Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/03/2024. The Special Protection Group (SPG) filed the application to direct the Transport Department, NCT of Delhi to allow extension of registration period of specialized armoured vehicles - 3 in number …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Association of Radio Taxis Vs. Govt. of Delhi & Ors.dated 12/01/2016 regarding prohibition on running of diesel taxis in NCR Delhi.
The steep decline in the world oil price in the last quarter of 2014 slashed fuel price subsidies. Several governments responded by announcing that they would remove subsidies for one or more fuels and move to market-based pricing with full cost recovery. Other governments took advantage of low world prices …
Without even sparing the Centre or the Delhi government for not replacing their diesel vehicles older than five years or converting them into CNG ones, the court said, "Why should the government be a polluter?" "Do your cars emit Oxygen? A diesel car buyer must know that he is buying …
More than half the European passenger fleet is diesel-powered. Although the European Union has been progressively tightening vehicle emissions for decades, new diesel cars still produce on-road nitrogen oxide emissions that far exceed the current standard. Efforts to reduce diesel emissions would likely make the cars more costly, but experts …
If you have a BS IV-compliant diesel car and usually ride alone, you can reduce your per capita particulate (PM) emissions per kilometre by at least 40 times by using a CNG bus instead. And if you have been driving a diesel SUV, then the benefit could be to the …
Delhi’s air may be more toxic than previously imagined: a study by IIT Kanpur found traces of a deadly chemical among the pollutants in the city. Called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), the toxin is a product of emissions of diesel vehicles that, even in small quantities — such as the …
NEW DELHI: The alarming level of Delhi's air pollution created panic among the people during 2015 prompting the judiciary to act tough to give citizens the right to live in a healthy environment. The judiciary, be it the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, which once described that residing in …
GURGAON: Lack of public transport has come in the way of fighting pollution in the city. After setting a January 31 deadline for conversion of diesel cabs and autos to CNG, the state government has now backtracked and is planning to phase out diesel autos from March 2016. This is …
In January 2016 the EU Parliament will evaluate the RDE proposal from the European Commission's Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV). This brief notes five things that could strengthen the regulation.
India is devising a plan to combat smog in the capital New Delhi, the world`s most polluted city, two senior officials said, but the government is stopping short of targeting the powerful transport industry. Instead, the plan will call for enforcing bans on what some environmentalists regard as relatively minor …
New Delhi: The national capital is facing a more serious pollution crisis from secondary particles, in addition to tiny pollution particles (PM2.5) being emitted from various sources like transport, waste burning or dust. The recent draft IIT Kanpur report has flagged that secondary particles which are formed from chemical reactions …
KOLKATA: The real extent of pollution in the city remains undetected in the absence of enough monitoring devices, admits the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB). While all the 11 monitoring stations in Kolkata and 12 in the rest of the state are supposed to be armed with PM2.5 samplers …
GURGAON: The ban on registration of new diesel vehicles is being seen as a temporary measure in the fight against pollution, but environmental experts say air pollution could be reduced by almost 30% if the number of diesel vehicles on roads could be brought down significantly. According to a Haryana …
The general prefernce for diesel vehicles is turning the air in Gujarat's cities toxic. In Gujarat today, around 1.21 crore vehicles, including two-wheelers, guzzle 18 crore litres of petrol a month. In stark contrast, just 24.06 lakh diesel vehicles burn a whopping 50 crore litres of the fuel which is …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Contribution of diesel vehicles to air pollution of Delhi, 21/12/2015. Air pollution depends on prevailing meteorological conditions including wind direction, wind speed, mixing height, temperature variation, etc. The high level of air pollution in Delhi is mainly because of particulate matter (PM), while sulphur …
Diesel car owners have been warned they could face charges for driving in city centres after campaigners vowed to bring a legal challenge to make the Government do more to tackle air pollution. Ministers on Thursday unveiled plans for ‘clean air zones’ in five city centres, where polluting old diesel …
India's carmakers and dealers on Thursday called for a clear, nationwide policy to combat air pollution, after a crackdown on diesel cars and trucks in New Delhi, which campaigners have vowed to extend to other cities. A Supreme Court decision on Wednesday to alleviate the smog-choked capital has unsettled India's …
Britain will submit its final plan for improving air quality to the European Commission on Thursday after levels of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide, mostly from diesel vehicles, were found to have breached EU limits. The UK Supreme Court earlier this year ordered the government to submit the new plans for …
Dozens of UK cities including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Cardiff and Edinburgh will still be in breach of EU limits on air pollution for at least the next five years, despite an air quality action plan issued by the government on Thursday. The plan is a response to a supreme …
Volkswagen of America said on Thursday it is creating an independent claims program for the owners of nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles that emit up to 40 times legally allowable emissions. The German automaker (VOWG_p.DE) said it was naming compensation expert Ken Feinberg, who administered compensation funds for the Sept. 11, …
