Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Study Stresses Need To Redesign Crossings Better be alert at every traffic junction. Numbers show India’s traffic junctions as the most dangerous spots, accounting for a large number of fatalities. The annual accident report also highlights the need for better designing of such junctions and proper monitoring of traffic flow. …
These E-ricks Were Introduced Without Any Type Approval And Letting Them Ply Will Seriously Compromise Safety With the Delhi high court making it clear that it would not allow e-rickshaws to ply in the capital without a regulatory framework in place and the government also coming around to the view …
Say Vehicles Can Be Useful As Paratransit Mode, But Need To Be Regulated Environmentalists and public transport experts are relieved that the Centre has proposed draft guidelines to regulate e-rickshaws under the Motor Vehicles Act. E-rickshaws may have been in the news for all the wrong reasons, but many believe …
A day after being asked by Delhi high court to regulate e-rickshaws, the Centre has prepared guidelines for these battery-operated vehicles which would be included in a separate regulation within the Motor Vehicles Act. The policy will be submitted in court on Friday . The regulations would make it mandatory …
Accidents Claim 23 Leopards In 60 Months, 9 Near Bangalore Alone, Says Study One fine morning a few years ago, a leopard emerged from Kaggalipura forest and strode onto the NICE Road stretch connecting Bannerghatta Road and Kanakapura Road. In no time, a speeding truck knocked it down. Ironically , …
The Delhi high court on Thursday ordered an immediate ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city, saying that “unregulated plying of the vehicles on Delhi roads is prima facie a hazard to other traffic on road as well as the citizens”. The court directed the city government to stop …
Vehicle safety experts and traffic cops have welcomed the ban on e-rickshaws, saying the vehicles have become a nuisance on the city roads as it's tough to control them in absence of any law. Experts also slam the Centre's proposal to raise the battery power of e-rickshaws to 650 Watts, …
GURGAON: Jyoti Gupta, who filed an online petition on June 4 with Save LIFE Foundation on Change.org has got support from over 1.5 lakh people supporting her petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, advocating a national road safety law in the country. Jyoti Gupta, witness to the death of her …
Punjab Government on Wednesday constituted a committee to prepare a blueprint of State Road Safety Policy within one month’s time. The decision was taken in a high level meeting of Punjab State Road Safety Council presided over by the State Transport Minister Ajit Singh Kohar, who also mooted a proposal …
To clarify its stand by July 31 on how to regulate them Contrary to the Union Government’s stand in favour of validating e-rickshaws plying in large numbers in the Capital, the Delhi Government on Wednesday said their operation was “wholly unauthorised and illegal” under the law and their presence on …
In an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, the Delhi government has said that e- rickshaws were a “public service vehicle” which would be regulated under the Central Motor Vehicles Act, but “their operation as per the law as it stands today, is wholly unauthorised and illegal.” …
With battery-operated rickshaws receiving the Union government’s nod to operate in the city, experts believe that there are many factors that hold these vehicles back despite they being environment friendly. The environment experts feel that before making e-rickshaws popular in the city, the government should think on few major factors. …
Drive to be held in all HS schools in district The Career Guidance and Counselling wing of the Department of Higher Education, in association with the Motor Vehicles Department, launched a district-level road safety awareness campaign for higher secondary students of government and aided schools on Monday. District Collector Pranab …
New plan mulled for road safety The State Government has chalked out a new plan, the Odisha State Safety Action Plan (ORSAP), to check road accidents and save valuable human lives and properties. Works Secretary Nalini Kanta Pradhan recently held discussions with the experts and consultants, who are engaged in …
The roads of Uttar Pradesh account for more deaths than any other state in the country. The National Crime Bureau Record (NCRB) Report 2013 indicates road mishaps claimed 1,37,423 lives in 2013 and UP accounted for 15,630 of them. Tamil Nadu was at the second spot with 15,563 casualties. While …
Assam's roads have been termed 'unsafe' by a 2013 National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, with the state recording the fifth-highest number of deaths caused by road accidents in the country. "With 50.4% deaths in Assam caused by road accidents, the state has crossed even the national average of 36.4% …
Uttar Pradesh government launched a road safety policy, claiming to be the first such initiative in the country, which seeks to check occurrence of street accidents and resulting mortalities. Uttar Pradesh is the first state in the country which has launched its road safety policy that deals with ways and …
AJL Proposes To Reject 94 Buses, Impose Fine Of Rs 12,500 Per Vehicle TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: The future of the Tata buses in AMTS and BRTS fleet that were to hit Ahmedabad streets by October last year hangs by a thread. In at least two meeting held by the …
