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 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed five northern States to explain their stand on making CNG the main fuel for vehicles. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi to file affidavit giving details about cities which are connected …
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Tuesday ordered notice to both the state and central government in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking for a ban on pressure horns and defective silencers in all kinds of vehicles. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee also …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has come up with an expenditure plan for the 1% green tax imposed by the Supreme Court on diesel SUVs. It proposes to use a large chunk of the funds on a "morphological study" of particulate matter (PM) pollution in the city. The study …
NEW DELHI: All automobile manufacturers will have to give detailed declarations about the emission levels of vehicles they manufacture from next April. In a recent notification, the road transport ministry has amended Form 22 under the Central Motor Vehicles Act, which is used to provide the initial certification of compliance …
Within the HABITAT process the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is increasing its engagement in urban mobility. This new publication contains touches upon a multitude of important aspects on mobility planning such as: Promoting the A(void)-S(hift)-I(mprove) approach; Integration of urban and transport planning; Financing new sustainable …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 19/10/2016 regarding supply of CNG/PNG as the main source of fuel for vehicular traffic in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh. NGT directs the states of file affidavit stating the policy …
Gurgaon: The imposition of environmental tax on commercial vehicles has led to a decline in such vehicles plying on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway by over five per cent, according to the expressway concessionaire Millennium City Expressways Pvt Ltd (MCEPL). Before the green tax was imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) …
CHENNAI: Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group, today unveiled India's first Circuit electric bus at its corporate office in Chennai. Designed and engineered entirely in India, the bus is launched as a zero emission vehicle created specifically for Indian road and load conditions. "India's first ever fully electric bus, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahendra Pandey Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 18/10/2016 regarding rising air pollution in Delhi. Dr. M. P. George, Scientist D DPCC while referring to the report dated 17th August, 2016 that has been placed on record, …
THANE: Bidding goodbye to the monsoon season equates bidding goodbye to clean and breathable air in the lake-city revealed the air quality index recorded on a daily basis by the municipal corporation. While the abundant rain showers had cleared the air pollution levels by over 70 per cent this year, …
Even before the onset of Deepavali and the expected increase in air and noise pollution levels, the diminishing quality of air in Bengaluru over the last five years is a clear cause for concern. The Air Quality Index nosedived by 24 per cent in the period from 2011 to 2015, …
BHOPAL: Carbon emitted by heavy duty road transport is a major problem for commuters themselves and the people dwelling nearby Highways, also adding to the air pollution. One may be thinking that plantation along is just enough but its not. National highways of India, spread across 1,00,089 kilometers of the …
Winter is here when pollution levels are again expected to rise. DNA takes a look at Delhi Government's experiment with environment and whether it helped bring down the pollution levels. From the recent odd-even road rationing scheme started by the AAP government to the ban on diesel vehicles older than …
KOLKATA: In a unique Durga Puja celebration, people in Central Kolkata's Nonapukur Lohapatty area have made pandals out of scrap automobile materials and spare parts. Built at a cost Rs.20 lakhs, the pandal extensively uses motor engines, air conditioned ducts, silencer pipes, mud guards and other spare parts. The theme …
New Delhi: With winter approaching, Delhi's pollution woes are about to return, environmentalists have warned, calling for reinstating traffic restrictions, curbs on coal-fuelled power plants and construction projects. "We are approaching the big winter problem and pollution is going to pick up rapidly now," Anumita Roy Chawdhary, Executive Editor of …
Amid the World Bank report claiming air pollution in 2013 led to 1.4 million deaths, experts from 17 institutions put forward 10 solutions to "breathable air" in Indian cities, urging the launch of a "National Clean Air Mission" on the lines of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The experts at World Sustainable …
Arresting local pollution will help us effectively deal with climate change, says Erik Solheim, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He informs that UNEP is "changing its language" to focus on local pollution that is closer to people and drive action towards it. Solheim who spoke on …
Lucknow: Besides high decibel horns, 'power shots' have become a rage among youth in Lucknow. A slight alteration in silencer and gear chain of a bike can create power shot-a slightly explosive sound along with sparks. Throwing norms to wind, youngsters are having them installed in their bikes just for …
Nearly 60 per cent of pollution in Delhi caused by fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) originates from outside, with the neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh being major contributors to it, a new study on city's air quality has said. The study also revealed that the transportation sector contributes …
AGRA: A recent study by experts from University of Massachusetts, IIT-Bombay and Desert Research Institute in the US points out that the amount of air pollution exposure data available in India is largely inadequate. And considering the growing urbanisation and other factors that are exposing more people to polluted air, …
