Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Environmental advocacy group CSE today said the just-concluded Auto Expo showed that the car industry is "hard-selling diesel car models to add to the scary trend in toxic pollution exposure and lung cancer risk". The group, which alleged that the auto industry is taking advantage of distorted fuel pricing policy, …
Delhi-based advocacy organisation urges Global CEO Ralph Speth to retract them and support govt in bringing clean diesel technology The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has condemned the remarks made by Ralph Speth, chief of Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover over Delhi's air quality. The Delhi-based research and advocacy …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said, the car companies cannot be allowed to “hide behind such claims” amid raging concerns over “toxic diesel emissions even in advanced markets today”. Slamming Jaguar Land Rover for calling Delhi air sucked in by its cars ‘far dirtier’ than what they emit, …
New Delhi: In scathing criticism of the ban on sale of high-end diesel cars in Delhi, Tata-owned luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has said the air sucked in by its latest technology vehicles on Delhi roads is "far dirtier" than what they emit. "The latest EU VI regulation schemes have …
New Delhi: The SUV may be a bad word in the pollution-hit, and now occasionally odd-even, capital, but guzzlers were the flavour of the season at the country's biggest auto extravaganza that kicked off on Wednesday. From Maruti and Hyundai to BMW and Mercedes-Benz, all car-makers unveiled off-roaders, with Jeep …
Gurgaon: More than a month after the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) ordered a stop on the registration of new diesel autos and renewal of fitness certificates for old ones with immediate effect, there seems to be no change at the ground level as new certificates are still …
Need to control both PM and NOx emission while leapfrogging Car makers will have to race against time by tweaking their product plans to meet the 2020 deadline for the highest emission norm of Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI). Manufacturers are required to control particulate matter emission and reduce nitrogen oxide …
NEW DELHI: In a significant step that would drastically reduce pollution caused by vehicles, the Union government on Thursday announced it would enforce BS-VI emission norms for automobiles and auto-fuel by 2020. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar informed a bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice R Banumathi that the …
With 'polluting' diesel cars becoming a concern leading to a ban on registration of big diesel cars and SUVs in the National Capital Region (NCR) till March 31, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the government's fuel policy was the major culprit …
The City of Delhi, with a human population of over 16 million has nearly 9 million vehicles on its roads running over 100 billion kilometers every year, spewing out nearly 4 million tonnes of fuel emissions into the atmosphere every year (9900 tonnes per day). About 2 to 5% of …
New Delhi: The national capital is facing a more serious pollution crisis from secondary particles, in addition to tiny pollution particles (PM2.5) being emitted from various sources like transport, waste burning or dust. The recent draft IIT Kanpur report has flagged that secondary particles which are formed from chemical reactions …
The Society of Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) has welcomed Government's decision to move over to BS V emission norms by 2019 but said that BS VI in 2021/22 is unrealistic. Vinod Dasari, president of Siam said, "Upgradation to BS V norms would reduce the pollution levels from the 4-wheeler industry by …
While the earlier plan was to implement BS-V by 2020 and BS-VI by 2024, the Petroleum Ministry sought to skip BS-V and directly implement BS-VI standards by 2020 Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday confirmed that his Ministry still aimed to implement introduction of the cleaner Bharat …
India will implement the Bharat Stage-V, or BS-V, emission norms for vehicles across the country from 2019, the government said in a statement. This ends the debate around the oil ministry's push to directly progress from the current BS-IV to BS-VI norms to speed up the green initiative. "It has …
Sustainable Transport matters when it comes to improving people’s lives. This together with: The transport sector is taking important action to address the two key global policy processes of 2015: sustainable development and climate change are major findings of the 2015 SLoCaT Transport Commitments Report. The 2015 report, Contribution of …
Directly aping Euro norms might be a problem considering the driving conditions peculiar to India that might require the adaptation of critical components to work in these conditions. Even as Minister for Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari has urged automobile manufacturers to leapfrog from Bharat Stage-IV emissions norms …
The purpose of this briefing is to provide a summary of CO 2 emission levels of new passenger cars in the European Union (EU), based on the provisional data recently released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EEA data shows that all manufacturers have achieved their 2015 targets ahead …
The transport department may put an end to registration of Bharat StageIII vehicles as a measure to tackle the rising air pollution in Delhi. If the idea translates into action, only BS-IV four-wheelers or cars will be allowed to be registered in the city . Studies show BS-IV vehicles, which …
Manufacturers should strengthen their research and development activities to produce vehicles that are cleaner and more fuel efficient. The Delhi government is likely to tell the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that instead of a ban on old vehicles, a fitness test should be made mandatory every three years. It is …
Banning old diesel vehicles may not be enough to address severe air pollution in Delhi. Other countries have been imposing higher taxes, excise duties and registration costs to discourage people from buying diesel vehicles. They have also introduced low-sulphur diesel to clean up vehicle emissions. Experts say National Green Tribunal's …
