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 …
Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) emission standards, being implemented in phases for various categories of vehicles to check automobile pollution, will become applicable for four-wheelers in Kerala from April 2016. With this, new four-wheeler vehicles which are complaint with the BS-IV norms only will be allowed to register in the State …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, served notices to the ministries of petroleum and environment and forests, seeking to know why petrol pumps should not adopt a "No PUC certificate, No fuel" policy in West Bengal. The bench is hearing a petition by environment activist Subhas …
The National Green Tribunal has objected to the Centre's submission that fitness and not age be the sole criterion in phasing out old vehicles and raised questions over the existing system of issuing pollution under control (PUC) certificates. "What are you going to do about mechanism of checking emissions and …
The Government today said it will soon launch a "massive" people-oriented awareness campaign to check air pollution, and asserted that it has adopted a "consultative and cooperative" approach with the states to deal with the menace in and around Delhi. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that three review meetings …
Increasing the number of CNG buses, crackdown on polluting vehicles and industries and tree plantation drives are some of the many steps being taken by the Delhi government to curb rising pollution in the national capital, a statement said on Thursday. As per the report on curbing pollution in the …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state government to deposit Rs 25 crore as security for failure to comply with pollution under control (PUC) norms. State was supposed to deposit amount by Monday. Previously, MP government was asked to comply with PUC of all vehicles in the state …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday asked the Centre to respond on whether or not the pollution-under-control (PUC) testing system can be expanded to include various parameters such as PM2.5 (fine, respirable particulate matter) and hydrocarbons. As of now, PUC testing consists only of checking the opacity of emissions from …
Until real-time monitoring begins, Transport department officials have roped in 2,000 civil defence volunteers to create awareness. While the Delhi government is determined to crackdown on pollution, the real-time monitoring of vehicles without Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates is expected to take off after a delay of a month as …
BHOPAL: MP government has failed to comply with pollution under control (PUC) checking of all vehicles in the state despite orders from National Green Tribunal (NGT). The green panel-set deadline expired on June 30. Besides, the state has failed to open required PUC centres. In Bhopal alone, there are 4 …
Senior officials said the govt will first start an awareness drive so that citizens can check the polluting levels of their vehicles and take the necessary precautions. In a move to crack down on air pollution, the Delhi government is in the process of levying fines on vehicles without a …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Thursday, indicated that it would direct pumps not to sell fuel to vehicles that don't possess 'Pollution Under Control' certificates. Expressing its opinion on the subject, the bench sought the opinion of the state government on the issue. The NGT …
India's technology hub, that had become an international byword for outsourcing, is gasping for fresh air as high vehicular emissions, increasing industrial fumes and rising dust from construction activities are polluting its atmosphere and harming its 10 million denizens. Once known to be a pensioners' paradise for its salubrious climate …
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone bench), on Wednesday, directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to demolish a four-storied building at Gadkhali in the Sundarbans that is nearing completion. The order was passed after authorities in West Bengal failed to take steps to stop the …
Diesel heavy vehicles plying in Delhi at night will have to pay for polluting the city's air. In its first budget, the AAP government has proposed congestion fees of Rs 100 to Rs 1,500 on different classes of goods vehicles in the form of a tax. More than 50,000 heavy …
Central Crime Branch raids six testing centres, unearths racket The centres, according to the CCB, were issuing fake emission testing certificates and would test vehicles without following the due procedure prescribed by the transport department. Emission certificates issued by some private centres in the City can be manipulated, it has …
The government also proposed to increase registration tax for all categories of private vehicles — registered in the name of companies and partnership firms — by 25 per cent of the existing rate. Terming vehicular pollution as the main cause of Delhi’s deteriorating air quality, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia …
Pollution levels in Bengaluru have increased manifold, a recent analysis report by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) shows. The average annual Repairable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) levels in Bengaluru are over 200 per cent higher than the national air quality standards prescribed by the Ministry of Environment and …
NAGPUR: The World Health Assembly of World Health Organization that concluded a few days ago expressed concern about the increasing burden of diseases and deaths due to air pollution. Health experts are worried about professionals like traffic police who are exposed to outdoor air pollution all through the day, making …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Monday alleged that the Centre resorted to "selective use" of studies by IIT-Delhi to argue that vehicles were minor contributors to PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) levels and that banning older diesel vehicles would not help in improving the city's air quality. The …
When the AAP government came to power in February, Delhi's air pollution had touched the danger level with PM 2.5 (fine, respirable particles) remaining 10 times higher than the limit prescribed by WHO. In fact, just ahead of AAP's victory, WHO's urban air quality database had ranked Delhi to be …
