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 …
Task force set up on Monday to develop early warning system for air pollution in Delhi-NCR Referring to the pollution levels in the Capital, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that the number of “good days” had gone up in Delhi and the “bad days” declined. ‘Good days’ Replying …
Pune: Bioenergy scientists from Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) have discovered a method to reduce the impact of stubble burning, which is the main cause of air pollution in New Delhi. Stubble burning or the burning of paddy residues, more commonly known as rice straws, generally occurs in north India, particularly …
AHMEDABAD: What can cities do to guard themselves from harmful gases and smoke billowing out of factory exhausts. Today, each of the four major Gujarat cities — Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot — are surrounded by harmful chemical industrial clusters and burning waste mounds that smoke our air with carcinogens. …
NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the states in the national capital region (NCR) to file reports on compliance to the graded response action plan (GRAP) notified by the Centre. While disposing of a four-year-old case on air pollution in Delhi filed by advocate Vardhaman Kaushik, NGT also …
Says they will not be permitted to ply in Delhi-NCR Reiterating its previous orders, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that diesel vehicles that are 10-year-old will not be permitted to ply in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel …
In major step in reducing air pollution in the national Capital, Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Wednesday announced that the Delhi Government will carry out massive plantation drive by planting five lakh trees and shrubs in a single day this month. In a meeting in this regard, Hussain reviewed the …
China’s southeastern province of Guangdong has issued draft guidelines that call for a ban on new industrial capacity for a range of businesses in the Pearl River Delta region, to limit air pollution. The Delta, a manufacturing hub on the edge of the South China Sea that includes Guangdong’s main …
Nagpur: The Paper Traders Association on Monday dispelled the notion that manufacturing of paper was posing threat to trees and ecosystem as a whole, and claimed it was boosting the rural economy. Addressing a press conference at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan, association president Aseem Bordia said it was sad that messages …
The Punjab Cabinet today agreed to revise the terms and conditions of the Paddy Straw Challenge Fund to find a viable technological solution to combat the menace of paddy straw burning. The decision was taken by the Council of Ministers at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh …
Greenpeace India said instead of being euphoric about few improved air quality days, the authorities must ensure the source of pollution is tackled Noting that air quality in the national capital has improved due to meteorological factors and not by addressing the "source of pollution", an environment conservation non-profit group …
Heavy rains in Delhi may have brought with it water-logging and other problems for the residents of the national capital, but it has also brought a lot of good news too. Delhi's infamous air quality turned 'good' this week for the first time in the year after continuous rains washed …
China's capital Beijing will shut around 1,000 manufacturing firms by 2020 as part of a programme aimed at curbing smog and boosting income in neighbouring regions, state media said on Monday. Beijing will focus on dynamic, high-tech industries and withdraw from "ordinary" manufacturing, the Communist Party paper People's Daily reported, …
Authorities in Vietnam are taking major steps to improve the air quality in one of the most polluted cities in Southeast Asia, including an ambitious plan to ban motorbikes by 2030. In 2016, Hanoi had the second worst air pollution in the region, only beaten by Saraburi, in Thailand's industrial …
Nearly 16 years after Delhi’s entire bus fleet started to run on CNG to reduce air pollution, authorities are now pitching for an even cleaner alternative, hydrogen-CNG (H-CNG). Nearly 16 years after Delhi’s entire bus fleet started to run on CNG to reduce air pollution, authorities are now pitching for …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India dated 27/07/2018 regarding registration of BS-IV compliant new diesel vehicles engaged for purpose of essential services. NGT allows applications filed by the owners of BS-IV compliant new diesel vehicles engaged in Ambulance/Fire Services and …
China’s industry ministry will adopt a more nuanced, “scientific” approach when it comes to curbing emissions from polluting firms, it said on Wednesday as the country bids to fine-tune its tactics after a four-year battle against smog. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), in charge of heavy industries …
With her foot down to show off the acceleration of the zippy electric car, Joanna Edghill spins around the car park before plugging the vehicle into a charging point beneath rows of solar panels converting Caribbean rays into power for the grid. In the five years since she and her …
Vehicle population in Bengaluru has crossed more than 72 lakh, and on an average close to 2,000 new vehicles hit the roads daily. BENGALURU: Vehicle population in Bengaluru has crossed more than 72 lakh, and on an average close to 2,000 new vehicles hit the roads daily. Amid this burgeoning …
The Gujarat government is likely to bar citizens from owning more than one vehicle at the same time as it pushes for modes of mass transportation and cut down road congestion. The state will either issue a notification or come up with a bill to this effect, said sources. Banning …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/07/2018 regarding implementation of the December 2015 standards for thermal power plants which were to be implemented by December, 2017. Supreme Court directs Additional Solicitor General to convene a …
