Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Studies relating to subsidies, where these could be safely formulated in the context of international trade, often occupy centre-stage. Estimates of subsidies arising out of government policy/expenditure programme are relatively less well understood. Such studies are usually cast in a mould to estimate service level cost under-recovery, This paper investigates …
The vehicular emissions are one of the potential sources of air pollution in Durgapur steel city. Statistical analysis is made on the population of the city to detect its effect on human health focused only on eye and nose irritations. Two parameters, namely mode of transport and travelling time are …
New Delhi: Road transport and highways ministry has designed a draft model concession agreement (MCA) for the four-laning of national highways on build-operate-transfer (BOT) annuity mode. The move comes on the back of claims by ministry officials that the current MCA governing national highways needs to be tweaked for BOT …
Shortage of credit in the market and undue interference from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has had a negative impact on the road development in the country with a number of projects being stalled and some being delayed much beyond the target. Although the newly appointed Minister for …
BANDIPUR: A sub-committee comprising senior officials of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and other stakeholders will be constituted to study the effect of vehicle movement in the national parks in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) and to suggest steps to mitigate its impact. The authorities will conceive and adopt a
LUCKNOW: In a major setback to the Mayawati Government, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday restrained it from proceeding with the mammoth Ganga Expressway project in Uttar Pradesh. The Court directed the State Government to obtain prior environmental clearance before proceeding with the construction work on …
The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) got the approval to add 2,200 buses to its fleet by next year. The proposal was passed in the board meeting held at the UPSRTC headquarters on Tuesday. Besides, the board also sanctioned an amount of Rs 2,106 crore for the financial …
The prices of daily use items are likely to go up from the first week of July as Light Goods Vehicles (LGV) owners are preparing for a direct fight with Delhi Government. Four month ago, the Transport Department of Delhi Government ordered all the LGV owners to convert their diesel …
New Delhi: After failing to push award of road projects worth over Rs 55,000 crore in 2007-08, the ministry of road transport, highways and shipping seems to be working on getting its act together in the new term of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). According to sources, the ministry, in …
The Bicholim Bachao Abhiyaan (BBA) has decided to call off its agitation to block mining trucks plying through Bicholim on Tuesday, after the deputy collector convened a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the issue. The BBA has warned that they would resort to stop mining trucks in the area if …
The Institute of Road Safety Traffic Environment Pakistan (IRSTEP) registered member of the world wide body International Association for Driver Education has launched country wide two-year (2009-2010) campaign 'Road Safety- Climate Change' geared to reduce road traffic clashes and slow down pace of climate change. The two-year long campaign will …
A key message of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is that improved energy efficiency is one of society
This paper aims to stimulate debate on the quantification and mitigation of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions from transport infrastructure, policies and projects. It also focuses on highlighting the need to intensify efforts to reduce emissions from both intra and intercity movement of people and goods. This paper aims …
Over 40 percent of the land belonging to Bangladesh Railway (BR) has been encroached over the years, proper use of which could make the railway a very profitable sector, speakers told a roundtable yesterday. The railway sector has the potential to be developed as the cheapest and most convenient mass …
The district government of Hangu on war footing basis has completed the repair work of Zargari-Shinawari road, which is benefiting of more than twenty thousands people of the area and many of its adjacent villages. According to Special Development Unit (SDU) P&D;, Fata Secretariat the scheme was identified by the …
Water transport owners in the Barisal region choose to either close or divert their business, as they are losing out to road transporters. A falling number of passengers, decreasing river navigability and emerging shoals are setting back the river transport business. According to the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, at …
The newly formed National Committee to Protect and Develop Railway and Waterways called on the government to improve the management of Bangladesh Railway instead of handing it over to the private sector. They also called for establishing a separate ministry to handle the problem-ridden state-owned organisation. Bangladesh Railway can be …
