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 Delhi government is working towards introducing a legislation to ban the sale and registration to ban the sale and registration of two-stroke two-wheelers, diesel buses and taxis in the National Capital Region beginning from March 31. 2000.
The Delhi government is working towards introducing a legislation to ban sale and registration of two-stroke bi-wheelers, diesel buses and taxis in the National Capital Region (NCR) beginning march, 31,2000.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has claimed significant improvement in the air quality of Delhi since the tightening of auto emission norms. Compared to 1995 levels, sulphur-dioxide level has dropped by 4 to 40 per cent, nitrogen oxide by 4 to 13 per cent, particulate matter by 6 to …
With concern for the environment growing, the market for Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd's (BHEL) eco-friendly battery powered "electravan" appears to be increasing.BHEL recently secured an order for manufacture and supply of four Battery Powered Road Vehicles (BPRV) to Anna Zoological Park, Chennai.The zero-emission BPRV, called 'electravan', which runs on batteries …
Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) has pulled off a coup of sorts by selling 32,582 units in May, 1999, which is slightly higher than the 30,961 units sold in April, 1999. This despite the fact that Maruti was unable to sell in the national capital region (NCR). "We were able to …
The Delhi Government permitted Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL) to register its Euro-I compliant Esteem car model in the National Capital Region. The Transport Department is processing the papers submitted by the MUL in support of Maruti 800 and Zen models complying with the Euro-I emission standards, according to a senior …
Maruti vehicles in the national capital region will conform to euro-I standards from June 7 without any additional cost to the customer, managing director RSSLN Bhasharudu said. He said that the Automotive Research Association of India in Pune had tested and certified the vehicles for euro-I compliance.
Noted environmentalist, Mr. Anil Agarwal, Director of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has said that the environment of an efficient transport system was the only way to tackle the pollution menance in Delhi which is assuming serious proportions. "If corrective steps are taken now, the country's Capital will …
Hell on wheels Dieselmania hits the Indian private automobile sector. And why not? Diesel is cheaper than petrol, and car loans are available in plenty it's sleek , it's mean, it races, it is not an aircraft. It runs on diesel. Some of them even run on petrol. The automobile …
The euphoria over the growth in the diesel-powered private vehicular segment would evaporate if people were to open their eyes to the evidence on environmental and health hazards of diesel engines. Diesel engines are primarily responsible for harmful emissions of suspended particulate matter ( spm )
Recent studies show that neither using clean diesel fuel nor improving the quality of the engine help in solving the threat of particulate matter in diesel emissions. So banning the manufacture of diesel cars may be the only option to counter the threats posed by particulate matter. Fuel quality A …
A study of ice cores from the Himalaya reveal a substantial rise in industrial pollution over the past few decades, claim some Chinese researchers. Ice cores from remote mountain areas are believed to contain accurate records of atmospheric concentrations over tens of thousands of years. Scientists from the Lanzhou Institute …
CAN some holes drilled into the exhaust system of a car engine increase power and lower emissions? Yes, says Ahmet Selamet of the Ohio State University in Columbus, usa. He has been working along with engineers at the Ford Motor Company near Detroit on problems car engines have in pushing …
According to the Chinese scientists, ice cores from the Himalaya, the world's highest mountain range, indicate a significant increase in pollution levels over the past few decades. Wang Ninglian, an associate researcher with the Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Cryopedolgy under the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( cas ) said …
In a significant ruling on April 29, 1999, the Supreme Court of India ordered the automobile industry to adhere to stringent emission standards or get off the road. Besides restricting the sale of cars that comply to Euro i norms to 1,500 (1,250 petrol and 250 diesel) per month in …
T he judges were angry. Very angry. They had reason to be. It is a well-known fact that pollution has already risen dramatically in the last two decades in India. To make matters worse, the automobile fleet was also growing by leaps and bounds. If automobiles with poor engine technology …
T he country is clearly not in a mood for a bash. But that did not stop the event-managers of India Incorporated, the Confederation of Indian Industry ( cii ), from holding its annual bash with the fancy title of National Conference and Annual Session on Preparing for the Next …
Automobiles emit 250 times more dioxin than previously thought : Automobiles annually discharge 17 grams of highly toxic dioxin in the country--a rate 250 times higher than that previously estimated by the government, according to a recent survey conducted by Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies. Direct exposure to that …
After a four-hour-long meeting the board of Maruti Udyog Ltd today concluded that in prevailing circumstances when registration of its non-Euro I and II cars is banned in the National Capital Region(NCR) - its largest market - it will launch Euro I-complaint various of its existing vehicles by the first …
Dr Lakshminandan Bora, Chairman of Pollution Control Board of Assam today said that more than 90 per cent of the city's pollution is caused by the vehicular emission everyday.
