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 …
DRIVERS of polluting vehicles will now find it harder to evade the long arm of the law. Remote sensing devices being developed in the US will have the capability of latching on to the exhaust plume of a polluting car or truck which exceeds the regulatory limits. Remote sensing devices …
COMPUTERS:Computer-chip manufacturing technology is about to undergo a revolutionary change. The 4 US-based bigwigs - IBM, AT&T;, Motorola and Loral - have put their heads together to develop semiconductors through X-rays instead of ultraviolet tight. These, they claim, would be vastly more powerful than those in use today. "We see …
THE government of the state of Hesse in Germany sent shock waves across the nation when it slapped speed limits of 90 kmph on autobahns and 80 kmph on other highways, apparently to lower the emission levels of ozone-depleting gases. The measure seems a bit tough to hang on to: …
WHILE the general populace awaits April 1, All Fools Day, with some trepidation, fearing a deluge of practical jokes, the gas-ridden automobile industry has an additional reason to look forward to the day this year with dread. Legislation being championed by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) may …
PEA-SOUP smog-ridden skies don't usually make news in the UK: they are a part of life. However, when pollutants, primarily ground-level ozone, registered a steep increase in July this year, the uk's department of environment (DOE) issued an air quality alert: try not to use cars, jog, or even exercise …
Nissan Motor Co, Japan, seems in for rattling-bad times. A study by Japan's transport ministry has found that more people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Nissan cars since 1985 than in other Japanese makers' vehicles. Nissan has responded by offering free safety checks on its Skyline, Laurel and …
Even as the manufacturers of the Contessa Classic automobile claim that it is the symbol of upwardly mobile Indians, a traffic pollution study conducted by the Centre for Science and Technology (CST) reveals that it is the most polluting car on that city's roads. CST, a Bangalore-based non-governmental organisation, carried …
In Nepal, the Environment Conservation Council, headed by prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, has stipulated permissible smoke limits of 65 Hartridge smoke unit (HSU) on diesel vehicles and 3 percent carbon monoxide standards on petrol vehicles. Initially, the new regulation will cover only government and diplomatic vehicles, reports Jan Sharma …
Traffic police in Delhi will be granted an allowance for breathing polluted air. The compensation amount will be graded according to rank, ranging from Rs 100 for constables to Rs 200 for inspectors. A study conducted by the capital's Central Road Research Institute and the All India Institute of Medical …
THE UNION transport ministry maintains it is committed to restricting vehicular pollution. However, a notification on automobile emission levels issued by the government in the first week of November, dilutes standards both in overall terms and in almost every vehicle category. For instance, the limit for carbon monoxide emissions by …
A TEAM of US researchers have said carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon pollution levels in Kathmandu were the highest among Asian cities, writes Jan Sharma in a Panos report. The average carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon content of emissions of 8,000 vehicles monitored by the team were 3.95 per cent and 0.76 …
TOMORROW'S cars and motorcycles may operate on hydrogen, instead of petrol, if early successes with prototypes are an indication. A Benares Hindu University (BHU) team in Varanasi, led by physics professor O N Srivastava, has succeeded in operating a hydrogen-powered motorcycle on the street. And, H B Mathur, a professor …
In a serious bid to counter charges of being the main vehicular polluter in the Capital, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has decided to junk buses that cannot meet pollution norms after repairs. Minister of state for surface transport Jagdish Tytler said in Parliament that Rs 10 crore had been …
THE UNION surface transport ministry and the Delhi administration are at loggerheads over how to combat the capital's traffic pollution. Early in this year, the ministry suggested to the city administration that odd and even numbered vehicles should be allowed to ply on alternate days. The ministry's note urged the …
EFFORTS are on to develop cleaner technologies for the highly polluting two- and three-wheelers, whose number has increased six-fold from 1976 and 1992 and drastically brought down air quality in metropolitan areas. Some 94 per cent of the two- and three-wheelers in India are powered by two-stroke engines that are …
THE CITY of Bangalore may go the Delhi way -- at least in the area of pollution. The garden city's administration is on the warpath to make Bangalore a "noiseless," pollution-free city, unlike the capital, where 30 per cent of the population suffers respiratory disorders and thousands of vehicles belch …
DELHI's roads display a sign of what's to come -- traffic police wearing gas masks. Police officials decided to issue the masks to give traffic constables some respite from the extremely high pollution at 40 major intersections. The masks are supposed to be especially useful to Delhi police, because the …
LASER sensors, induction coils set into the macadam, a fast mainframe computer and state-of-the-art traffic control software: that is the kind of hi-tech the Delhi Police are trying to import to smoothen out the Capital's chaotic traffic. The system will reduce fuel consumption, pollution and the number of accidents. And, …
IT was in 1989 that we first thought of adapting the traditional Indian form of mass mobilisation - the padyatra - as a means of reaching out to people in Europe. Our Indian friends first gave us the idea and later helped us to develop it. We first "tested" the …
The primary task of the Expert Group is to assist the High Power Committee who is to oversee the implementation of pollution control measures at Agra-Mathura Region, based on scientific and technical findings.
