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 Cabinet on Monday, decided to set up a committee under the Chief Secrertary to examine a proposal for the introduction of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in vehicles with a view to meet the Supreme Court deadline relating to phasing out of old vehicles. The proposal, prepared by the …
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA), set-up by the Supreme Court under the chairmanship of Bhure Lal, has decided that diesel is more harmful than petrol and has directed the Delhi government not to introduce any more diesel taxis in the Capital. Though the Delhi governemnt had professed a wish to …
Fast selling light duty trucks and sport utility vehicles would face tougher emission standards under a proposal the US Environmental Protection Agency plans to unveil as early as this month. The proposal is expected to call for tough rules similar to those California enacted last year. The plan the agency …
If the increase in the number of riders using facila filters is a barometer of growing awareness about pollution hazards, the Kochiite is fast equipping himself for facing the worsening scenario. According to dealers of these gadgets, about 300 masks are sold every day, making Kochi a prime target for …
The issue of automobile pollution in cities get highlighted the most in Delhi which has by far the largest number of cars and two-wheelers and which provides a foretaste of the blight that is likely to visit other urban centres in good time. Controling vehicular pollution is a complicated issue …
Hyundai head: Justifying its decision to go only for petrol version of its Santro car, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) yesterday claimed that diesel engines are not fit for small cars since they generate lot of hear and vibration. "Diesel engines are not a fit case for small cars. They …
Even as the city chokes with exhaust gases from vehicles, the Maharashtra government's measures to tackle the problem appear to the grossly inadequate. Observers note that efforts to check the level of vehicular emissions through Pollution Under Control (PUC) checks and control of fuel quality have proved largely futile. Regional …
Tata Indica advertisement seduces with more. More power. More space. More style. With these three come-ons and a competititive price tag to boot. Ratan Tata should be laughing all the way to the bank. But not if some environmentalists have their way. Because it runs on diesel also, And diesels, …
The Australian Environment Protection Authority was yesterday attacked for failing to protect residents from the car fumes expected from CityLink's Burnley Tunnel when the tollway opens in December. The State Opposition, the City of Yarra and environment groups said the independent authority lacked the strength to stand up against political …
They no longer say they are "living in Delhi'. Thousands of Delhi residents who have to breathe its unhealthy air prefer to say that they are "dying in Delhi'. The fear is for real. The capital's tree-lined avenues, grand colonial buildings, historical monuments are all submerged in the smog of …
Cse' s study to estimate industrial pollution is based on a model called the Industrial Pollution Projection System ( ipps ), developed by the World Bank ( wb) . The wb had earlier used the same model to estimate the pollution load in countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines …
Whether it is an accidental leak or the emission of a poisonous gas, people are getting increasingly restive. In the face of sheer corporate indifference to environmental and health hazards, they are taking recourse to the judiciary. According to cpcb , the number of court cases filed under the Water …
The automobile bug has bitten Indians. And why not? Hyundai, Daewoo, telco , Honda and Fiat, to name a few, are coming up with the most buyer-friendly (read diesel), not necessarily environment-friendly, cars. Besides the luxury cars being introduced by the world's top car manufacturers, there are of course the …
The Chinese government is taking steps to accelerate the development and use of electric and alternative fuel vehicles. Vice-minister for science and technology Deng Nan said initial results have been achieved in developing automobiles which run on clean fuel. "Developing environment-friendly motor vehicle technology in line with China's resources is …
A new generation of environment-friendly cars, powered by a combination of electricity and petrol, will soon go on sale in Australia. The Japanese car makers Toyota and Honda are racing to be first on to the market with the hybrid petrol-electric cars some time next year. The makers claim the …
Beijing will completely revoke the fee charged to natural gas users to improve its air quality. Meanwhile, the city will increase fees for discharging sulfur dioxide.
BP Amoco, the recently merged oil giant, is planning to sell low-sulphur fuels in 40 of the world's most polluted cities. The firm hopes to introduce the relatively clean fuels over the next two years to help cut vehicle emissions, reported the Washington Post on Monday 25 January. BP Amoco …
HDIP : Some 150 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations will be set up throughout Pakistan within two years under the promotion of CNG programme. Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP) said that CNG would be a source of clean motor fuel in Pakistan in the 21st century having a number …
The Union Minitry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) will part-finance a pilot project to run battery-operated buses in and around the Salt Lake area near the city from next month.Informed sources said that while 50 per cent of the funding was being done by the MNES, the balance of the …
Gas engine-based vehicles alone will be allowed to ply in Delhi as per a comprehensive plan to make the national capital free of vehicular pollution within the next two years.
