Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Thick black smoke, emitted by nearly 1.5 lakh old and rickety vehicles, is posing a serious environmental threat to the city dwellers. Sources in Bangladesh Road Transport Authority admitted that nearly 50 per cent of the vehicles plying the city roads don
The transport department has decided not to renew the route permits of commercial vehicles 15 years and older as part of the first concerted attempt with the environment department to implement the court
The Department of Motor Traffic said producing a gas emission certificate would be made compulsory from June 22 to obtain revenue licences for motor vehicles in the Southern, Central and North Central Provinces. However the statement by the Motor Traffic Commissioner General B. Wijeratne said brand new vehicles originally registered …
Sonepat: A special checking team led by district transport officer Shiv Prasad raided several pollution checking centres (PCC) here today. According to Prasad, SK pollution checking centre on the Gohana road had the permit to check only petrol-run vehicles, but the centre owner was found issuing certificates to diesel-run vehicles …
Auto emission tests will be costlier from May onwards, with the Greater Guwahati Auto Emission Testing Association set to introduce new rates as per norms of the West Bengal Government following a directive to the effect by the Assam Government. The testing centres will be installing new/upgraded computerized automobile pollution …
After being successful in developing the habit of sporting helmets among two-wheeler drivers and removing black films from the car windows, the Ranchi traffic police is all set to embark on a drive against the vehicles polluting the air in the city. A strict vigil would be maintained on the …
Namrata Singh | TNN Mumbai: The US financial crisis is expected to have an impact on the global carbon credit market, given that Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley are said to have huge carbon assets. The carbon assets of Lehman Brothers, which filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday, are …
The state environment department has kept in abeyance its notification to make production of vehicle pollution control certificate mandatory for getting diesel following a strike threat by petrol pump owners. The transport minister, Mr Subhas Chakraborty intervened and advised the department not to hurry and implement the notification from 5 …
Come June 5 (environment day), the owners or drivers of diesel vehicles will have to produce a valid "pollution under control' certificate at petrol pumps for a refill. The state environment department has decided on the move to ensure that diesel vehicles
This report presents the results of the third party auditing of the PUC centers. It recommends periodic audits every six months and corrective actions based on the findings of the third party auditing of the PUC centres. Presents the finding of the decoy operation in which frauds in a PUC …
This report is in continuation of Report No. 20, May 2006. The report contains an assessment of the lambda data generated in the ongoing pilot programme to propose the lambda cut point for enforcement under PUC. The report has examined the lambda specifications provided by the vehicle manufacturers. It has …
In March 2005, EPCA submitted its report no. 14: Special report on the introduction of an upgraded pollution under control certificate system in response to the Hon
The vehicle inspection programme in India called Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate, was enforced under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMV rule No 116) in 1991. This requires all inuse vehicles to undergo periodic exhaust emission tests and obtain valid PUC certificate. The current programme has two elements – annual …
This paper will review the role of I/M in a comprehensive motor vehicle pollution control strategy, summarise the international experience with a good I/M programme, review and critique the current pollution under control (PUC) programme and the steps currently underway to improve it, and provide a similar review and critique …
