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 …
Just as the city chief minister announced the details of the second phase of odd-even scheme, a PIL was moved in the Delhi high court alleging that the AAP government has “maliciously misdirected themselves” to cut the number of vehicles on road instead of enforcing pollution control rules. The petition, …
Gurgaon: A year after National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued guidelines for pollution control centres (PCC) to follow while issuing Pollution Under Control certificates to vehicles, TOI has found that most PCCs in Gurgaon do not have government-approved machines to check for emissions, some making do with no more than a …
To ensure testing centres follow emission norms The Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) is gearing up to bring down air pollution from teeming vehicles plying in the road network and tighten the grip over the pollution under control (PUC) testing centres functioning in the State to ensure that the emission norms …
Today if you dare to walk down Ahmedabad's busy IIM-Keshavbaugh or Mani nagar road stretches during peak hours you will be exposed to a level of pollution that is almost 10 to 12 times more toxic than what is acceptable under the current central pollution control board standards. What is …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to restart eight air monitoring stations that were closed down after 2011. The pollution watchdog will also have to monitor air quality at its nine existing manual monitoring stations on all days …
Patna: At a time when poor air quality has become a matter of concern in major cities of the country and efforts are being made the overcome the situation, residents of Patna are forced to inhale probably the worse ambient air with no solution in sight. One major source of …
LUCKNOW: Vehicles causing pollution will have to pay the fine for being on the road. Regional Transport Office (RTO), Lucknow, will begin a drive against polluting vehicles on Friday. The move comes after high air pollution level was recorded in the city. All commercial and private vehicles will be checked …
With a view to check rising pollution levels in the Millennium City, the local administration has directed the officials concerned to check all vehicle pollution check centres in the city in a week's time and submit a detailed report. Those centres lacking proper infrastructure will be shut down. Issuing the …
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has moved National Green Tribunal seeking a hike in the amount of fine being imposed on vehicles flouting the pollution under control (PUC) norm. The environment department has sought directions to impose a penalty of Rs 5,000 under section 15 of the NGT Act, which …
JAIPUR: Any vehicle, even with a public representative or a bureaucrat in it, entering the transport offices including the regional transport office (RTO) or district transport office (DTO) across the state, without a 'pollution under control' certificate won't be given an entry. This is the latest order issued by the …
PUNE: Fixing the manufacturers' responsibility for the emission performance of their products is the most effective way to curb vehicular pollution, not on-road tests. New Delhi's research group Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) made this observation. Following the Volkswagen incident, experts fear the investment in emission control system in …
Expressing concern over the ambient air quality of Kolkata and Howrah, the Kolkata Bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday named the principal secretary (home), the principal secretary (environment), K N Agarwal, a scientist of the Central Pollution Control Board, Kolkata region, and Prof S C Santra of Kalyani …
The recent Volkswagen corporate fraud has exposed gaps in emissions regulations in India and makes the country "extremely" vulnerable as it is "dieselizing" rapidly without the right norms and compliance framework for manufacturers, a green body said today. Centre for Science and Environment CSE) said that the Volkswagen fraud was …
While high levels of pollution due to increasing number of vehicles is one problem, poor Pollution under Control (PUC) test centres worsen the air. In a workshop organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on 'Urban air quality challenge and strategies to reduce emissions from in use and …
New Delhi: Taking a serious note of the recent Volkswagen emissions scandal, experts on Monday said India is also vulnerable to such fraud due to its weak emission regulations. In a workshop titled, "Urban air quality challenges and strategies to reduce emissions from in-use and new vehicles" organized by the …
Buses, trucks and autorickshaws the key culprits with their thick, black smoke At a time when the Transport Department is observing environment pollution reduction month, hundreds of vehicles, particularly, commercial vehicles, continue to emit thick black smoke, contributing their bit to the city’s environment pollution. The manner in which these …
ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY WILL TELL STATE BOARDS TO ASK LOCAL AGENCIES TO TAKE STEPS AGAINST POLLUTION In the backdrop of deteriorating air quality due to meteorological reasons and stubble burning, the Union environment ministry on Friday decided to set up a control room at the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to …
The rising heat that we are witnessing today has more than one reasons behind it, with a major contributor being vehicular pollution. And though norms say that all vehicles must have valid 'pollution under control' PUC certificates, this rule is being laughed off my many a motorist. The PUC certificate …
Supreme Court on Monday stayed National Green Tribunal, Bhopal bench order asking state government to deposit Rs 25 crore failing to comply with pollution under control (PUC) norms in the state. Notice was also issued to chief secretary for appearing before tribunal. Counsel for MP government in NGT central zonal …
The DTC managing director has also been asked to set up PUC centre at bus depots. To ensure implementation of a comprehensive plan for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution, the Delhi government has made it mandatory for every petrol pump to have a Pollution Under Control (PUC) centre. …
