Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
If the National Green Tribunal’s pollution commissioners want to know where some of the 80,000 diesel-belching trucks that enter Delhi every night go, all they need to do is reach the heart of South Delhi at 10 pm. That’s when the first of around 1,500 trucks starts revving up outside …
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 …
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching a national Air Quality Index (AQI), India on Monday joined a global league of nations which includes US, France, China and Mexico that have implemented such an alert system. The system will give details of air quality and information on its likely health implications …
There has been a considerable decrease in pollution level in Korba claimed officials of Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) on Saturday, citing the final monitoring report released by IIT Kharagpur. Korba is home to dozens of small and big thermal power plants, coal mines and ancillary units where rising pollution …
Trucks contribute more than 60 per cent of the pollutants spewed by diesel vehicles inside Delhi, and have created what is being labelled as “a third peak hour” in the night when an estimated 80,000 of them are allowed to enter the city. While you are sleeping: 80,000 trucks enter …
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 …
CHANDIGARH: Decentralized solar energy and power-efficient appliances are the answers to India's power woes, said Ashok Jhunjhunwala, an Padma Shri award-winner and IIT-Madras professor who gave a lecture on the campus of PEC University of Technology, here on Thursday. The lecture - titled 'Towards Next-Gen Powering of Indian Homes: Capitalizing …
Waking up to the recent reports which highlighted how more than two-thirds of the sewage generated in 118 towns — located in the Ganga river basin — get discharged into the country's national river 'untreated', the Centre has asked five states to furnish their action plan to set up and …
As part of the move to promote alternative lighting solutions in public spaces, Kerala state electricity board (KSEB) has installed two solar flower trees in front of the power utility's headquarters here. The geometrically-cut flower-shaped solar panels were designed and manufactured by a startup company run by four young engineering …
Five of the country's 32 severely polluted industrial areas are in Jharkhand, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has concluded after studying air, water and soil quality across the country while formulating a comprehensive environmental assessment report. While Jamshedpur, Ramgarh, Bada Jamtara, Seraikela and West Singhbhum are the concern zones …
AGRA: The two-month deadline set by Parliament standing committee (PSC) on environment for the local administration to conduct a joint meeting of all the stakeholders to find more ways to reduce pollution level around the Taj Mahal is about to end but no date has yet been fixed to address …
Taj Mahal could get discoloured due to the adverse impact of air pollution as a research has found that the environment around the famous 17th century monument has high concentration of light absorbing particles, the government informed Lok Sabha today. Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar said analyses of particles …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought an inspection of the Century Pulp and Paper Mill, Nainital, by a team comprising representatives of the Union ministry of environment and forests and central and state pollution control boards. The NGT has also nominated a professor of IIT Roorkee as part of the …
Uniqueness of Indian waste means that technology is yet to be developed A large metropolis is a good place to study the magnitude of the problems of solid waste man agement in Indian cities. In Bengaluru, now often called the garbage city, lorries collect and carry solid waste far out …
There is good news in store for Almora residents as the town is set to get uninterrupted water supply in the summer after the Kosi river barrage, which is expected to be completed by April, is functional. Work for the barrage, which was approved in March 2013, started in October …
After a recent study by IIT Kanpur revealed that carbon pollution around the Taj was causing the famed white marble of the monument to yellow, the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority has given a deadline of July 31 this year to all commercial vehicles operating around the Taj to convert to …
Restraining Indian Institute of Technology - Madras (IIT-M) from felling trees without permission as required by law, the Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal disposed of a petition seeking to curb construction of new buildings inside the premier institute’s campus. While observing that regulating activities in the campus does not …
Agra: Concerned over reports of 'yellowing' of the Taj Mahal, a parliamentary standing committee (PSC) on environment has given the local administration two months to find ways to reduce pollution level in the city. A recent joint study conducted by IIT Kanpur in collaboration with two American universities - the …
Concerned over reports of 'yellowing' of the Taj Mahal, a parliamentary standing committee (PSC) on environment has given the local administration two months to find ways to reduce pollution level in the city. A recent joint study conducted by IIT Kanpur in collaboration with two American universities - the Georgia …
Central Pollution Control Board on Thursday told the Supreme Court why the Yamuna in its 22-km course through Delhi mostly stinks like a sewer drain - as against the norm of 5,000 MPN coliform per 100 ml of water, Yamuna water in Delhi had between 4 lakh to 16 crore …
