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 …
Safety and Regulatory regime of CNG driven vehicles: challenges - a presentation by Md. Anisur Rahman PEng, Dhaka Transport Coordination Board (DTCB) at experience sharing dialogue on “Improving quality and performance of natural gas vehicle programme in South Asia” on 20 January 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Read the presentation: http://www.cseindia.org/userfiles/safety_regulations_NGVs.pdf
Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: Tata Motors has undertaken an exhaustive check-up of all its low-floor high-capacity CNG buses supplied to Delhi Transport Corporation so far. The process will be completed by this month-end . The move comes in the wake of a series of fire accidents in these new buses …
NEW DELHI: An increased number of checks and strengthened maintenance system are required for the Tata Motors Ltd. (TML) supplied low-floor Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses, TML commercial vehicle business unit president Ravi Pisharody said here on Thursday. Addressing a press conference in the wake of an increasing number of …
The conductor noticed smoke coming out of the rear of the vehicle and asked the driver to stop the bus The passengers of a low-floor Delhi Transport Corporation bus had some scary moments on Saturday evening when their bus caught fire in Delhi cantonment area. The incident, seventh of its …
Payment of Rs 150 crores on the lot of 90 buses has been withheld along with Rs 4 crores out of the total bill of Rs 10 crores to be paid to the Tatas The Delhi Assembly on Monday was rocked on the issue of six low-floor CNG buses catching …
NEW DELHI: Hot on the heels of two low-floor Delhi Transport Corporation buses developing snags leading to a fire in one of them on Saturday, yet another bus was hit by a mechanical snag at Sagarpur in West Delhi on Sunday. Half a dozen such incidents have been reported this …
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly V. K. Malhotra has expressed concern at recent incidents of fire in some of the newly-commissioned low-floor buses, saying they have become a cause for alarm even as the terror of Blueline buses persists as they are yet to be phased out …
Concerned over a spurt in fires aboard CNG buses, the transport department of Delhi Government is now tightening its noose around bus operators evading the mandatory CNG-kit test. Following the special enforcement drive ordered by Delhi Government, the transport department has impounded over 300 privately owned vehicles including Blueline buses …
Third incident in last seven days; Tata Motors fined Megha Suri Singh & Dwaipayan Ghosh | TNN New Delhi: For the third time this week, a DTC low-floor bus caught fire. No one was hurt, but questions are being asked about the safety of the new CNG fleet, delivery of …
Govt blames negligence, warns supplier Tata Motors which is also responsible for maintenance Another low-floor bus caught fire on Thursday morning in Moti Nagar area of West Delhi. The 15 passengers, the driver and the conductor escaped unhurt. The bus, plying on route 832 from Janakpuri to Inderlok metro station, …
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar and Ashok Kumar NEW DELHI: Following another fire in a low-floor Delhi Transport Corporation bus in Moti Nagar here on Thursday, the Delhi Government swung into action and hauled up Tata Motors which is responsible for the maintenance of these buses. It also constituted a four-member committee …
New Delhi: After the recent case of fire in a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus running on a school route, the government has drawn up an elaborate plan to make the entire fleet leakage proof. All buses which have undergone checks will now sport stickers on the front windscreen for …
Special enforcement drive would be started against all commercial vehicles for checking documents related to CNG, registration certificates, pollution among others Delhi transport minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Monday stated that special enforcement drive would be started against all commercial vehicles for checking documents related to CNG, registration certificates, pollution …
This is the third such incident of a CNG-run bus catching fire in the capital in the past one week Yet another lowfloor DTC CNG bus caught fire near Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Monday morning. The DTC has taken a serious view of the accident and has asked the …
A CNG van, carrying three children of class I and II, caught fire in an accident on Saturday at about 7.15 am in Ghatlodia area. However, the driver stopped the van immediately and rescued all the children before the van was reduced to a metal skeleton. The Maruti Omni van …
Gurgaon: About 40 passengers had a narrow escape on Saturday evening when the CNG fuelled Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus in which they were travelling went up in flames near the Management Development Institute(MDI) in Gurgaon. Fire department officials said that initial investigations have shown that the CNG bus caught …
EPCA has been monitoring the implementation of the CNG programme in Delhi since its inception. During this period, it has made special efforts to upgrade the safety inspection system for CNG buses and has accordingly issued directives from time to time to the concerned agencies to undertake remedial measures. Though …
In response to the reports on fire incidents in CNG buses in Delhi, EPCA had constituted an expert committee on May 2, 2006 to investigate the problem. This report has analysed the root cause of bus fire incidents, identified the manufacturing deficiencies and defects pertaining to the engine and sub-system …
This report is in addition to EPCA report no 15 on Assessment and prevention of gas leakage from CNG buses (July 2005). It takes into account the affidavit on behalf of the Transport Department GNCT of Delhi, October 2005 and Delhi Transport Corporation, October 2005. In addition, it reviews the …
