National Capital Region, the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority said in a letter to the Central Pollution Control Board on Wednesday. In his letter to CPCB member …
The only option to control air pollution in Delhi when weather conditions get more adverse is to explore a ban on all non-CNG vehicles or implementation of the odd-even scheme wherein all private vehicles are included, chairperson of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) wrote to the Central …
Action needs to be taken to minimize the use of private vehicles, which contribute nearly 40 per cent to air pollution in Delhi, a green body said Monday as the air quality of the national capital nosedived to severe category. Anumita Roychowdhury, an executive director at the Delhi-based think-tank Centre …
Air pollution is linked with many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Strategies aiming at the improved air quality interact directly with climate mitigation targets, access to clean energy services, waste management, and other aspects of socio-economic development. Continuation of current policies in the key emitting sectors implies that …
Air quality this year in October has been cleaner compared to 2016 and 2017. This has been revealed by the Central Pollution Control Board’s air quality index (AQI) data for 2018, 2017 and 2016. While the average AQI this month is 268.6, in 2017 it was 284.9 while in 2016, …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/11/2018 regarding the entry of commercial vehicles in Delhi leading to air pollution. The Counsel for the Government of Delhi has informed the Court that Radio Frequency Identification Device …
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s transport department is planning to crack down on 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles, and about 40 lakh vehicles — going by official figures — are on its radar. The decision comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s direction to this effect on Monday. The SC …
Some cities in India attribute more than half of their PM2.5 to this dust The contribution of indoor air pollution is estimated to vary between 22 and 52 per cent, according to a UNEP study which said emissions from household cooking and heating will need to be reduced to greatly …
While BS-IV contains 50 parts per million (ppm) sulphur, the BS-VI grade fuel only Following the recent directive by the Supreme Court that banned the sales as well as registration of Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) vehicles across the country from April 1, 2020, auto companies are rushing to meet the deadline. …
With the air quality index putting Delhi’s air under ‘severe category’, the Delhi Government on Tuesday took a slew of measures to mitigate air pollution. Environment Minister Imran Husain banned garbage burning, stubble burning, vehicular, industrial emission, construction and demolition waste and use of power generators/Diesel generators sets. Delhi Pollution …
EPCA Chairman visited various ‘hot spots’ in continuation of drive to identify local sources of pollution in Delhi and NCR region and to check on enforcement of measures directed under GRAP. Anand Vihar frequently over this period; Narela , Bawana and nearby area on 21st October 2018; Dwarka and Faridabad …
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court had announced that India will transit from the Bharat Stage (BS)-IV emission norms currently in place, to the BS-VI norms on April 1, 2020. No BS-IV vehicle shall be sold in the country from that date (only BS-VI compliant ones). Oil companies too have to …
Diwali may be two weeks away, but the air quality in Gurgaon has already dropped to ‘very poor’. As per the data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) earlier this month, the air quality in the city has deteriorated to ‘very poor’ with the Air Quality Index (AQI) …
Judgement of the Supreme Court in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/10/2018 on whether Bharat Stage IV compliant vehicles should be permitted to be sold in India after 31.03.2020. Supreme Court directs that "no motor vehicle conforming to the emission standard Bharat …
