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 …
Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt Ltd, hosted a multi-stakeholder conference today on sustainability, where Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari delivered the keynote address. At the conference, Scania unveiled an industry white paper on "Increasing the adoption of bio-fuels for vehicle use in India". The white paper highlighted specific …
Focus will be on creating awareness among road users The Puducherry government on Monday launched a Road Safety policy and Action plan to reduce the number of fatalities and accidents by 50 per cent by 2020. “The policy has been formulated in accordance with the directives of the Supreme Court …
Bihar will seek financial assistance of Rs 55,970 crore from the Centre for the construction, development and renovation of various national highways (NHs) and mega bridges when deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav will call on Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on December 30. …
A report by WHO last year had stated that Delhi was the most polluted city in the world when it came to air quality. Amid rising concerns over pollution level in the Capital and other cities in India, the government plans to ban trucks and buses older than 15 years …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the move of the Union Ministry of Transport to bring forward implementation of Bharat Stage V and Bharat Stage VI emissions standards to 2019 and 2021 respectively. But it also warned of the dangers of delaying immediate nation-wide extension of Bharat …
Mumbai: Will thousands of tonnes of toxic coal continue to form mountains on Mumbai's eastern seafront or will the city's port trust stop handling coal? The answer hinges on the interpretation of conditions laid down by Maharashtra's pollution regulator. Despite the fact that Mumbai Port Trust has flouted environment norms …
Two-wheelers and all other types of vehicles are set to get two new safety features to reduce fatalities. Bikes and scooters will need to have the automatic headlamp on (AHO) like that of Daytime Running Lamps in cars, from April 2017. The road transport ministry is also working on a …
At least Rs 5,000 crore will be spent on providing green cover to the country's National Highways network in the next five years under the Green Highways Policy unveiled on Tuesday. Under this policy, the government has made it mandatory to set aside one per cent of the total project …
NHAI has awarded 2,340 km of highway projects so far in 2015-16, up from 1,100 km during the corresponding period a year ago Land acquisition for roads on fast track; 49% projected The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is planning to acquire 10,000 hectares (ha) in 2015-16, up from …
Directly aping Euro norms might be a problem considering the driving conditions peculiar to India that might require the adaptation of critical components to work in these conditions. Even as Minister for Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari has urged automobile manufacturers to leapfrog from Bharat Stage-IV emissions norms …
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Nitin Gadkari has emphasized on use of Green Fuels for checking the increasing air pollution. He was addressing the conference on Green Fuel Vehicles for Transportation in New Delhi today. Shri Gadkari said the Government has taken several steps to …
The government is planning to set up a green fund to convert diesel buses of state transport corporations into cost-efficient electric buses. The ministry for roads, transport and highways is in talks with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for project assistance. “We are starting a pilot project with 20 buses …
Nitin Gadkari says leveraging land for commercial advantage would generate additional revenue for ports To boost economic growth, the government will soon come out with a policy for awarding land to port-based industries at 12 major ports, which among them have an estimated 264,000 acres. The development follows directions from …
NAVI MUMBAI: The JNPT is taking a fresh look into the PAP compensation issue, which has been put on hold currently, as a major chunk of land is under the coastal regulation zone I (CRZ-I). The issue is said to have been discussed in a meeting between the state chief …
Government is considering giving financial incentives of up to Rs 1.5 lakh on surrender of over-ten-year-old vehicles to check pollution and address road safety concerns, transport minister Nitin Gadkari today said. This comes at a time when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned plying of diesel vehicles which are …
The National Green Tribunal today refused to modify its order banning plying of diesel vehicles which are over 10 years old in Delhi-NCR. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said it was for the Delhi government and the concerned authorities to decide on the issue of challaning …
LUCKNOW: The city will get a new, advanced centre to check fitness of vehicles. Union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) wanted to set up the system in bigger states with a high vehicle population and registration rate. Lucknow gets 8 to 10% vehicles registered every year. UP accounts …
In a bid to secure speedy green clearances for highways, the government plans to introduce a 'tree transplantation' clause in highway contracts that will require project developers to salvage as many trees as possible. The move comes at a time when road projects worth over Rs 30,000 crore are stuck …
An expert committee will be constituted to review the alignment of the proposed bridge over the Kusei river at Belbahali near Anandpur in Keonjhar district. The committee will have two members __ an IIT Professor and a technical expert of the State Government. The committee will study the structural design …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed the Union transport ministry to submit its views on what is contributing to air pollution in Delhi. Reacting to the Centre's previous affidavits which stated that transport isn't the major contributor to poor air quality, the NGT bench headed by chairperson Justice …
