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. …
Diesel fumes from heavy commercial vehicles are choking the capital and these trucks push up the air pollution level by several notches higher than what official estimates tell us. Harish Salve, the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae on air pollution matters, filed an application on Monday highlighting lack of action to …
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from both the Central and Delhi governments on why commercial vehicles should not cough up compensatory pollution charges along with toll tax before entering the Capital city. “This is a serious issue. We will take up this matter on Thursday. We want …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released its new report and survey on truck entry into Delhi that adds enormous pollution to Delhi’s air. This challenges the data reported by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
Do Not Consider Age Of Vehicles During Phase-Out, Union Requests NGT Delhi Truck Owners' Union has moved National Green Tribunal seeking directions that fitness, and not age, be the only criterion for the phase-out of polluting vehicles. The tribunal will hear the petition on Monday . The move comes in …
The Hon’ble Supreme Court has been concerned about the pollution of trucks entering and leaving Delhi for the past decade. In its order of December 6, 2001, the Hon’bleSupreme Court had banned entry of non-destined commercial transit traffic effective from January 15, 2002. These vehicles could enter only on payment …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday sought data on the number of vehicles entering Delhi from all entry points. Delhi Police counsel D. Rajeshwar Rao informed the Tribunal that there are 127 entry points to the city. The Tribunal then sought to know the total number of vehicles entering from …
A study by the Haryana government has revealed that among the heavy commercial vehicles that stop at the Panipat toll plaza, about half or less are Delhi-bound while the rest cross the city to reach Rajasthan, UP, Maharashtra and other states. The state government told this in its reply to …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Haryana government to inform it as to how many goods transport vehicles travel to Delhi via Panipat. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked NHAI and Haryana to furnish the data by …
The Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has been considering the possibility of leapfrogging from Bharat Stage (BS) IV emission standards in April 2017 to BS VI emission standards in April 2020. The Parliamentary Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas has endorsed the idea. The case for expediting progress …
In an effort to reduce undue pressure on roads in the national capital, the National Green Tribunal today sought to know from Delhi Police how many heavy commercial vehicles entering via Panipat are destined to Delhi and other areas. The green panel is deliberating on mechanism to devise an alternative …
The green panel had directed Delhi Police to hold meeting with senior officers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to create alternative routes for heavy polluting vehicles. The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday rapped Delhi Police for not providing complete details on the alternate routes for commercial vehicles passing through …
As goods trucks destined for other cities cross Delhi leaving it suffocated, the Delhi Police and its counterparts in the neighbouring States have come up with some alternative routes to prevent such vehicles from entering the Capital. As an immediate interim measure, police officials of these States have proposed to …
At its weekly cabinet meeting yesterday, the government approved a plan to reduce air pollution in the Haifa Bay area up to half by 2018. The plan was submitted by Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabbay, together with the ministers of finance, transportation and health. The plan will cost 115 million …
The traffic police have identified five alternative routes for heavy polluting vehicles. The move comes days after NGT directed the cops to submit a list of routes for non-destined trucks until the eastern and western peripheral expressways are ready . The proposal aimed at reducing air pollution in Delhi will …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed Delhi Police to submit within the next two days its plans to create alternative routes for heavy polluting vehicles. Since the eastern and western peripheral expressways will take another two to three years to be completed, trucks destined for Delhi could use these …
Observing that the air quality in the capital has gone from "bad to worse", the National Green Tribunal today directed the Environment Ministry and pollution monitoring bodies to submit a report on stricter norms for checking of emissions from heavy vehicles entering the city. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson …
Inspection and maintenance (I/M) programs are key to identifying high-emitting vehicles and mitigating their impact on air quality and climate. This paper assesses best practices for I/M programs targeting heavy-duty vehicles and makes recommendations on how to improve HDV I/M programs in the future.
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday warned the Delhi government to “stop making jokes” of its orders, taking strong exception to its casual approach on monitoring vehicles entering the city through different entry points and directed it to produce complete details of inspection. “You were supposed to check three things …
