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. …
Government's proposed policy to push 28 million decade-old polluting vehicles off the road would generate steel scrap worth Rs 11,500 crore annually, reducing import burden. The government is eyeing a huge quantity of steel scrap from its proposed Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme (V-VMP) that offers incentives worth 8-12 per …
The Kerala government is readying to move Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal (NGT)’s order to impose ban on old diesel vehicles. The state fears the public transport and inter-state traffic of goods and people will be acutely disrupted by the move. The circuit bench of NGT in Kochi …
New Delhi: The entry of thousands of heavily loaded polluting trucks into Delhi every day could end in the next couple of years. Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said while the two peripheral expressways currently under construction will take nearly 50% of vehicles off Delhi roads, there is a plan …
THRISSUR: The private bus operators are exploring ways to challenge the National Green Tribunal Circuit order banning light and heavy diesel vehicles, which are more than 10 years old, in six cities in the state. Kerala State Bus Operators Federation state vice-president Anto Francis said the federation would soon convene …
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided to adopt technology to decongest the capital's borders by installing radio frequency identification ( RFID ) systems at nine prime locations to collect toll tax . The south civic body, which is the nodal agency for toll collection, has floated a tender to …
The European Union’s 2030 climate and energy framework requires the transport, building and agriculture sectors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent below a 2005 baseline by 2030. This study demonstrates that meeting that goal depends on deploying a combination of new transport policy measures that include mandatory carbon …
The European Union’s 2030 climate and energy framework requires the transport, building and agriculture sectors to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent below a 2005 baseline by 2030. This study demonstrates that meeting that goal depends on deploying a combination of new transport policy measures that include mandatory carbon …
Data indicate that the scheme cannot work in the long term without additional actions, such as improving bus services, curbing factory and truck emissions Delhi's air pollution rises 23% during second odd-even phase Air pollution levels in Delhi rose 23 per cent during the second phase of the odd-even registration …
The proposed BS VI standards are far-reaching in scope and incorporate substantial changes to existing Bharat Stage III and IV emission standards. Of particular note is the tightening of particulate matter (PM) mass emission limits and the introduction of particle number (PN) limits for light- and heavy-duty vehicles (LDV, HDV) …
The National Green Tribunal today took exception over the Centre's delay in filing reply on a plea alleging that cement companies were violating its orders on overloading of trucks and causing air pollution. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar which had issued notice to the Centre and …
The study found that average speeds decreased by 5 per cent in arterial road segments, 4 per cent in ring road segments, 3 per cent in commercial roads and by 1 per cent in inter-city roads during the first phase of the scheme between January 1 and 15. Average speeds …
New Delhi: There has been a drastic fall in the number of trucks entering the city after the imposition of the green tax, the Supreme Court was informed on Thursday. According to documents submitted by the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) to the apex court, around 9,000 vehicles enter Delhi …
Over four lakh trucks go around Delhi to avoid environment compensation charge Lakhs of commercial vehicles have given Delhi a miss since an environment compensation charge (ECC) was imposed by the Supreme Court in October last year, cutting the daily traffic by half. The commercial vehicles that pay toll tax …
New Delhi: Ahead of a Supreme Court hearing on Thursday, the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) convened an urgent meeting of Delhi government, rest of the NCR states and private cab and app-based cab operators on Wednesday. The EPCA members said that almost all the SC directions to control air …
The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has procured a portable pollution testing machine in a bid to rein in polluting diesel vehicles plying on city roads. Currently, transport officials are dependent on pollution certificates issued by authorized private operators that have installed pollution checking machines. The decision to procure the gadget, …
Carbon emissions rise since 1990. Hyderabad: Environmentalists have blamed traffic cops for not looking into vehicular pollution that affects the health of all —motorists and non- motorists — as they have been focussing on helmetless driving. They feel the police is neglecting the pollution aspect. Expressing concern over the rising …
The primary objective of this literature review is to provide a glimpse at technology changes for diesel and natural gas (NG) engines in the HDV space that are expected over the next 10 to 15 years as India transitions to world-class criteria pollutant emissions standards and improved efficiency becomes a …
NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: Despite NGT's order on Ghaziabad transport department has issued fitness certificates of 1990 and 2002 make models. TOI has copies of fitness certificate of these vehicles which are issued by Ghaziabad transport department with the provision of motor vehicle act 1988. UP transport commissioner has promised to take stringent …
The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has ordered the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), the nodal agency for toll tax collection, to instruct its contractor DEP Toll LLP to continue levying environment compensation charge (ECC) until further notice. The Supreme Court, in October 2015, imposed the ECC on an experimental …
Commercial vehicles entering Delhi will continue to pay an additional ‘green tax’ for the time being, as the municipal corporations say the environment compensation charge seems to be working. The ECC was imposed by the Supreme Court in October 2015, and was supposed to be charged from November 1, 2015, …
