Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Crossings Republik Flat Owner Association Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 29/11/2023. In this original application, Applicant has questioned the setting up of a Bio-CNG plant with 300 TPD capacity at Khasra Nos. 121, 122, 123, 124, 129, 304, 305 …
The government says emission from old diesel vehicles is not to be blamed. Experts say government is selectively using data to make its case What is poisoning Delhi's air and making India's capital the most polluted city in the world? The government has taken on the National Green Tribunal, contesting …
LAHORE: As the queues for compressed natural gas (CNG) grow longer at the end of every closure, one company has come up with a solution out of the deepening energy crisis for public transport, an electric rickshaw. Rickshaws offer one of the cheaper and convenient means of public transport in …
The fight to save the Taj Mahal from pollution is the country's longest and perhaps most difficult battle. It began in 1983, when 10,400 sq km of area was declared the Taj Trapezium Zone and polluting units were prohibited. Since then the Supreme Court has directed a series of actions …
Even as measures -- some of them knee-jerk -- are being taken to stop the majestic Taj Mahal from turning yellow, the exact causes for the monument's discoloration are yet to be ascertained, a recent analysis shows. The analysis was undertaken by science and environment fortnightly 'Down To Earth'. "We …
The debate over air pollution due to vehicular emissions is not new. Despite several announcements of stricter emission norms as well as the apex court's criticism, the government has been lax in their implementation. Last year, the state government had announced that pollution under control (PUC) certificates would be made …
Soon, you may not be able to refuel your vehicle if it doesn't have an emission certificate. The state government told the high court on Wednesday that it would soon issue a notification to stop supply of fuel to vehicles that don't have pollution under control certificates. "A draft notification …
In order to cuts costs and increase profitability, and also to reduce pollution, Goa's state-run Kadamba transport corporation (KTC) is studying the possibility of converting its buses from diesel fuel to CNG (compressed natural gas) on the lines of the Delhi transport corporation (DTC). The KTCL is also studying the …
The High Court on Thursday asked the State government why it has not introduced CNG (compressed natural gas) in government mass transport vehicles in the City. While hearing a suo motu PIL with regard to air and noise pollution in the City, a division bench comprising Chief Justice D H …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday extended its earlier deadline of banning all diesel operated tourists vehicles to Rohtang Pass, near Manali till May 5, as the state government showed its resolve to explore all viable alternatives to replace diesel operated vehicles and check environmental pollution at popular high-altitude tourists’ …
India's auto industry has called for comprehensive measures to deal with the sensitive issue of excessively polluting vehicles, after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered a ban on all diesel-powered vehicles that are older than 10 years in the national capital to improve the city's air quality . The order …
Government-led action against vehicular emission and its injurious effect on the residents of the Capital is precisely three decades old. Delhi’s first tryst with the very concept came in 1985 when a writ petition filed by M.C. Mehta was admitted in the Supreme Court. It tool 13 years to force …
The national capital's poor air quality may be killing silently and slowly, but successive governments, irrespective of which political party headed them, have seemed in no hurry to act. This is obvious from the number of draft "action plans" prepared since 2009, just after Delhi started losing the gains made …
Jamil, Juhi Garg and Meera Prasad don’t know that the killer dust in Delhi’s air, RSPM (respirable suspended partculate matter), began falling after CNG was introduced and then, seven years ago, took a treacherous U-turn for the worse. What they know is that their children cough and wheeze into each …
The way the graph moves tells the story of a public health disaster that has been allowed to happen: over the last 15 years, the fall and rise of the lethal, fine dust that clogs your lungs every day in the nation’s capital. After the historic Supreme Court judgement in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Shafi Mohammed Meer Vs State of Maharashtra &Ors dated 20/03/2015 regarding vehicular pollution caused by auto-rickshaws in Mumbai and Thane region. The advocate appearing for the MPCB, states that inspite of correspondence with the concerned authorities, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Senior Citizen Forum (Regd.) Vs. HUDA & Others dated 17/03/2015 regarding establishment of a CNG Station in a green belt area, Haryana.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Senior Citizen Forum (Regd.) Vs. HUDA & Others dated 17/03/2015 regarding establishment of a CNG Station in a green belt area, Haryana.
Presentation by Sunita Narain Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
Presentation by Anumita Roychowdhury, Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2015: Poor in climate change, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, March 11 – 12, 2015.
