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 …
Roughly 8,500 Delhiites die due to pollution every year, states a study conducted by the World Health Organisation . Such alarming statistics and many more lend a perspective to the deteriorating environmental situation in the Capital. And, though the government has come up, in spurts, with measures to try and …
Black smoke from the vehicular traffic is quite the biggest source of air pollution in the Dhaka city. According to the police, 70 per cent of the vehicles on the roads are responsible for 90 per cent of the pollution in the city. That being so, it is not surprising …
Environmental regulators in California and Washington are preparing to require steep reductions in air pollution from cars and want to apply similar rules to sport utility vehicles, pick-up trucks and minivans. Deteroit's Big Three automakers have accepted that all these vehicles will have to, become much cleaner. But they say …
The crusade for "clean air" is gradually gaining momentum in the city. A cross-section of the environment-conscious people are seeking a "concrete response" from political parties prior to this month's Assembly polls."Why vote for a party that does not care to prevent slow murder through air pollution?" asked participants at …
Japan's Ministry of Transport plans to request $25.86 million in the fiscal 1998 third supplementary budget to subsidize purchases of enviornment friendly trucks by private companies. The measure is designed to reduce air pollution in the Tokyo and Osaka regions, as well as spur weak truck demand amid the economic …
Pollution control in the country's most polluted city has become somewhat of an unending game of passing the parcel. And the buck never seems to stop anywhere. Knee-jerk reactions like surprise pollution checks, according to Dilip Biswas, just do not work. The State Transport Authority(STA) must work hard through the …
If all the diesel run Vikram tempos are removed from the roads and replaced by their alternative - the battery run SAFA tempos - pollution level in the Kathmandu valley will go down by 25 percent, claim experts working with SAFA tempo. There are around 100 SAFA tempos in the …
Bicycle is poised to become an integral part of urban transportation system in the next century for safer streets, lesser congestion and cleaner air . According to a Washington-based World Watch Institute, bicycles provide enormous benefits like reduced air and noise pollution, better land use, less congestion and lower health …
The first leg of the phaseout plan for old commercial vehicles has begun in Delhi. The transport department and the traffic police are cracking down on vehicles that are 20 years old. There are more than 9,000 such vehicles in Delhi. All such vehicles entering Delhi from other states will …
Perhaps the most important vehicle on display at last week's Auto Africa 98 show was Toyota's Prius hybrid car. But what makes the Toyota Prius important is that it is the first volume-produced hybrid passenger car, with 13 000 sold in Japan since December 1997. The Prius makes continuously varied …
In a bid to reduce vehicular pollution, vehicles coming from other states which do not conform to the required standards of pollution control, will not be allowed to enter Karnataka by the transport department from January 1, 1999 as per a direction of the Karnataka High Court.Mr Justice M F …
The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to extend the November 15 deadline for phasing out more than 17-yr-old commercial vehicles plying in the Capital. Rejecting the Delhi government's plea for extension of the deadline, the court asked it to implement the court order which has also banned plying of more …
The second phase of an anti-pollution drive was inaugurated in Dhaka city on Tuesday to check air pollution resulting from emission of black smoke and other elements caused by motor vehicles. The Department of Environment has launched this long-awaited drive along with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, …
The treatment meted out to battery-operated Safa tempos in Kathmandu despite their increasing popularity is to be deplored. Apparently, operators of these eco-friendly three wheelers are being harassed by operators of Vikram tempos who are chasing them off the streets. Granted that the Prime Minister's office (PMO) has nudged the …
General Motors (GM) said in Detroit that it was recalling 400,000 1993-model vehicles because of emission control problems of the request of the Environmental Protection Agency(EPA).
The Delhi Government is yet to come out with a policy on the fate of commercial vehicles that will turn 15 from January onward. The Supreme Court order of September 22 stipulates that all commercial vehicles 15 years old and above have to be off the roads after Decemebr 31.Transport …
US researchers have developed a new catalytic process to turn a common industrial chemical into an essential ingredient used in energy efficient alternative fuels. The technique could be the first to make the process economically attractive to chemical companies. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory claim …
Getting your car to run on Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) does not just help your purse, it is doing your bit for the environment also. That is the message from automakers and engineers here championing dual fuel vehicles - that can run on petrol and LPG.
Japanese scientists have developed a new fuel treatment that could radically reduce emissions from truck diesel engines. The technology could allow US vehicle manufacturers to meet new emission standards due to be agreed with the country's Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday 22 October. After eighteen years of work the researchers …
Diesel engine manufacturers in US agreed to pay $83 million in fines and spend $1 billion on enviornmental improvements to avoid a federal lawsuit over alleged cheating on engine performance tests. The landmark deal, the most expensive settlement ever of an air pollution case, will hasten the implementation of tough …
