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 Centre for Science and Environment(CSE), has criticised the Delhi government for "dithering" on its decision for a phase-wise ban on old commercial vehicles in the Capital.
The number of vehicles on Indian roads has almost trebled in the past 10 years. adding to the growing menace of air polluion, warns a study. The total number of registered motor vehicles in the country has increased from 11 million in 1986 to more than 30 million in 1995 …
A complicated deal to reduce air pollution appeared to falter, as New York, Massachusetts and Vermont rejected auto industry demands that they relax their emission regulations so that manufacturers could produce one standard, cleanear car for every state but California. The deadline for states to accept the compromise is Friday.
A pilot project on vehicle pollution control is to be undertaken by a non-governmental organisation, Nature Soule (Saviour of Unpolluted Life on Earth) from January 27.
The Delhi High Court today declined to set aside the 14 October, 1997 interim order restraining the authorities from presecuting vehicle owners who already possess a Pollution Under Control certificate till 18 February, when the matter comes up for next hearing.
Elcera Substrates Ltd. in association with Cosmo Material of Japan has introduced the Bio_Egg, a product that not only combats pollution but also saves fuel and increases mileage of any vehicle by 20 per cent. The product will be distributed by Elgi Auto Parts.
The key's of Telco's most modern and eco-friendly bus were handed over to the Delhi Government. Fitted with a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuelled engine, the bus meets the Euro-III norms.
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is willing to support any bankable CNG-run public transport project in Delhi, said its secretary Vishwanath Anand. He was addressing a seminar on "Alternate Energy driven Vehicles" organised on the occasion of Auto Expo '98.
No one argues that there shouldn't be cars, but automobiles contribute significantly to air pollution. In a study published in 1996 (Slow Murder), the Centre for Science and Environment estimated that 10,000 people died in Delhi in 1995 because of air pollution. This is one death per hour. Deciding on …
Owners of 9,002 vehicles were prosecuted after Calcutta Traffic Police checked 22,388 for auto-emission in the city between 13 and 20 December last year, the Calcutta High Court heard yesterday.
Understanding the environmental degradation on account of vehicular pollution, Scooters India Limited decided to add to its stable range of less polluting/zero polluting 3 wheelers. These new eco friendly vehicles are based on a new concept and would be unique in the Indian automobile industry.
Johnson Mathey, the UK based automotive engineering and components major, is investing over $1.5 millions in setting up facilities for the manufacture of catalytic convertors in Delhi. The company has entered into a joint venture with the Calcutta based Arora group for the project.
Hero Motors and US based Briggs and Stratton, the largest manufacturer of air cooled gasoline engines in the world, have formed a joint venture called Hero Briggs and Stratton (HBS) to manufacture four stroke engines for two and three wheelers in India.
TVS Suzuki Ltd will launch its first four-stroke scooter by August '98. Thus, the company will be the first Indian auto manufacturer to introduce a four stroke two wheeler. Meanwhile, the company on Friday unveiled two prototupes of India 's first four-stroke scooter at Auto Expo '98
Telco is proposing to commercially produce compact, efficient and economically viable vehicles which use alternative fuels within the next two years. The company has already made a start by launching a fully-functional long haul bus with CNG as a fuel, at the Auto Expo '98.
Air pollution may cause the premature deaths of up to 24,000 people in Britain each year, according to UK government report that could bolster calls for action against traffic congestion. A team of top medical experts also linked 12,000 to 24,000 hospital admissions a year to poor air quality.
The country's two wheeler leader Bajaj Auto, often not perceived to be innovative company, finally hit the bullet and unveiled a new four stroke scooter, Legend. This is as part of the two wheeler behemoth's efforts to phase out highly polluting two stroke scooters by 2003.
In an effort to restrict the alarmingly high levels of vehicular pollution in the Delhi, the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered "freezing" any fresh registration of three-wheeler taxi scooter rickshaws (TSRs) unless an old vehicle is replaced by a new one. In the order passed by a bench comprising chief …
They dot Delhi's roads like beetles, belching fumes as they go around ferrying commuters. They are the autos or three-wheelers of Delhi, a highly polluting vehicle with a two-stroke engine. The population of three-wheelers in Delhi grew at an alarming rate to reach what the government estimates to be around …
