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 …
What is required is political will to wield legal authority The mind-numbing results of a major global study released last week by the Health Effects Institute and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation highlight once again the severity of the air pollution crisis in India. The problem is not …
Stating the reason for the number of impounded vehicles being so few, traffic police said owners are selling off the old vehicles in neighbouring states such as Rajasthan and UP, where these vehicles are allowed to ply. OF THE 1.9 lakh diesel vehicles in the city that have been plying …
NEW DELHI: The Centre came out in support of auto manufacturers on Monday, urging the Supreme Court to allow the companies to sell their existing stock of BS-III vehicles even after Bharat Stage-IV emission norms come into force from April Appearing before a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and …
A coalition of organisations today said the Centre lacks commitment in tackling air pollution in Delhi and asked residents to tweet directly to the Union Environment and Power Ministers to voice their concerns. Flagging three major concerns, the coalition slammed the Centre's move to support car manufacturers to allow registration …
The Supreme Court has ordered a ban on the registration of new Bharat Stage III vehicles from April 1, 2017 when BS IV emission norms would come in force. The Supreme Court on Wednesday imposed a ban on sale of BS-III vehicles from April 1, 2017 when the Bharat Stage …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/03/2017. The Apex Court in its Order noted that the seminal issue in these applications is whether the sale and registration and therefore the commercial interests of manufacturers and …
While National Green Tribunal (NGT) came down hard on the increasing pollution levels, the Delhi transport department carried out a unique audit of all the pollution checking centres in the capital. Of the total 968 pollution under control (PUC) centres in Delhi, the department conducted an audit of 709. "The …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Regulating Vehicular Emissions, 28/03/2017. As per emission factors developed by Automotive Research Association of India (2007), NOx emissions are in the range from 0.28g/km to 0.84 g/km for diesel cars manufactured in the year 1996 to 2005 and with engine capacity 1600 cc to …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Report of CSE on automobile pollution, 27/03/2017. Specific steps taken by the Government with respect to vehicular pollution inter-alia include introduction of cleaner / alternate fuels like gaseous fuel (CNG, LPG etc.), ethanol blending; universalization of BS-IV by 2017; leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI …
Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said Delhi had experienced 28 severely polluted days during this period in 2016 as compared to only eight in 2015. Delhi had more than three times as many “severely polluted” days in the eight-month period between May and December in 2016, as compared to the …
Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday chaired a high level meeting on controlling air pollution in the capital. The meeting saw discussions on the amendment of the Central Motor Vehicle (CMV) rules to introduce a policy for scrapping seized vehicles that are more than 15 years old. It was in …
Chairing a high-level meeting on air pollution in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal today directed Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) to set up 20 more real-time monitoring stations and set a deadline of October for 14 new stations. On the long-pending overflowing landfill sites, the LG office said that the …
The bench posted the matter for further hearing on March 24. Amid ambiguity over enforcement of BS-IV norms, the Supreme Court on Monday directed automobile majors to submit details of stocks of unsold BS-III vehicles. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta passed the order after the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Abatement of Air Pollution, 21/03/2017. The quality of air in Delhi can be assessed as per National Air Quality Index (NAQI) which classifies it into good, satisfactory, moderate, poor, very poor, and severe categories. As per AQI data for Delhi, the number of days …
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Port City is rapidly falling prey to noise pollution, if the statistics available with the pollution control board are of any indication. The data suggest that the sound produced in the city is far more higher than the permissible levels. Be it residential area, commercial zones or industrial …
Parking on footpaths will become a cognizable offense and vehicles could be impounded for severe parking violations if a new action plan prepared by the SC-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority, in consultation with the Central Pollution Control Board, is implemented. EPCA has submitted the draft "comprehensive action plan for air …
Thiruvananthapuram: An assembly committee on environment has noted that applying the same building rules across the state was unscientific, and suggested that Munnar be split into separate zones and with building rules for each of them. It recommended the creation of an environment management and development authority to draft special …
Madrid's city government announced plans on Monday to ban the oldest and most polluting vehicles from the city centre by 2025 in a bid to crackdown on air pollution. The local government will prohibit the use within the city's limits of gasoline cars registered before 2000 and diesel-powered cars registered …
The Supreme Court has declined to entertain a public interest litigation by a Kerala-based social activist who wants the exhaust outlets of all motor vehicles installed on the top instead of near the base. A bench of Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul said …
KOLHAPUR: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has given permission to electronic rickshaw or e-rickshaw service in specific city areas, like the Central Bus Stand (CBS) and the Mahalaxmi Temple. Kolhapur is well known for its pilgrimage spots such as the Mahalaxmi and Jotiba temples. The city attracts devotees from all …
