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 …
A taxi union today moved Supreme Court against a green tribunal order banning the entry of all diesel and petrol tourist vehicles in Rohtang pass till August 14 and limiting the number of vehicles entering the area in Himachal Pradesh to 1,000 per day. The petition was mentioned before a …
The Ministry had also suggested that the state transport departments of Delhi and NCR should check the authenticity through scientific random sampling process. While extending the stay on the ban on plying of 10-year-old vehicles until May 25, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) pulled up the Centre and a team …
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed transport and environment departments to make stringent plans to check alleged manipulation in issuance of Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates. "As per our information, local PUC centres constituted at petrol pumps take extra money and manipulate pollution readings of the vehicles. So the …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has told the National Green Tribunal that its role regarding curbing of vehicular emissions is "limited" and confined to framing of air quality standards. "The role of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change is limited to evolving/framing air quality standards …
The ministry of environment, forest and climate change has submitted to National Green Tribunal (NGT) that its role in curbing vehicular emissions is "limited" and confined to framing of air quality standards. "The role of MoEFCC is limited to evolving/framing air quality standards under the mandate of the Environment (Protection) …
The regional transport office has recommended to the the state government to cancel the licences of 38 vehicle pollution checking centres (PUC) in Ghaziabad for violation of norms and operating procedures as the district gears up to implement the NGT's ban on diesel vehicles over 10 years old. The RTO …
The Union transport ministry is pushing for a phaseout of polluting vehicles based on their fitness, instead of age. It has recently filed an application in National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the ban on more than 10-year-old vehicles. The ministry has quoted an IIT Delhi study that says vehicles which …
The debate over air pollution due to vehicular emissions is not new. Despite several announcements of stricter emission norms as well as the apex court's criticism, the government has been lax in their implementation. Last year, the state government had announced that pollution under control (PUC) certificates would be made …
AGRA: Regional transport office (RTO) has levied fines on owners of more than 11,000 vehicles, in their bid to tighten noose on vehicles flouting norms laid down to minimize pollution levels in the city. Besides, the RTO has also seized 7,288 for not having the mandated pollution clearance certificate and …
The government has consulted states in the National Capital Region and prepared an action plan to check worsening of air quality in Delhi and around, which includes installation of ambient air quality monitoring stations and conversion of coal-based industrial estates into green-based units. "The government has consulted the state governments …
NEW DELHI: The government has consulted states in the National Capital Region and prepared an action plan to check worsening of air quality in Delhi and around, which includes installation of ambient air quality monitoring stations and conversion of coal-based industrial estates into green-based units. "The government has consulted the …
Measures including strict action against visibly polluting vehicles and automatic identification of overloaded vehicles at the borders, are part of a three-month action plan devised today to deal with increasing air pollution in Delhi and NCR. In the meeting attended by environment ministers and officials of Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh …
The national capital's poor air quality may be killing silently and slowly, but successive governments, irrespective of which political party headed them, have seemed in no hurry to act. This is obvious from the number of draft "action plans" prepared since 2009, just after Delhi started losing the gains made …
Strict emission standard but lenient enforcement is what marks the city's approach to pollution control. More than 75% of vehicles you see at any given time have ducked the mandatory pollution control test. "If vehicles are not maintained and tuned, they are bound to pollute, however higher emission standard they …
The Delhi Dialogue Commission, an advisory body of the AAP government, today stressed the need for an integrated public transport system to address transport -related problems being faced by the residents of the national capital. In the meeting, led by Transport Minister Gopal Rai and DDC vice-chairman Ashish Khetan, it …
The Delhi Dialogue Commission on Monday held a meeting with the Centre for Science and Environment and transport officials to come up with a roadmap for checking vehicular emission. Advocacy organisation CSE asked the Delhi government to write to the Centre to advance the roadmap for emissions standards. The Delhi …
A meeting on transport-related issues facing the Capital’s citizens was organised by the Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) chaired by Transport Minister Gopal Rai, and co-chaired by DDC vice-chairman Ashish Khetan, the Government said in a statement. There was focus on the need for integrated public transport systems in addition to …
The city administration is once again making serious attempts to make pollution under control (PUC) certificates mandatory for purchase of diesel and petrol in the national capital. The transport department has been directed to prepare a blueprint to link the PUC certificates with purchase of fuel and how the same …
The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Delhi Government for its lackadaisical approach in implementing the green panel’s directions to curb vehicular pollution in the Capital. “What steps have you taken in furtherance to our orders dated November 26, 2014. You have a whole team of officers at your …
Vehicles more than 15 years old will now have to pay green tax if they ply on roads, and the money will be used for the protection of environment, the UP government has said. After giving a nod to the amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act in May 2014, the …
