Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
A Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report on air quality in 15 cities shows that most cities are breaching the national annual safe standard. While some are seeing a rising trend and some, interestingly, are also showing a decreasing trend in PM 10 (coarse pollution particles) levels, the study also …
The sudden bans on big diesel cars in the NCR region and in Kerala and a gradual shift in retail economics away from diesel towards petrol have put Rs 50,000-crore worth of investments by car manufacturers under a cloud. This should worry not just the car makers but the country …
Government agencies on Thursday heaved a sigh of relief with WHO's latest urban air quality data showing a slight improvement in Delhi's ranking among the "most polluted" city's of the world. Civil society organisations, however, took it as an opportunity to discuss how much more needed to be done in …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday relaxed its ban and allowed about 64,000 diesel taxis, running on all-India tourist permits, to ply in the national capital region on point to point basis within Delhi and the NCR till the expiry of their permits, ranging from one to five years. A three-judge …
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central and Delhi governments, car manufacturers and taxi operators, which are clamouring for the easing of a complete ban on diesel cabs in the Delhi and the National Capital Region, to submit a long-term action plan on curbing environmental pollution. "What have you …
With the Supreme Court set to take up the matter of ban on diesel cars and SUVs on Monday, the world's largest automaker Toyota said continued restrictions on vehicles that comply with all regulations would be the "worst advertisement of India". The ban has been imposed on diesel vehicles with …
Concerned about the growth prospects in a key market like India, Renault India's Country CEO and Managing Director Sumit Sawhney expressed the need for a holistic approach in designing the policy framework to reduce vehicular pollution. Calling for a full-game plan before implementation of Euro 6 emission norms in 2020, …
Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma today said the state government is mulling new transfer policy for teachers in the Education Department and was likely to be brought in the ongoing budget session of the Assembly. While replying to a question, he said there are nearly one lakh employees working …
The central government is looking at lowering the age for scrapping old trucks and buses to 10 years from 15 years. A paper prepared by the road transport and highways ministry proposes scrapping commercial vehicles older than 10 years. The government could provide some incentive to owners to encourage them …
Kolkata: The transport department promised stringent action against polluting vehicles but for more than a year, but the department allowed a large number of vehicles to evade from undergoing emission tests as it has failed to implement tail-pipe emission tests for Bharat Stage - IV compliant vehicles. The non-implementation of …
Euro VI compliant fuel may be introduced in metros much ahead of the April 1, 2020 deadline, ensuring that Delhi is accorded topmost priority in the rollout plan, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The step would help curb vehicular pollution in the national capital and other metros, he said. India …
NEW DELHI: An appeal filed in the Supreme Court has sought a modification to its recent order banning registrations of diesel SUVs of more than 2000cc engines. Dr Sanjay Kulshrestha, a paediatric surgeon who impleaded himself in the MC Mehta vs Union of India case against high air pollution levels …
National Green Tribunal has asked government agencies why they have not submitted their views on phasing out over a decade old diesel vehicles in their departments, despite its specific directions two months ago. The green panel had on December 11 last year directed the central and state governments to take …
In a bid to curb vehicular pollution, India will go straight from Euro-IV complaint petrol and diesel to Euro-VI fuel by 2020, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. “We are not going for Bharat Stage V (or Euro—V) petrol and diesel as there is not much difference between BS—V …
If you have a BS IV-compliant diesel car and usually ride alone, you can reduce your per capita particulate (PM) emissions per kilometre by at least 40 times by using a CNG bus instead. And if you have been driving a diesel SUV, then the benefit could be to the …
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 …
Hyderabad: While Delhi debates the ban on 15-year-old vehicles by the National Green Tribunal, Hyderabad has around 8 lakh such vehicles. These vehicles do not adhere to the ‘Bharat’ norms of vehicular emissions, which are based on the Euro standards and were introduced in India only in 2000. Most vehicles …
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 …
The NGT Friday had issued an interim ban on registration of all diesel-based vehicles in Delhi till January 6, after noting that vehicular pollution was one of the major causes of air pollution. Days after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banned the registration of diesel vehicles in the capital as …
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M;), the country’s leading sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufacturer and the company likely to be worst affected by the National Green Tribunal’s directive to ban the registration of new diesel vehicles in Delhi, has questioned the wisdom of targeting only diesel vehicles to solve all the …
