Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
DEHRADUN: Ministry of road, transport and highway (MORTH) in their affidavit submitted before the National Green Tribunal(NGT) in matter of Char Dham widening road in Uttarakhand stated that in all the total 53 projects/stretches of Char Dham, none is above 100 km which is why no environmental clearance was obtained. …
India's new vehicle scrap policy was given 'in-principle' approval at a high-level inter-ministerial meeting at the PMO to pave way for removing of 20 years old commercial vehicles (CVs) from April 1, 2020. The long-pending vehicle scrap policy in India is on the verge of implementation as the Union Minister, …
PANJIM: In a major disappointment, the all-party delegation had to return empty-handed, after the Central government refused to heed to their demand to promulgate an ordinance to amend the Goa Daman and Diu Mining Concession (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act, 1987, while directing to process for auction of …
Chandrachud praises SC judgment The Supreme Court’s ban on the sale of firecrackers helped Delhi and the NCR breathe better after Deepavali this year. The court’s decision to ban liquor vends within 500 metres of National and State Highways strengthened the government’s decades-long efforts to prevent roads from becoming accident …
Carmakers producing vehicles that run on traditional fuel, take note — Union minister Nitin Gadkari has a clear message: Go for alternative fuel+ , else he will not mind "bulldozing" them in his bid to check pollution and imports. According to the road transport and highways minister, a Cabinet note …
NEW DELHI: Obstructive rules of the environment ministry and its notifications issued without considering ground realities have proved to be roadblocks for development in Maoist-affected areas, highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. At an inter-ministerial meeting on infrastructure, attended by environment minister Harsh Vardhan and power minister Piyush Goel, …
The MoEF also informed that the EIA notification should be amended to include inland waterways and jetties under the activities that need a prior EC. The National Waterway-1, a pet project of PM Modi, is caught in a tussle between the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and the Ministry …
A plea alleging rising air pollution by diesel-run ships in the Indian territorial waters today prompted the National Green Tribunal to seek replies from the Centre and others. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the ministries of Environment and Shipping, Central Pollution Control Board …
Mumbai : With a view to significantly bring down pollution levels, the government has decided to adopt and implement in totality the automobile standards in developed countries, union minister for shipping, road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi. “Yesterday itself, we have …
Delhi-Ludhiana double-decker service planned The government is looking to revamp public transport through introduction of double-decker luxury buses run on alternative fuels, with an aim to curb private vehicle use, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. Volvo is ready to run buses on methanol, which can easily be manufactured in …
"The cost of solar energy per unit has dropped to Rs 2.63 per unit and capital cost of wind energy too has dropped, which will help all ports cumulatively save Rs 600-700 crore annually,” Nitin Gadkari said. The ministry of shipping has constituted a panel to explore setting up of …
The Union Shipping Ministry, in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of 13 major public ports, is planning to set up solar power projects with up to 200 MW capacity. The Indian Ports Association (IPA) will do the project planning while the ports will finance the plants through internal …
An ambitious programme spread across 14 ports aims to make domestic manufacturing and the EXIM sector more competitive Ports, regarded as the key to growth and prosperity, have the potential to endanger the environment Sagarmala is a flagship programme of the Government of India. Its contours were laid out in …
The country's first electric taxi service has hit a hurdle due to archaic rules but the Maharashtra government is likely to clear it and make Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari's pet project shine in Nagpur. The pilot project will be launched with 200 e-taxis there on May 26, state officials …
The 'Project Green Ports' has two aspects – 'Green Ports Initiatives' relating to environmental issues and 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan' – and is being executed through Indian Ports Association All major Indian ports will have to undergo an audit to become 'Green' and 'Swachh'. The Union shipping ministry has conducted a …
PANAJI: Goa is expected to be the next laboratory of the central government to generate power from tidal waves of the sea using Israeli technology. "Since last two years, I have been constantly pursuing whether we can generate power using tidal waves in the sea. Today, I came to know …
Can India kick its habit of depending on costly import of petroleum products by getting hooked onto a new form of industrial alcohol called methanol? The government’s key think tank the National Institute for Transforming India or the NITI Aayog is seriously exploring deploying methanol as a possible way to …
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that the draft vehicle scrapping policy would offer a combined benefit of Rs14,000 crore to the Centre and States, and drive the auto industry growth by 22 per cent. Gadkari said that the proposed Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme (V-VMP) …
Aiming to scrap nearly 15 lakh heavy vehicles that are more than 15 years old in the first phase, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said the draft policy will be ready in a fortnight. “We intend to scrap 15-year-old about 12-15 lakh heavy vehicles, mostly trucks and buses, in the …
The Finance Ministry has suggested putting the proposed policy before a Committee of Secretaries, the Road Transport and Highways Minister said after holding a meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on modernising the country's vehicle fleet. In order to check pollution, a new policy will be framed to make scrapping …
