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 Enviornmental Protection Agency in US is expected to impose its biggest civil penalty in a settlement with manufacturers of heavy-duty diesel truck engines for violating clean air standards. For the past several days, lawyers for the E.P.A. and the Justice Department have been wrapping up a $1 billion settlement …
Orbital Engine Corp. of Australia which specializes in combustion engine technologies that reduce harmful emissions and improve fuel efficiency, has recently sold its patented "Orbital Combustion Process" to two major Asian motorcycle manufacturers. The Orbital Combustion Process in an innovative, low-cost method of injecting a highly atomized fuel directly into …
Struggling to comply with federal fuel-economy and emissions regulations even as Americans buy ever-bigger family vehicles, U.S. automakers have quietly begun experiments with oil companies to develop potentially cleaner fuels. Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. have entered long-term partnerships with oil companies, and Chrysler Corp. plans to announce …
The Assam State Government has decided to ban plying of 15-year-old buses in the city and these will be phased out in a systematic manner, said the Transport Minsiter, Sri Pradip Hazarika.
The All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court urging a review of its July 28 order banning 15 years-and-above old vehicles from plying on the roads with effect from October 2 this year.
The Delhi Lieutenant-governor, Mr. Vijai Kapoor flagged off a convoy of two-wheelers fitted with catalytic converters for 2 stroke engines developed for the first time in India by the Indian Oil Corporation. The catalytic converter has been developed at IOC's Research and Development Centre, Faridabad, in collaboration with Associated Cement …
Pollutant auto-rickshaws may not be seen in major cities in the country four years from now if a project finalised yesterday goes ahead trouble free. The World Bank (WB) is coming in aid of Bangladesh to fight air pollution in major cities. A government-WB deal aims to reduce emissions from …
Asserting that the public distribution system would collapse for want of transportation facilities, the Delhi Chief Minister, Ms. Sushma Swaraj, today said her Government would approach the Supreme Court with a request to review its recent order banning the plying of 20-year-old commercial vehicles on city roads. "At least 190 …
Concerned about truck emissions that pollute the air more than its 10 million cars, New York State plans to require the 160,000 trucks and buses in the state to begin undergoing the emission tests that have long been required of automobiles. The requirement which is schdeuled to go into effect …
Environment is degrading rapidly in the third world. Air pollution from industrial activity, vehicular emissions and burning of fossil fuels claims more than 2.7 million lives every year, as it results in respiratory diseases and cancer. According to the Human Development Report, 1998, more than 90 per cent of these …
THE Supreme Court (sc) has turned down the Delhi Government's plea for extending the deadline of October 2, 1998, to phase-out 15-year-old commercial vehicles. The Delhi government told the apex court that it would phase-out even 12-year-old commercial vehicles by March 1999, if the deadline was extended. A three-judge bench …
INDIAN cities are among the most polluted in the world. Delhi has already been slotted among the top-most polluted cities of the world. The main source of the air and noise pollution ailing the metros are petrol-powered two and three wheelers. There are close to 18 million petrol-powered two wheelers …
THE Supreme Court has given short shrift to the Sahib Singh government of Delhi. After the court had ordered the phasing out of 15-year-old commercial vehicles, the Delhi government had requested the court to give it more time. But the real reason was not that the government could not implement …
The inability to control the increasing pollution levels in the city is the monumental failure of the Delhi government, said speakers at a panel discussion on "Has Delhi Become a Gas Chamber" organised by the Association of Victims of the Uphaar Tragedy on Tuesday. Deputy director of the Centre for …
Japan is pioneering electric bicycles, with motors that can be activated when the pedalling gets tough. These are the devices the city of Kawagoe wants its staff to use to cut down on gasoline use. It has 20 electric-motor-assisted bicycles to use to visit locations within 3km. Bicycles are a …
The US Environment Protection Agency has released its list of 1999-model year vehicles that get the best gas mileage, and the Chevrolet Metro comes out on top with 41 miles per gallon (mpg) for city driving and 47 mpg on the highway.
At the recent Paris Motor Show car makers vied with each other to show small, economical cars. The tiny Volkswagen Lupo is billed as the world's first three-litre car. It is the first car capable of travelling 100 kilometres on three litres of fuel, or about 90 miles to the …
For all its modern looks and aerodynamic curves, the General Motors EV1-one of the most advanced electric cars in the world-is powered by 19th century technology. Its lead acid power pack is little different from those that powered the electric vehicles of 100 years ago, when electric cars outnumbered petrol-driven …
Gupta : If the metro rail system is not developed fast, deaths due to air pollution in Delhi will reach alarming proportions, warned the Delhi transport minister Rajendra Gupta on Friday. Speaking at the workshop on "Emerging Trends in Mass Rapid Transit System," the transport minsiter said that by developing …
