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 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Shafi Mohamed Meer Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 18/11/2016 regarding restraining the induction of two-stroke three-wheelers i.e. autorickshaws in cities of Maharashtra. The Applicant submits that the Government has misled the public at large …
The government has invited cement industries near power stations to utilise the 1.8 crore ton ash produced annually. The move will save the exchequer Rs 2,000 crore. Delhi’s air pollution disaster a fortnight ago seems to have alerted the Maharashtra government into taking preventive measures at the earliest. On Tuesday, …
Air pollution in north India doesn't only affect local residents. Emissions from the region's vehicles, farm fires and power plants may be lifted by the monsoon right up to the stratosphere, with possible implications for regional and global climate. NASA scientists have detected a layer of tiny aerosol particles in …
The permission to NHAI to build a bridge and its approach roads across the river for the Delhi- Meerut Expressway should be allowed to help ease traffic congestion, an expert committee today told the National Green Tribunal. The Principal Committee, headed by Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources, told a …
Reviewing the pollution situation in the national Capital, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to loan space/pits to Delhi Traffic Police to temporarily park 15 years old impounded diesel vehicles. The city government's Transport Department has been ordered to submit a comprehensive proposal in the …
Ahmedabad: The state government will give its final touches to a comprehensive air action plan for Ahmedabad city in the coming few days. This will be the second such action plan since 2002. The continuous toxic smoke pumped into our air by the Pirana dump fire, gas leak complaints from …
According to transport department officials, pollution from vehicles, has been increasing rapidly across the state, especially in major cities such as Pune and Mumbai. With a steady rise in vehicles emerging as a major contributor to the high air pollution in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, the road transport …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Thursday, sought explanations from the West Bengal Environment Department, director general of West Bengal Police and commissioner of Kolkata Police on why regulations of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) regarding noise are not imposed in the state. The …
Kolkata traffic police — long criticized for carrying out a sham in the name of pollution checks — seem to be getting its act right. It has got cracking against vehicular pollution by asking the special anti-pollution cell — that's checking vehicles using four wheels and above for pollution especially …
KOCHI: Kerala will get four new state-of-the-art real-time ambient air quality monitoring systems (AAQMS) by the end of this financial year. While Thiruvananthapuram has an AAQMS with less parameters, the first among the new set of devices will be installed on Friday at the Vyttila mobility hub in Kochi. The …
Delhi's fight against pollution is likely to hit the diesel roadblock even in the public transport segment. While the Delhi government runs all its buses on CNG, a large number of buses plying in the city are still fuelled by diesel. These are plying as private 'chartered' buses, with most …
BENGALURU: A dozen vehicles fitted with emission checking equipment will patrol the streets of Bengaluru to crack down on polluting vehicles as authorities are pulling up socks to ensure the IT capital does not go the New Delhi way. The mobile emission testing units are the result of a partnership …
Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB) will conduct Sources Apportionment Study of five cities to find out source of air pollution. The study will cover pollution from vehicles, construction work, industrial, housing and other activities. The cities to be studied are Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Dewas and Sagar. MPPCB officials said …
If pollution scenario in Delhi is 'dreaded', Kolkata is not far behind. By Tuesday 5pm, Kolkata emerged as the second worst polluted city in the country as far as respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) pol lution is concerned. The gap between pollution of two cities is also narrowing. At 5pm, Kolkata's …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 10/11/2016 regarding deteriorating air quality in Delhi. NGT observed that "the children of today have a right to breathe clean air and play in the play ground rather than be ordered …
LUCKNOW: A day after UP's environment minister met with the Union minister and officials to curb the growing air pollution, UP chief secretary Rahul Bhatnagar issued directions to senior officials to take "effective measures regularly" to control air pollution in different cities in UP. Asking the government departments to ensure …
Authorities in New Delhi began revoking licences for thousands of older diesel vehicles on Tuesday and halted construction work on the underground rail network, as air pollution remained several times over the safety limit despite easing from Monday. The measures were the latest attempt to lift a thick haze of …
IN A meeting held on Monday, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung directed the Delhi Police to be the “field workers core to implementing the decisions” taken to mitigate pollution levels in the city. The meeting was attended by all civic agency heads, the Delhi Police, the Delhi Cabinet ministers and environmentalists …
There's something the hillside retreat of Parwanoo in Himachal Pradesh has in common with the industrial town of Korba in Chhattisgarh — both have consistently recorded higher than acceptable particulate matter (PM) levels. Since 2011, at least 94 Indian cities have not met national air quality standards. Many of these …
Neither the Centre nor the states have put in place a plan to tackle rising pollution in cities across India. Here are five reasons why we have failed to tackle the pollution menace. 1. We are not monitoring air quality in real time: 573 places still monitor air quality manually …
