Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on May 4, 2021 has issued the Central Motor Vehicles (Eighth Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. In Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, the Rule 115AB which specifies Mass emission standards for CNG, Bio-CNG, LNG driven agriculture …
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) on April 23, 2021 has issued the Draft Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. The following amendments have been made: Rule 2 (zd), which specifies the definitions, has been inserted, namely: Special Purpose …
Hyderabad: In a unique initiative, the Hyderabad Traffic Police is sending out text messages asking motorists not to sound the horn unnecessarily. About 20 lakh motorists received a text message on Tuesday from the traffic police reading: “Noise pollution is injurious to health and unnecessary honking is punishable under Rule …
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide notification dated February 20, 2018 has further amended the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989. Vide this amendment in rule 115, new sub-rule (21) shall be inserted which reads as: New motor vehicles conforming to Emission Standard Bharat Stage-IV, manufactured before April 01, …
The Ministry of Road Transportation and Highways (MRTH) has come out with this draft notification which amends Central Motor Vehicles Rules to prevent the registration of BS-IV compliant vehicles built before April 1, 2020 beyond June 30, 2020. This ban will be applicable to vehicles manufactured before April 1, 2020, …
Senior advocate and amicus curiae Harish Salve, on Wednesday (October 11, 2017), told the Supreme Court that the union government is contradicting its own reports and stand on various air pollution issues. While reading out the affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC;) in response …
Use of pressure horns by a large number of private and school buses is common on city roads as the traffic police and the transport department have totally failed to ban the pressure horns. A Bathinda Tribune team visited the local bus stand and found that there were many private …
Tightening the noose around those using pressure horns, the Punjab Pollution Control Board has presented a proposal to completely ban the use of pressure horns, which create nuisance and add to noise pollution. The proposal has been presented under the Prevention and Control of Pollution Act 1981. If it gets …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/05/2017 regarding refusal of Motor Vehicle Registering Authority (RTO) to register agricultural tractors and construction equipments of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation on the ground that this has been …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Vehicle Emission Standards, 06/12/2016. ARAI is one of the Test Agencies, notified under Rule 126 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, for Type Approval Certification of vehicles as per the notified rules, standards and procedures. Procedure of Type approval certification of motor vehicles is …
The draft rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 were published, as required by sub-section (1) of section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number G.S.R. 17(E), dated …
The rules mentioned in the notification are applicable on vehicles that meet required emission norms To curb vehicular pollution, the government has notified rules for retrofitment of hybrid electric system, or electric kit, for vehicles. This applies to the vehicles that meet emission norms and are run on either diesel …
Supreme Court on Monday stayed National Green Tribunal, Bhopal bench order asking state government to deposit Rs 25 crore failing to comply with pollution under control (PUC) norms in the state. Notice was also issued to chief secretary for appearing before tribunal. Counsel for MP government in NGT central zonal …
The sight of cattle and other animals being transported in pathetic conditions will be a thing of the past with the Kerala government notifying stringent rules for livestock transportation. From January 1, 2016, the motor vehicles carrying animals should have permanent partitions so that the animals being transported are carried …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state government to deposit Rs 25 crore as security for failure to comply with pollution under control (PUC) norms. State was supposed to deposit amount by Monday. Previously, MP government was asked to comply with PUC of all vehicles in the state …
The Bharat Stage (BS) norms are equivalent to Euro norms on emission. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a Notification No. GSR 555(E) dated 14.7.2015 regarding Introduction of BSIV fuel in additional cities.
PUNE: The rural areas of Pune and Thane districts can expect to get Bharat Stage IV fuel — an environment-friendly alternative — from April 1 next year. The Bharat Stage (BS) norms are equivalent to Euro norms on emission. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has recently issued a …
Haryana seems to have misled the Centre over registration of the BS-IV compliant vehicles in 11 districts of the states falling in the NCR during the recent meeting of the environment ministers in New Delhi. This assertion was made by the Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training in a …
