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 …
After drafting a comprehensive action plan to rid transport offices of agents, transport commissioner Mahesh Zagade has now targeted mobile and stationary PUC centres. Zagade was recently in for a shock when he was issued a pollution-under-control certificate at a petrol pump for his personal car, without the vehicle being …
MANALI: Acting on National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders, Himachal Pradesh government has started imposing a penalty of Rs 2,000 on vehicles older than 10 years if found plying Manali-Rohtang highway. "Vehicles older than 10 years are not being allowed to go beyond Vashisht check post. Any violation on this would …
दिल्ली दुनिया के सबसे प्रदूषित शहरों में शुमार है। वह दिन दूर नहीं, जब यह जगह रहने लायक ही न बचे। हमें इसे रोकना है। एनबीटी आज से शुरू कर रहा है नई पहल जिसमें कोशिश होगी कि पॉल्यूशन से निबटने के उपायों की जानकारी हम आप तक पहुंचाएं : …
The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) suggested measures to check vehicular emission levels in the Capital will soon take concrete shape from New Year’s Eve. As per the NGT order, which had suggested hiking parking rates and a congestion tax to dissuade the usage of personal vehicles, the Traffic Police will …
While the strengthening of the enforcement of existing PUC norms has been much needed for decades in Delhi, experts said it addresses only half the problem. While PUC norms are concerned with pollution levels of in-use vehicles, emission norms for newly manufactured vehicles continue to be at least nine years …
As Delhi debates the benefits of making PUC certificates mandatory for getting fuel, a surgeon is working to persuade the judiciary to put a cap on the sale of cars and prohibit the sale of fuel-guzzling environmentally-unfriendly vehicles in the city. The reason--adverse effect of vehicular emissions, especially on the …
Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), which recently reviewed the Delhi government's air pollution action plan, has found that the government is not equipped to deal with the city's severe air pollution. EPCA has now asked it to take three emergency steps to battle smog this winter—increase public transport vehicles, especially …
Plans to implement order on mandatory certificates from Dec 1 Apprehensive about the feasibility of the mandatory pollution under control (PUC) plan, the Delhi government has sought report from the state transport department and traffic police to assess the conditions of its certificate issuing centres, even as it has already …
PATNA: In a fresh move to bring government officials under the ambit of norms formulated for common people, the state government has now come up with a plan to catch and fine government vehicles that do not possess the compulsory pollution under control (PUC) certificates. State transport department has now …
Soon, you won’t be able to refuel at a petrol pump in the capital if you don’t have a Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate. Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung has approved a proposal that makes it mandatory for motorists to have the certificate for refuelling at pumps. If you don’t have the …
After the Additional Solicitor-General of India favoured making pollution control certificate mandatory for motorists at petrol pumps, the Environment department of the Delhi government has sent the file to Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung for perusal. According to officials, the file is in process and a notification on it will be made …
The district transport department has decided to launch a drive against vehicles flouting pollution norms. The department is planning surprise checks. Moreover, in order to curb the rising air pollution in the city, the department will also set up more emission checking points at different petrol and diesel outlets in …
In order to ensure that polluting vehicles are off Delhi roads, the Delhi Government has decided to stop sale of diesel and petrol to vehicles which do not possess Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates. The decision to this effect comes as per the recommendation of the city government’s high-powered committee …
Vehicles which do not possess Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates will not be provided diesel and petrol in the national capital from October 1. The decision to this effect was taken up by the city government’s high-powered committee, constituted by lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung, on Wednesday. The committee, set up to …
The district traffic police on Thursday carried out a massive pollution checking drive against erring auto-rickshaws plying in the city. Concerned over rising pollution level in the city, the drive was conducted simultaneously at Sakchi, Bistupur, Jugsalai and Golmuri for over three hours. The cops checked whether the driver concerned …
New Delhi: Diesel vehicles are five to seven times more polluting than petrol vehicles, but enforcement on keeping their emissions low is the weakest in the capital. In an inspection carried out by the Central Pollution Control Board, officials have found that more than onethird of the diesel pollution under …
NASHIK: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has failed to carry out random pollution under control (PUC) tests on vehicles in Nashik district in the last two years. "The pollution under control (PUC) tests have to be carried out randomly using mobile equipment, but the exercise has not been carried out …
New Delhi: The transport department as part of the crackdown on polluting vehicles has levied fines in the range of Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 to over 930 vehicle owners plying on Delhi’s streets in the last 10 days. The drive launched following the smog cover that choked the Capital …
To curb the rapidly increasing vehicular population in the city, the Delhi Government is mulling a number of measures, including hefty hike in parking fees, introduction of congestion charges for entering specific areas and improving the public transport system. The Government has already taken an in-principle decision to increase parking …
New Delhi:On the first day of the muchanticipated anti-pollution drive launched by the transport department, 436 vehicle owners were issued 708 challans. The drive will go on for a week and comes almost a year after the last such campaign was conducted. “As many as 436 vehicle owners didn’t have …
