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 …
Reducing sulphur content in diesel, the chief cause of carcinogenic suspended particulate matter (SPM) in vehicular exhaust, from the existing 0.25 per cent to 0.05 per cent would cost the Government a whooping Rs. 15,000 crores, the Government has informed the Supreme Court.
Delhi Government has withdrawn the exclusive facility granted to Maruti dealers to register new vehicles with immediate effect following the Supreme Court's order banning all non-commerical vehicles not complying with Euro-II emission norms in the national capital region (NCR). In a letter sent to the Maruti Udyog Ltd (MUL), the …
The Delhi governemnt has cleared the deal for buying 10 new CNG run buses at the cost of Rs 1.3 crore. According to highly-placed sources in the government, these buses will be run on an experimental basis to see if CNG is a viable alternative fuel for public transport in …
The concept paper describes the problems of the city of Agra and the anxeityy of the Hon'ble Supreme Court articulated in the various orders passed in connection with the Writ Petition (Civil) No. 13381/84-M.C. Mehta Vs. Union of India & Others. The paper also goes on to describe the various …
American Honda Motor Co. Has stopped producing battery-powered electric cars, becoming the first major automaker to acknowledge that it sees no future in marketing the costly vehicles, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. Torrance, California-based American Honda said its EV Plus has outlived its usefulness as a research platform and …
Recession-hit automobile industry is in for tougher times ahead with the decision of the Supreme Court to ban registration of private non-commercial vehicles which do not comply with the Euro-II emission norms in the National Capital Region. The ban would be effective from April 1, 2000.
Concerned over growing pollution, the Supreme Court on Thursday banned registration of all private non-commercail vehicles not complying with Euro-II emission norms in the National Capital Region from April 1,2000.The court, however, permitted registration of only 1,500 vehicles every month on first come first serve basis subject to conformity with …
The Bangkok city administration revived its anti-exhaust campaign by launching 20 motorcycle patrol teams to nab smoke-belching vehicles that may have eluded stationary checkpoints. The teams, each with one city police officer and one traffic police officer, will prowl city streets twice a day. Their initial focus will be Sukhumvit …
The government of Nepal introduced emission control laws to put an end to smoke belching vehicles in the capital city in 1997. Two years later, no one can claim that Kathmandu's air has become any cleaner. Clearly the measures taken to control air pollution have proved not only inadequate in …
The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release this week what clean air activists call the most important strengthening of automobile tail-pipe emission rules in nearly a decade, administration officials said.Once in place, the rules would have the effect of taking 54 million cars and the pollution they produce …
The Brazilian state of Sao Paulo willstop selectively banning cars this winter, since surveys have shown one of Latin America's mostpolluted metropolises to be enjoying cleaner air, authorities said early this week. Increased buying of new cars and the use of more environment-friendly fuel produced a 21 percent reduction in …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M.C. Mehta vs Union Of India & Others on 29 April, 1999 regarding rising vehicular pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR). Bhure Lal Committee in its Report submitted to Supreme Court on April 1, 1999 has indicated that …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release this week what clean air activists call the most important strengthening ofautomobile tailpipe emission rules in nearly a decade, administration officials said yesterday. Once in place, the rules would have the effect of taking 54 million cars and the pollution they …
Though Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has been established as the cleanest fuel world over, Delhi, the fourth most polluted City in the world, has been woefully slow in switching to this 'green' fuel. This, despite the lip service paid regularly to clearing the atmosphere of the pollutants that hang heavy …
Japanese auto makers plan next week to adopt European Union standards on reducing carbon dioxide emissions of new automobiles, the director of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Inc.' European Office said.
The newly born alliance between Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Corp. on the development and production of environment-friendly cars shows how serious the world's automakers are about getting green vehicles on the road. Following a similar tie-up at the end of 1997 between what is now Daimler-Chrysler Ag and …
Mitsubishi Motors corp. may be having its troubles on the bottom line, but it again has demonstrated engineering prowess second to none in the industry. The Tokyo-based automaker has developed a gasoline engine that sharply reduces harmful exhaust emissions and boasts improved fuel efficiency.
This week two nails were hammered into the coffin of the internal-combustion engine. The first came when Toyota and General Motors, which between them make a quarter of world's cars, signed a pact to develop alternatives. These include battery-powered cars, "hybrid" vehicles that have both electric and petrol engines, and …
Even before it could be seen on the Indian roads, Bijlee, the battery driven three-wheeler from the Mahindra & Mahindra is already being exported to Nepal. M&M; is also working on a diesel variant of the three wheeler which would be compatible with the Euro pollution norms which come into …
