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 Government on Thursday denied in Parliament reports that an adulteration racket in petrol, diesel or mobile oil was flourishing in the Capital. No cases of adulteration of petrol, diesel or mobile oil have been detected by oil companies which are in regular touch with the State Government to check …
Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) vehicles are now becoming a reality in Delhi. Hindustan Motors announced recently that they have sold 100 CNG Ambassadors in the city. Eighty per cent of these are going to be used for commercial purposes, mostly taxis. Maruti Omni was the first to be registered as taxis …
A five million dollar World Bank project to improve air quality in Dhaka and other urban areas has reportedly been finalised and awaits approval by ECNEC. The project means to give city dwellers cleaner air in the next three years through a number of measures aimed at phasing out the …
The Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs Federation hinted that if the Nepal government can come up with concrete programmes aimed at the benefit of all tempo-owners the three-wheelers could be phased out of the Kathmandu Valley for ever. The suggestion comes at a time when environmentalists are up in arm against …
Development of low-pollution diesel engines is heating up among truck manufacturers in Japan. Following this years long-term controls on exhaust gas will be short-term controls to begin in 2002. Controls are to be tightened in rapid succession, with already determined targets for reducing exhaust gas and a new set of …
Half-a-dozen automobile emission checking (AEC) centres in the city have been closed following 'lack of interest' among vehicle owners to check emission levels. Another 20 to 30 centres are said to have not renewed their licences in view of lack of enforcement of pollution control measures by the Government.
Car owners in Beijing have multiplied since 1992, creating a congested, choking city and a class struggle between the haves and have-nots. The capital has been outlawing various small cars and vans from main roads and especially targeting the small, yellow taxis which once ruled the streets. Senior officials recently …
Silom (Thailand) traders and office workers yesterday voiced support for the city administration's plan to bar exhaust-belching vehicles from entering the road starting March 1. They said the campaign would relieve traffic congestion and reduce air pollution. The city plans to set up a checkpoint during 1-3 p.m. to prevent …
The Environmental Protection Agency in US has decided to propose a set of tough rules that would require light trucks and sport utility vehicles for the first time to meet the same stringent emission standards as cars, according to sources who have been briefed on the plan. The proposed rules …
Hoping to dramatically cut air pollution in the next decade, the environmental protection agency is set to propose tough new requirements for cleaner cars and gasoline in the United States, including a dramatic reduction in pollution from popular sport utility vehicles.For the first time, automakers would be required to make …
The Japan Council for Transport Policy will compile a plan in the spring for the revision of the automobile-related tax system to promote the use of fuel-efficient automobiles. By lowering taxes on fuel-efficient cars, the plan aims at encouraging drivers to buy such cars. To prevent global warming caused by …
A city plan to bar fume-belching vehicles and taxis and cars without passengers from Silom, Paholyothin and Ratchaprarop roads of Thailand at certain hours was attacked by the police yesterday. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's proposal was ill-conceived and might adversely affect motorists, said Pol Maj-Gen Boriboon Vuthipakdi, assistant city police …
As the vehicular pollution is contnuously increasing in the Kathmandu Valley, many organizations have started expressing their deep concern over it. On one hand lack of strict rules have increased the use of old, pollutant vehicles and on the other hand ineffective implementation of existing rules by the Nepal government …
Minister: The Delhi Transport Minister, Mr. Parvez Hashmi, reiterated the Government's commitment to control pollution in the Capital and said all possible steps were being taken in this direction. Speaking at a function organised at the Azadpur fly-over to promote the use of Compreseed Natural Gas (CNG) in cars, Mr. …
In an attempt to combat pollution in Beijing, the city municipal government has decided to issue special environmental protection licences for vehicles that meet the emission standards set by the government. Those vehicles which do not meet these standards would be seized and destroyed. The government has also decided to …
ENVIRONMENTALISTS and experts have condemned the Union government's decision to lower the price of diesel and have called it "irresponsible and unfortunate". Diesel is primarily responsible for worsening air pollution levels in the cities, they said. This move will encourage consumers to switch from petrol vehicles to diesel ones. On …
Japanese scientists have developed a new fuel treatment that could reduce emissions from truck diesel engines. The technology could allow vehicle manufacturers to meet new emission standards. After 18 years of work the researchers perfected the liquid treatment, called Soltron. The US firm Solpower, based on Scottsdale, Arizona, has acquired …
With more than 100 second hand cars bought by Thimphu residents in the past year alone, the merits of banning the import of reconditioned and second hand cars from third countries appears to be defeated. Bhutan's Ministry of Finance banned the import of the cars from December 31, 1996, to …
A week after Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala reversed a government decision to import 500 Bajaj tempos, environmentalists and experts requested him to take decisions to improve Kathmandu's deteriorating air and water quality. The decision by the Prime Minister, relaxed the ban on the import of three wheeler and …
The Maruti Omni vans have made their debut on the Capital's roads as black and yellow cabs. The registration of first four vans has paved way for these vehicles to ply on the Delhi roads. There is more to come. Delhities will soon witness the debut of the Maruti 800 …
