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 Hong Kong government has unveiled a comprehensive blueprint to combat the city's deteriorating environment. Topping the clean-up campaign are efforts to improve the quality of air, which has deteriorated sharply during the past couple of years. Diesel-powered vehicles, such as taxis and mini-buses, are the prime targets of the …
Two-stroke engines are adding to air pollution in Karachi, say newspaper reports. According to experts, these engines fitted in motorcycles, rickshaws and several thousand four-wheelers are contributing more than 50 per cent of the air pollution, particularly in more congested areas of the city. Inter-sections, where air pollution is the …
the government of Assam seems to have finally woken up to growing vehicular pollution in the state. In a major policy decision, the government has decided to issue licenses to private parties to open auto-emission testing centres all over the state. According to the transport department, the number of checking …
air pollution levels in Mumbai is a cause of concern if the latest statistics are anything to go by. The city has the second-highest level of pollution in the country with residents inhaling almost 660 tonnes of pollutants each day. 60 per cent of this, results from vehicular pollution. The …
Is the incidence of cancer on the rise? The increase is both real and apparent. Every year eight million new cases of cancer are being reported worldwide, according to the latest estimates of the World Health Organisation ( who) , 60 per cent of whom can be found in the …
In a bid to check increasing incidence of adulteration in petrol and diesel, the Delhi Government has decided to hand over the job of checking adulteration to the Environment Department.
You may want to scratch out that pollution-under-control (PUC) sticker from your vehicle after taking a look at the results of a survey by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Most checking instruments at camps across the Capital are faulty, it states, and are prone to giving PUCs to polluting …
Come January 2000, and the Capital's roads will have battery operated zero-pollution three-wheelers. To fight the rising levels of pollution in the city, the Delhi Government has decided on the large scale use of these environment-friendly vehicles.
Telco said on Wednesday that its entire range of commercial vehicles will be made Euro-I emission norm compliant much before the statutory deadline of April 1,2000.
Considering the high level of air pollution and congested roads in Bangalore, urban transportaion experts have identified the city as ideal for encouraging electric vehicles over the conventional petrol, diesel or liquified petroleum gas vehicles.
Daewoo Motors India Ltd is launching a new variant of its Cielo cars early next month which would run on compressed natural gas (CNG) and promises to bring the cost of operation down to 50 paise a km. The company sees the taxi segment and corporate houses as big markets …
The high court has ordered the authorities to file by January 12 replies to a public interest litigation seeking action against them for their alleged failure to control the pollution caused by the Delhi Transport Corporation buses.
The Environment and forests ministry may skip Euro III emissions norms and go straight from Euro II norms , to be enforced next year, to Euro IV norms which will be implemented in 2005. According to the ministry, there is not much difference between the Euro II and Euro III …
plan being studied : The government is undertaking a study regarding introduction of electric vehicles. Environment ministry officials told this correspondent here on Saturday that electric vehicles were environment-friendly means of transport and their operational cost was lower than that of vehicles operated by petrol/ gasoline/ fuel oil etc,.They said …
The Delhi government has requested the Union environment ministry to reduce the level of benzene and sulphur in petrol and diesel being supplied to the capital.The move, officials say, will help to curb air and vehicular pollution in the city.
With barely three more months to go for the petroleum ministry's directive of unleaded fuel for all to come into force, the much-talked about catalytic converter by the only Indian company in the fray is still not ready for the market.
As a part of the company's ongoing drive for a cleaner and greener environment, Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Ltd (TELCO) has taken the initiative to launch anti-pollution clinics for trucks. These free emission check-ups are being offered to all Tata trucks at specified check points in New Delhi, Mumbai …
