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 subcommittee of the Council for Transport Policy, an advisory body to the transport minister that promotes the production and use of fuel efficient automobiles, emphasized the necessity of introducing "green taxes" in Japan in its draft report compiled Tuesday. The subcommittee proposed to lower possession taxes on cars and …
The environmental laboratory of the Steel Authority of India Limited in association with the Central Pollution Control Board is conducting pollution tests in the city. The Ranchi-based research and Development Centre for Iron and Steel research laboratory has provided the pollution board with 65 testing kits to evaluate the levels …
Operators of more than 300,000 vehicles in Beijing must obtain passes from the local environmental protection agency before mid-April to continue operating in Beijing. The deadline had been set for April 1, but was postponed because the local environmental protection bureau could not organize enough personnel to conduct tail-gas emissions …
The World Bank will lend China $150 million to help ease traffic congestion in three cities in the Liaoning province, promoting the use of cleaner cars and fuel and building a better transport net. A World Bank statement said the money would be used to build bridges, railway crossings and …
Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Wednesday it aimed to start sales of gasoline-electric hybrid-powered cars in Japan at the beginning of 2000. The automaker said in a statement it would begin conducting driving tests on public roads in April. The company's first hybrid vehicle is based on its Tino …
A vehicular pollution, noise as well smoke, control campaign will be jointly launched by the traffic police and the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) in Pakistan. However, representatives of the transporters have warned that unless their grievances such as provision of unadulterated fuel and genuine spare parts, were not redressed …
The Delhi government on Saturday announced a minor hike in the petrol and diesel prices. While the hike in the sales tax in petrol prices has been kept at 20 paise per litre, the diesel will be costlier by 10 paise. The hike effective from April 1, will brings in …
The automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) is close to finalising an LPG conversion kit for two-wheelers , which will be put on demonstration in a month or two.
Minibuses and vans in Hong Kong are facing tighter controls on exhaust emissions. Laws are being brought into line with standards in Japan and Europe, according to a Legco paper compiled by the Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau. The controls will cut emissions by 55 per cent for particulates and …
DaimlerChrysler AG unveiled an environmentally friendly compact car that turns hydrogen gas into electricity and leaves just a stream of water vapour for exhaust. But don't expect to be able to buy anything like it until 2004 when the company hopes it has brought down production costs and encouraged the …
Two of the world's biggest car companies are planning to introduce a new line of non-polluting vehicles that ultimately could displace gasoline and diesel powered cars and trucks. DaimlerChrysler AG, the world's fifth-largest automaker, and Ford Motor Co., the second biggest, will inveil plans to introduce hydrogen-fuel-cell cars, which will …
Yamaha Motor Co Ltd said it had developed a palladium-based exhaust emission cleaning system for two-stroke 50 cc scooter engines. Yamaha, the world's second-biggest motorcycle manufacturer, will introduce the exhaust system from April, when it launches a new model scooter in Japan. Yamaha is the first company to use palladium …
The Delhi Transport Corporation has plans to run its entire fleet on compressed natural gas. The Corporation has already floated tenders to make the existing buses CNG compatible, DTC chief general manager (mechanical) V K Bhatia said at Delhi on Saturday. Participating in a panel discussion on the "Need for …
Bangladesh in a multi-million dollar fight against rising pollution-related deaths, has drawn up a draft of clean-air measures including a ban on the import of two-stroke engines which power the popular rickshaws."We have decided to impose the ban along with several other measures, including prohibiting the use of leaded fuel, …
Bangladesh in a multi-million dollar fight against rising pollution-related deaths, has drawn up a draft of clean-air measures including a ban on the import of two-stroke engines which power the popular rickshaws."We have decided to impose the ban along with several other measures, including prohibiting the use of leaded fuel, …
The Delhi government will buy 10 buses run on Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) from Ashok Leyland. The buses are expected to be inducted into the Delhi Transport Corporation's(DTC) fleet by next month. Transport Minsiter Parvez Hashmi said:"We are complying with the Supreme Court order about the phasing out of polluting commercial …
European Union environment ministers said they would consider imposing binding restrictions on cars from South Korea and Japan if talks on airpollution standards were not wrapped up by the end of May. The ministers said they were concerned about slow progress in the talks, especially with the Korean car industry. …
Britain announced a big tax cut for driversof small cars but owners of big gas-guzzlers will be charged more. In his annual budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said annual vehicle excise duty (VED) would be cut by 55 pounds to 100 pounds for cars with engines up to …
Britain has offered six thousand eco-friendly buses for Delhi roads, Chief Minister Sheila Dixit announced on Tuesday. "Delhi needs a good public transport system which is both efficient and clean," Dixit told a meeting organised by Tata Energy Research Institute(TERI) with visiting British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott and Union …
Hindustan Motors has decided to take environment pollution by its horns and has launched a massive campaign to promote its CNG-driven Ambassadors. To begin with, HM is offering two CNG models - the Ambassador 1500(runs only on CNG) with a price tag of Rs 3,15,558 and the Ambassador 1800 ISZ …
