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 …
In an effort at improving the quality of its two wheelers and for complying with year 2,000 emission norms, Kinetic Honda Ltd is proposing to launch a four stroke scooter by the end of 1999 and also upgrade the engines of its current scooter models in a phased manner.
For anyone worried about global warming, last week's most heartening news came from an unlikely source. The North American International Auto Show in Detroit.Three auto makers announced that they were nearing production of marketable cars that will rely less on gas burning engines and more on exotic power sources like …
The Ford Motor company's decision to reduce smog causing emissions from its popular and profitable sport utility vehicles and Windstar minivans is a surprising and smart move. These vehicles are considered to be "light trucks" under Federal law and are allowed to meet far less stringent pollution standards than cars, …
A " Freedom from pollution" project would be launched in the metropolis soon to tackle contamination of air, water and food that has posed health hazards. As part of the project, automobile owners and operators of trucks, taxis and tempos in the city would take a joint pledge to control …
Time is starting to run out for the internal combustion engine. No one is saying the pistons and crankshafts that powered automobiles and auto industry for more than a century will disappear right away. But auto makers from Tokyo to Stuggart have reached a surprising consensus on an idea deemed …
General Motors Corp., until now skeptical about the demand for fuel efficient cars, unveiled several prototypes of midsized cars that would get 60 to 80 miles per gallon and said that one of the designs would be ready for mass production in 2001 and another by 2004.
Pollution abatement devices are likely to be made mandatory for vehicles with two-stroke engines in the capital soon, Lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna said here on Monday.
Having failed to persuade petrol pump owners to sell fuel only to vehicles with pollution under control certificates, the Delhi government has issued a notification making it mandatory for petrol pump owners to do so. Though the notification was issued last month , the government is yet to begin enforcing …
Ford Motor Co aiming to appear as environmentally friendly as its Japanese competitors, announced an expansion of its low emission vehicle programme to include all of its 1999 model year sport/utility vehicles and Windstar minivans.
About 50 city (Jabalpur) dwellers have been infected by the diseases caused through vehicular pollution every day. Several other gets vicitimised with various diseases causing adverse impact on lungs and livers, as a cause of polluted gases emitted by vehicles-- a general study.
The use of hydrogen as fuel instead of petrol or diesel can check the rising levels of vehicular pollution to an extent, according to an environmentalist. In his special paper presented in the national seminar on environment awareness through education in the Rugekhand University, Prof. O.N. Srivastava said that scientists …
Big Three US automakers, aiming to shake the perception that they'd rather sell big trucks than help stop global warming , will show their green side next week at their hometown auto show. Chrysler Corp, Ford Motor Co and General Motors Corp all plan to display various trypes of alternative …
Vehicle makers are pressing California's clean air regulators to revise rules on sales quotas for zero emission vehicles following disappointing sales of electric cars.
Automakers are pursuing several routes toward meeting California's stringent emissions rules and addressing global pollution concerns. Following are brief sketches of some of the main types : Honda Motor Co. Ltd has developed the first virtually polluton free internal combustion engine. Several automakers have developed cars using hybrid electric and …
Delhi becomes the first city in the country to exclusively run its vehicles on unleaded petrol from Tuesday. But almost all of the city's 289 petrol pumps have started vending unleaded petrol, even before the September 1 deadline.Petrol with a lead content has been completely wiped out from the market …
The Supreme Court has directed the Union government and the local authorities to regulate traffic and curb pollution in Delhi. A three-judge bench comprising of the Justice J S Verma, Justice B N Kirpal and Justice V N Khare issued the directions, while exercising its powers under Article 142 of …
Does public opinion count in India? Considering the alacrity with which the Union minister for environment and forests, Saifuddin Soz, first promised and then took out a white paper on pollution, one would be led to believe it does. This was done following media reports on the criticism made by …
Decades of deafening, pollution-spewing history are to be wiped off New Delhi's streets this week when motorcycle taxis with vintage Harley Davidson engines make a forced final exit. Come Friday, the monstrous eight-seater contraptions, a celebrated New Delhi symbol, will have vanished for eternity, axed by a court order banning …
The Japanese government has finally capitulated to foreign pressure, or gaiatsu, and Tuesday announced it is revising regulations on allowable vehicle exhaust emissions. The new rules are to take effect in the autumn of 2000. When the current standard on pollutant emissions was established in 1978, it was the strongest …
Escorts Yamaha Motor Ltd has tied up with Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) and a consortium of other banks to raise funds for its Rs 525 crore two-wheeler project. The vehicle YBX 125 is equipped with a 11 bhp engine and offers mileage of about 75kms per litre and …
