Electric bikes, or e-bikes, are close substitutes for cars and two-wheelers because they cover longer distances with less effort. Thus, e-bikes will play a key role in shifting passenger and freight trips away from high-polluting private vehicles and generating fewer emissions if used at scale. While vehicle electrification has focused …
Study Expects More Hired Cars Just 15-20% of the population is likely to shift to public transport once the odd-even formula kicks in. According to a study by Department of Transport Planning, Delhi School of Planning and Architecture, the maximum usage of private cars during peak office hours has been …
Micro-blogging site Twitter will help Delhittes know the best mode of transportation and route to take during the 15-day odd-even car scheme. Twitter India has partnered with the Delhi government to make its ambitious scheme to reduce pollution in the city a success. By using the hashtag #pollutionfreeDelhi and entering …
New Delhi: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has turned to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to endorse Delhi government's plan to reduce air pollution in the city. In a letter written to the PM on Monday, Kejriwal has requested Modi to ask his officials and friends to car pool from January 1 …
The National Green Tribunal today asked Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, which supply buses to Delhi Transport Corporation, why these vehicles caused noise pollution on roads and directed them to submit details, including their designs. "All these buses which you have designed, why are they so noisy? DTC is planning …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. And Abhimanyu Rathor Vs. State of H.P. & Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding vehicular pollution in the eco-sensitive area of Rohtang Pass. The Tribunal in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. And Abhimanyu Rathor Vs. State of H.P. & Ors. dated 19/08/2015 to ensure that there is no vehicular pollution in the eco-sensitive area of …
Increasing the number of CNG buses, crackdown on polluting vehicles and industries and tree plantation drives are some of the many steps being taken by the Delhi government to curb rising pollution in the national capital, a statement said on Thursday. As per the report on curbing pollution in the …
In a step aimed at minimising pollution in the eco-sensitive area of Rohtang pass, the National Green Tribunal today cleared the decks for plying of CNG buses on 51-km long Manali-Rohtang highway. The Tribunal's nod to run CNG buses came after Himachal Pradesh government told a bench headed by NGT …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. And Abhimanyu Rathor Vs. State of H.P. & Ors. dated 13/08/2015. The Counsel appearing for the State has informed that trial of CNG Buses …
A green body today said diesel technology and fuels in transport sector need drastic transformation to protect public health, while claiming that CSIR has "misrepresented" the findings of a study which states that CNG buses are more harmful than diesel buses. According to the study conducted by Council of Scientific …
NGO Centre for Science and Environment has critically analyzed a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research study, jointly carried out by Indian Institute of Petroleum and the University of Alberta, on presence of pollution-causing nanoparticles in CNG and diesel bus exhausts. This was in response to claims made by M …
Says it misleads policy action on emissions standards and technology roadmap for CNG and diesel buses in India Without a proper review of the actual findings of the study, misleading conclusions have been projected in the public domain to confuse policymakers and people CSE has obtained the actual findings that …
Says it misleads policy action on emissions standards and technology roadmap for CNG and diesel buses in India Without a proper review of the actual findings of the study, misleading conclusions have been projected in the public domain to confuse policymakers and people CSE has obtained the actual findings that …
AHMEDABAD: The compressed natural gas (CNG)-run buses are harmful for humans as they emit "nanocarbon" particles which can cause cancer, according to a study conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Though the study was conducted on a very limited sample size in Delhi, CSIR took the findings …
MANALI: The trial run of CNG bus to the Rohtang Pass from Manali was done successfully on Tuesday. Terming it as the country's maiden CNG bus run at a height of 13,051 feet, an official said there was no mechanical complication during the trial. The feasibility test of eco-friendly CNG …
The Himachal Pradesh government is doing little to implement an order to ply CNG buses on the majestic Rohtang Pass, an area that is staring at ecological destruction. In a written reply to the assembly on March 12, State Transport Minister G.S. Bali said there is no proposal to start …
Himachal Pradesh government has rejected the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) proposal to only ply compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to Rohtang Pass (13,050 feet high ), a famous tourists destination, 51 km from Manali. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh who was in Manali last week said “a world exists even beyond …
MANALI: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh has rejected the proposal to ply CNG buses on the Manali-Rohtang route saying that the idea was not feasible as Rohtang was not the dead end of the highway and environment concern was not the problem at only Rohtang pass. Hoteliers, taxi operators, …
GHAZIABAD: Alarmed over the high level of groundwater and air pollution in the city, residents of Ghaziabad on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the NCR Planning Board, giving it a deadline of March 10 to act and threatening to launch an agitation if their problems were not addressed. In a …
With air pollution dominating public discourse this winter, TOI approached the major political parties contesting Delhi assembly elections to ask them about their action plan for cleaning up Delhi's air and taking positive steps for the environment. Ajay Maken of Congress gives us his party's plan in this regard in …
