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 …
German luxury carmaker Mercedes- Benz plans to offer petrol variants for all its models sold in India by next month so as to align with the demand shift following uncertainty over diesel vehicles in the wake of pollution concerns. The company, which today launched the petrol variant of its best …
Pollution Board to propose a ban on 15-year-old and two-stroke vehicles in the city More than a third of the diesel vehicles plying in the city pollute beyond acceptable standards, reveals a Karnataka State Pollution Control Board study. Between June 21 and July 18, KSPCB checked 1,978 petrol and diesel …
Smoke-spewing vehicles are largely to blame for the toxic air we breathe. A study has found that 36.3% of the diesel vehicles in the city and 12.6% run on petrol exceed the national limit for vehicular emissions. Diesel and petrol vehicles which are over 15 years old emit more pollutants. …
At least Rs 400 crore collected under the "polluter pays" principle in recent times and Rs 300 crore out of the entire pollution cess on diesel sold in the capital since 2008 are yet to be utilised to improve the air quality in the capital. Though the state government, the …
The Finance Ministry has suggested putting the proposed policy before a Committee of Secretaries, the Road Transport and Highways Minister said after holding a meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on modernising the country's vehicle fleet. In order to check pollution, a new policy will be framed to make scrapping …
The sample-monitored data revealed that emissions from 161 petrol and 190 diesel vehicles did not comply to emission standards. KSPCB air pollution analysis reveals that Particulate Matter-10 levels have exceeded by 20 to 215% in Bengaluru, against the national limit of 60 ug/m3. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) …
The true impact of air pollution has been obscured by the failure to consider people’s exposure as they move around during the day, according to a new study that has mapped the hotspots of New York’s air pollution based on where people gather for work or recreation. The research cites …
Kolkata: After Monday's schoolbus accident in New Town, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) authorities are planning to install smart poles in the township. Apart from LED lights, the poles can also hold CCTV cameras, traffic sensors, distress buttons and air-pollution monitoring gadgets. The officials will hold a meeting with …
GUWAHATI: For the first time in the city, a project has been initiated to study the emission of black carbon particles by vehicles and their impact on public health and the local environment. Black carbon is the most strongly light-absorbing component of particulate matter (PM), and is formed by the …
Toyota is estimated to have lost sales of 8,500 units of Innova and Fortuner due to the diesel ban in NCR Japanese auto major Toyota is expecting a flat sales performance in the Indian market in the current calendar year even after the removal of the ban on diesel vehicles …
American motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has reached a settlement with US authorities to pay $15m (£11m) and stop selling an aftermarket tuning product that exceeds national pollution limits. The firm has made what it calls a “good-faith compromise” with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to pay …
Volkswagen AG has agreed to hold settlement talks with several U.S. states that sued the German automaker for hundreds of millions of dollars over environmental law violations, the automaker said in a court filing on Tuesday. Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania sued Volkswagen over excess diesel emissions related to …
PUNE: Roses and 'thank you' cards were handed out to commuters on Monday morning as part of the ongoing 'No Honking Drive' in the city. Volunteers posted at eight busy intersections across Pune during the peak morning and evening hours distributed these as token gifts to those supporting the campaign …
When the bench inquired why RFIDs were yet to be installed, the government said the transport department was rethinking the idea. The Supreme Court Monday ordered the Delhi government to install radio-frequency identification devices (RFIDs) to facilitate imposition of green cess on commercial vehicles entering the capital. A bench led …
U.S. regulators on Monday denied a request by major automakers to extend the comment period on environmental analysis to determine whether government fuel efficiency requirements are feasible through 2025. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a July report that automakers have the …
Patna: Despite all efforts being made by the state government to check noise pollution in the state capital, little success has been achieved and the city continues to be bracketed as the 'excessively noisy' one. All norms mentioned in the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 under the Environment …
Nagpur: Even though the city police have penalized 7,871 motorists for using pressure horns in the last seven years, motorists say a lot needs to be done to curb noise pollution especially that from excessive honking. Troubled with the rising traffic snarls, Nagpurians blame the traffic cops for poor management, …
A main reason behind increase in PM10 levels is steep hike in number of vehicles in the city. Hyderabad: A decade of measures to reduce pollution by building flyovers to ease traffic congestion, introducing MMTS services to take vehicles off the road and ensuring supply of clean fuel have failed …
Mumbai: More cases of honking were registered in the first eight months of this year by Mumbai traffic police than in all of last year. Over 10,400 violations were recorded between January and August 2016 while the number was only around 7,300 last year. In fact, in August 2016 alone, …
CHENNAI: "Do not honk. Just fly above me" - read a sticker asking motorists to turn the volume down and restrain from blaring horns. In a bid to make people conscious about the noise pollution each one creates on the road, The Times of India, along with NGO Thozhan, has …
