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 …
DIESELMANIA is the epidemic that our cities forget to control when their roads get choked with soot-spewing contraptions running on subsidised diesel. They suffer not one but 'two-stroke(s)' when their arteries get clogged with thousands of two/three -wheelers that burn petrol inefficiently, belching out hydrocarbons and noxious oxides of sulphur …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on Taj Mahal dated 30/12/1996 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others. The judges noted that the Taj is threatened with deterioration and damage not only by the traditional causes of decay, but also by changing social …
Taking note of recent reports on health hazards posed by vehicular pollution in New Delhi, the Supreme Court of India recently gave directions to address the problem. On November 18, the court directed the secretary-cum-transport commissioner of the Delhi government to notify various unions of motor vehicles, including three-wheelers and …
the smog is out of the bag. Slow Murder: The Deadly Story of Vehicular Pollution in India, a Centre for Science and Environment ( cse ) study, was released by the Vice-President K R Narayanan at his residence on November 1. The study exposes the dreadful conditions of Indian metros …
while reviewing the final manuscript of Slow Murder: The Deadly Story of Vehicular Pollution in India prepared by my colleagues Anju Sharma and Anumita Roychowdhury, a thought about the toxicity of the Western economic dream came to my mind . Western societies have been able to survive and acquire some …
OVERVIEW economic growth, it is now widely recognised, creates environmental problems. This nexus needs environmental management built on two principles. The balance principle and the precautionary principle. So the state, while promoting growth, must use its regulatory and fiscal powers in the cause of environmental harmony. And, the second principle …
India's urban population has swelled from 62 million in 1951 to about 217 million four decades later. Its cities have distended, 23 of them with more than a million people in 1991. Work opportunities and employment centres have mushroomed, along with rising incomes and, yes, the demand for mobility, the …
A study conducted for the department of the environment in the UK shows that the introduction of catalytic converters has been accompanied by a sudden and unexpected rise in concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, one of the most dangerous components of urban smog. This report comes as a surprise to many …
What has the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) been doing about the increasing air pollution caused by vehicles in Indian cities? There are a few things I would like to point out in this context. Firstly, we cannot better air quality without improving fuel quality. Secondly, we must improve the …
an anti-auto movement in Canada has the people humming. The campaign was recently launched to wean more Canadians from the polluting automobile and encourage them to take to the eco-friendly bicycle. The other objective was to cheer up battle-weary environmentalists who were fighting drastic budget cuts on the environmental departments, …
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), is being considered as an effective alternative to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). In Trondheim, Norway, buses filled with LNG will soon undergo test trials. Compared to CNG, LNG contains more energy per unit weight. It is also believed that emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from using …
Anti-pollution measures have been introduced by the government to control growing vehicular emissions in Nepal. Data from two months of emission tests has revealed that emission levels of four-wheelers were higher than the prescribed limit. Polluting vehicles whose emission levels are not brought down even after a stipulated two month …
The objective of the study is to study the relationship of hemoglobin to exposure to motor vehicle exhaust. http://tih.sagepub.com/content/12/5/629.abstract
Tokyo, like all other major cities has heavy vehicular traffic, and a lot of smog as a result. KojiTakeuchi, a chemical engineer at the National Institute for Resources and Environment in Tsukuba, Japan, has designed a solar-powered smog col1ecting panel. The panels are made of teflon fibres mixed with carbon …
A RECENT report reveals that the UK regularly exceeds its own stringent limits for particulate emissions from diesel vehicles. The report by the Quality of Urban Air Review Group - set up by the British government - has suggested additional tough measures for controlling the emissions and meeting officially recommended …
Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies were deter mined in peripheral lymphocytes from traffic policemen drawn from various busy traffic points of Madras metro in India. These policemen were under constant exposure to automobile exhaust pollution during their 8 h work schedule. Analysis of SCE frequencies revealed a sig nificantly greater …
• low lead petrol (0.15 gm/l) was supplied in four metros since June 1994 (leaded petrol has 0.56 gm/l of lead) • ULP ,'I/as supplied to four metros since April 1, 1995 .low lead petrol was supplied to the Taj trapezium from September 1,1995 • countrywide low lead petrol to …
A FULL bench of the Supreme Court has, on February 14, directed the motor vehicle authorities to "deal with" those car owners in the four metros (Mumbai, Delhi, Madras and Calcutta) who have removed or in any manner tampered with the catalytic converters (cc) fitted to their vehicles. The bench …
