Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
U.S. regulators said on Thursday they are reopening a proposal to boost fuel efficiency of medium and heavy duty trucks through 2027, asking for additional public comments on the planned toughening. The decision by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency to consider additional public …
National Green Tribunal on Tuesday issued notices to 13 cement manufacturers in Delhi and the rest of NCR for allegedly violating its order on overloading of vehicles. It also pulled up the companies for allegedly flouting provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act and causing air pollution. Petitioner Neena Pradeep, in …
This report presents the manufacturing costs of emission control technology used to meet recent U.S. and European emission standards for heavy-duty diesel engines and vehicles. The costs assessed include both the in-cylinder technologies to control engine-out emissions and the after treatment technologies that act on the exhaust stream. With the …
India is in the process of developing fuel efficiency standards for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), and one of the most critical inputs to regulatory development is a technology potential analysis to determine the efficiency levels that the fleet can reasonably achieve over the duration of the regulation. Typically, one of …
New Delhi: Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) asked the Delhi government on Thursday how it plans to utilise over Rs 100 crore collected as environment compensation charge since November 2015. "The money collected through ECC should be utilised for improving public transport and the toll points for effective collection," said …
New Delhi: The transport department issued a public notice on Thursday against diesel trucks entering the city. The notice comes after a Supreme Court order banning entry of polluting vehicles not destined for Delhi. However, officials admit that enforcing the rule may prove to be difficult. "Non-destined trucks have been …
Is the battle against emission limited to judicial activism? At least that is what claimed by the officers responsible for controlling pollution at the ground. This raises serious questions about the intention of the government in battling the growing pollution of Indian metropolitan cities including Kolkata. The Central Motor Vehicles …
National Green Tribunal has asked government agencies why they have not submitted their views on phasing out over a decade old diesel vehicles in their departments, despite its specific directions two months ago. The green panel had on December 11 last year directed the central and state governments to take …
With the ‘positives’ of strict traffic restrictions that saw private heavy vehicles kept out of Bengaluru during the Invest Karnataka meet, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board will urge the State government to look into this experiment as a long-term solution. KSPCB Chairman Lakshman said these restrictions can enable an …
Ghaziabad: A middle path has been found to a running problem between residents of 12 societies in Indirapuram's Ahimsa Khand 2 and villagers from neighbouring Kanawani over a plan to install a height barrier. The Ahimsa Khand 2 residents and the villagers could not see eye to eye on the …
The AAP government has clarified that a commercial vehicle which is completely empty and has no goods whatsoever will be charged the environment compensation charge, or green cess, as stipulated by the Supreme Court. The CNG-fuelled vehicles, however, have now been given an exemption from the cess. A notification to …
Delhi government has announced that it will impose a stiff penalty on polluting trucks entering the capital. It will also strictly monitor construction projects and fine those not adhering to dust control measures. These decisions were taken in a review meeting on air pollution control measures by Satyendar Jain, coordinating …
"The government is taking some steps to control pollution. People are dying due to pollution and you are challenging it for publicity," the Supreme Court said today and refused to urgently hear a petition challenging the Delhi government's odd-even scheme. Terming the petition as a "publicity stunt", a bench headed …
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 …
This study provides an ex-ante assessment of fuel and GHG emission savings potential of low rolling resistance tyres in China’s commercial road freight sector resulting from China’s Green Tyre programme. It is based on most recent available data of future transport activities and specific fuel consumption of commercial trucks and …
HYDERABAD: Despite being a Sunday , the pollution levels in the city peaked at 121 suspended particulate matter (SPM). While it is usually considered that vehicular movement is comparatively less than a weekday , the surge in the pollution levels has forced the green brigade to proclaim that the city …
To curb the growing air pollution in Delhi, Supreme Court on Dec 16, 2015 banned registration of diesel cars with engine capacity over 2000 cc engine till March 31, 2016. The apex court also said that all commercial vehicles, including trucks, which are not Delhi-bound, will not be allowed to …
The Delhi government may be targeting private vehicles to check rising air pollution levels, but a study by IIT-Kanpur shows that cars and jeeps contribute less than 10% of particulate matter while trucks are bigger culprits. A big contributor to Delhi's air pollution is road dust that accounts for about …
The Supreme Court on Thursday threw its weight behind efforts to clean up Delhi's air, agreeing to explore various options including banning diesel cars from the Capital's roads and stopping trucks from passing through the city to tackle the growing menace of pollution. A bench of Chief Justice T S …
The draft report states two-wheelers are responsible for more PM 10 and PM 2.5 than cars when it comes to polluting the air. Exempting two-wheelers from the odd-even formula for plying of vehicles in Delhi to combat pollution will defeat the purpose, sources said Wednesday, basing this view on a …
