Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
april 1, 2001 , the date set by the Supreme Court ( sc ) for the Delhi Transport Corporation ( dtc ) to convert its entire bus fleet to compressed natural gas ( cng ), is also All Fool's Day. And, going by the present state of affairs, it may …
DTC Private Total number of buses at present 2,522 2,978 * Total number of buses more than eight-years-old by March 31, 2000 1,848 1,030 Total number of buses by April 1, 2001 10,000 **
Private bus owners have a different story to tell The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will never win a medal for transparency if one goes by what it takes to gain access to even the simplest information in their possession. Extracting even the name and contact number of some private bus-owners …
public concern over air pollution levels in Delhi is growing. On July 13, over 125,000 doctors of the Indian Medical Association ( ima ) voiced their concern over the increasing incidence of air pollution-related diseases in India, and specifically in Delhi, at a public event organised by the Centre for …
Recent media reports about the heating up of a Ashok Leyland CNG bus on a trial run in the capital led to much confusion. The bus was introduced in state transport minister Parvez Hashmi's constituency on June 26. "For a few days, it was very hot in the driver's cabin. …
What is the EPCA doing to get the Supreme Court order on CNG buses implemented within the stipulated deadline? We have talked to all the parties concerned
The Delhi High Court has asked the Union government to issue a final notification on the proper utilisation of fly ash discharged by thermal power stations in the country. A division bench comprising Chief Justice S N Variava and Justice S K Mahajan rejected the government's contention that, after the …
the Municipal Corporation of Dehi ( mcd ) has finally found a productive way of getting rid of the city's garbage. In a month's time, the first private-run compost plant is likely to begin operations. The plant, which has a capacity of converting 500 metric tonnes of garbage into manure …
Dear readers, "Want to buy a diesel car to keep your oil bill low? You may end up trading your life for cheap and toxic diesel. As companies go for hard sell of diesel cars, dieselmania grips you too. What was supposed to be cheap fuel for poor farmers is …
We were very puzzled by two letters that appeared in quick succession in the letters to the editor columns of The Economic Times and Business Standard (July 10 and July 15 respectively), hurling all kinds of accusations at the recently published Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) monograph ‘Engines of …
delhi is in the grip of a jaundice epidemic with over 300 cases of the disease reported so far. Of these, 140 had to be admitted to various hospitals for treatment. Delhi health minister A K Walia has instituted an inquiry committee to look into the cause of the epidemic …
The Union health ministry and the deputy chairperson of the Planning Commission have been issued notices by the Delhi High Court on a petition alleging under-utilisation of funds for health services. The division bench comprising Chief Justice S N Variava and Justice S K Mahajan have asked the respondents to …
The Delhi High Court has ruled that soft drink multinational Coco Cola India could continue manufacturing Diet Coke. The health ministry had disallowed flexibility in the levels of sucrose in the making of
This story began with an early-morning phone call. "Do you know,' the caller said, "Toyota, TELCO and General Motors are ganging up to start a pro-diesel campaign? They plan to take journalists on freebies to see excellent diesel technology across the world.' Intrigued, I asked if the caller knew anyone …
Despite knowing that spm levels are extremely high in Delhi and that fine particles from diesel exhaust kill, trans national auto manufacturers in India evade the issue of diesel exhaust completely and spread total disinformation, especially as they know there is nobody in the government to question them. They are …
The questionnaire sent by CSE's Right To Clean Air Campaign to senior executives of transnational carmakers selling diesel cars in India: • We presume that you know that suspended particulate matter levels are very high in a city like Delhi; that respirable particulate matter is extremely carcinogenic; and that diesel …
On May 18, 1999, the United Nations Environment Programme announced that it had elected Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan to the prestigious ranks of its Global 500 Roll of Honour for the company's "outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment'. It is well known that Toyota has been at …
