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 …
A day after wilting under pressure from the unionised taxi trade on retiring old polluting taxis, the government today put the introduction of Euro-I norms from July 1 in Calcutta on the back-burner, amid growing doubts about the seriousness of its planned campaign to curb environmental pollution from auto emission.
One of the keywords for the reorganization of the automobile industry and the development of cars for the 21st century is "environment." Analysts consider that the key for carmakers to survive the competition will be their ability to provide environmentally friendly cars at reasonable prices. Unlike the United States, which …
the Pakistan government is planning to replace about 100,000 two-stroke engine autorickshaws with four-stroke engines to check the growing air and noise pollution in the cities. A delegation of leading manufacturers of autorickshaws recently held a meeting with the officials of the environment ministry and presented a proposal to the …
Britain yesterday unveiled a controversial plan to test electronic road tolls on motorways as part of a long-term attempt to curb car usage. The 12-month pilot programme begins early next year and targets two major motorways - one near Edinburgh in Scotland and another leading to Leeds in England, officials …
Hong Kong officials have dropped plans to increase fines for smoky vehicles and other traffic-related offences. The decision was revealed last night in an urgent letter from the Government to lawmakers. Legislator Christine Loh Kung-wai reacted angrily, saying officials were acting to thwart her plans to increase the fines tenfold. …
Automakers, long the target of anti-pollution rules, have taken sides with their former environmentalist foes to urge reforms on a different industry: Oil refining. The goal, as it has been for decades, is cleaner air, and this time the Environmental Protection Agency is going to the source - petrol makers. …
European Union environment ministers this week repeated their threat to impose binding restrictions on Japanese carmakers if they do not agree voluntary reductions in carbon dioxide emissions by September. But ministers welcomed an undertaking by South Korean manufacturers to meet targets for CO2 reductions already agreed last year by ACEA, …
Experts : Increased dieselisation of automobiles, particularly cars, in Delhi will lead to increased respiratory diseases, lung cancer and emphysema, doctors and toxicologists from prestigious medical institutions have warned. The problem of vehicular pollution in the metros is significant as it costs the exchequer a whopping Rs 4,550 crore as …
Mahanagar Gas Ltd, the joint ventue company between the Gas Authority of India Ltd and British Gas Plc, has announced the launch of compressed natural gas kits for three-wheelers in the city.The three-wheeler conversion kit, developed by the Automotive Research Association of Pune, would cost approximately Rs 12,000.
SIAM: The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers(SIAM) has reinforced the need on part of the Union Government to ensure that fuel quality is improved, specially as far as diesel was concerned.SIAm has recommended that diesel sold in the National Capital Region (NCR) be of the 0.05 grade while by 2007 …
Motor Industries Company(MICO), which has embarked on a Rs 150 crore expansion-cum-modernisation programme, is launching Euro III projects for exports as well as local markets. It has invested Rs. 137.30 crores including Rs. 24.90 crores for its Jaipur facility last year.
The Chief Minister, Mrs Sheila Dikshit, today flagged off Delhi Transport Corporaiton's first bus run on Compressed Natural Gas. The DTC plans to buy 18 more buses. The "green bus" will be on Delhi roads from tomorrow and operate between Okhla Vihar - the Transport Minister, Mr Parvez Hashmi's constituency …
Mazda, teh Japanese carmaker, has developed a material that improves by 100 times the efficiency of air filters in removing a harmful chemical compound from the air. The material is designed to improve the quality of air in cars, and was developed by Taeko Shimizu, a Mazda engineer.
CSE report : The registration of new diesel private vehicles should be banned in the Capital even if they conform to the Euro I or II nroms, says the latest report of the Centre for Science and Environment. The reason, the report says, is that diesel exhaust consists of 10-100 …
Commercial vehicles manufacturer Ashok Leyland on Wednesday delivered the first eco-friendly bus run on compressed natural gas to the Delhi Transport Corporation(DTC).
Green technology took centre-stage at China's just closed megashow Auto Shanghai '99, as government policy this year displays unprecedented determination to beat the air pollution choking the countries cities. Vehicle manufacturers touted cleaner-burning, more efficient engines, while leading US and German producers were out in greater force than ever before …
After nearly two decades of waiting, Mumbai is to get a new bridge over the sea which will help reduce the North-South vehicular trafic congensiton. It has been proposed to later extend the Bandra-Worli sea link to Nariman Point.Environmental clearance has been accorded to the project, now estimated to cost …
Polluted air in Indian cities killed some 52,000 people in 1995, according to the Worldwatch Institute , a Washington-base environmentally oriented think-tank. This represented an increase of 28 per cent from early 1990's , it said, adding that China reported at least 3 million deaths from toxic urban air between …
One hundred and fifty European cities have pledged to replace their municipal fleets - ranging from garbage trucks to mayoral limousines - with zero or low emission vehicles, and to bring in legislation to allow only "green" vehicles into their historic centres. The cities hope the prospect of selling environmentally …
Hindustan Motors is working on a war footing to supply Euro-II compliant cars in the market. Company sources said the recent directive by the West Bengal governemnt that said no new cars would be allowed to be registered in the state which did not fulfill Euro-II standards after April, 2000 …
