Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pramod Tyagi Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 21/03/3035. A proposal was initiated by State of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Transport to start a Driving Training Institution at Mukundpur and permission was also granted. …
the Delhi assembly passed the Right to Information Bill 2001, which proposes to bring about more transparency in governance, on April 9. "The bill seeks to provide each citizen the right to information,' said Sheila Dixit, Delhi's chief minister. But this right is subjected to certain conditions
Mahatma gandhi had announced an award of Rs one lakh to anyone who could improve the design of the charka (manual spinning wheel). That was 1929. Today, it would amount to as much as Rs two crore. That was the Mahatma's way of encouraging development of sound technologies
A survey conducted by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, an autonomous body under the Department of Science and Technology, has found that the traffic scenario in India, particularly in New Delhi, is taking a turn for the worse.
The transport department of the Delhi government will introduce a new "point to point" travel system for three-wheelers in the city. Under the new system, three wheelers with six seats and manufactured by a particular company, Vikram, will be used. These autorickshaws will ply between pre-decided points. They will not …
Jardhargaon village, Tehri Garhwal district. Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh. The village comprising 3,000-odd people indulged in indiscriminate felling till the 1970s. That was when the Chipko movement made headlines. The villagers started protecting whatever was left. They formed a forest protection committee or the van suraksha samiti, which set strict …
The Supreme Court (SC) had constituted a cell called the Loss of Ecology (Prevention and Payments of Compensation) Authority for the state of Tamil Nadu to assess the damage caused by the tanneries and compensation to be paid to the farmers. It was based on the precautionary and the polluter …
What is the Delhi government's plan of action? The plan of action is very simple. To order as many [CNG] buses as possible, as are being manufactured. To try and persuade the government of India to try and give us as much as possible. I do not want chaos on …
Delhi may finally have a disabled-friendly public transport system as the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has decided to introduce semi low-floor urban buses from July this year as a pilot project.
How The Proposed bill will kill a peopple's movement EXISTING PROVISION AMENDMENTS NEGATIVE EFFECTS Water not included in the definition of forest products Water included in the definition of forest products Requires permission of foprest officers for water use Any part of the national forests could be handed over to …
the Delhi Transport Corporation (dtc) has once again showed its hypocrisy regarding the Supreme Court's order to convert the existing bus fleet to compressed natural gas (cng). On the eve of the apex court's March 31, 2001 deadline, it issued a global tender for the purpose, the technical bid for …
Environmental activists in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, are protesting against Hindustan Lever Limited's (HLL) dumping of toxic mercury waste in the town and in the reserve of Pambar Shola. The waste, estimated to be around 15 tonnes, is generated from the thermometer factory of HLL situated in Kodaikanal. Initially HLL maintained …
Life in Delhi seems to be just that. Reeling under pollution, the citizens live under a constant threat to their health. The urban sprawl, a deteriorating environment, haphazard industrial growth, exponenetial increase in the number of vehicles, a flawed transport policy, a nearly absent waste managament policy
CSE Pollution Load Model CSE estimated the actual impact of moving public vehicles to cng fuel on the air pollution load of Delhi. The model helps to predict the future vehicular pollution load in two possible scenarios. Impacts of interventions such as those ordered by the Supreme Court are measured …
The Malaysian government has decided to revive the construction of the Bakun dam. Environmentalists say that this decision could destroy the world's last great tropical rainforests. The construction of the 2,400-megawatt Bakun hydroelectric dam in the forest area of Sarawak state was abandoned in 1997 as it threatened the habitat …
The cse study shows that the cng strategy will help to get closest to the clean air target compared to slow changes in diesel technology. • When buses, autos and taxis move to cng by 2001, the total particulate emissions load from vehicles will reduce by about 32 per cent …
the Nepalese government's decision to ban vehicles older than 20 years has been met with stiff opposition. On February 2, traffic came to a standstill in various parts of Kathmandu after transporters took to the streets. Again on February 9, the National Federation of Transport Entrepreneurs organised a protest rally. …
• When all buses, autos and taxis which ply in Delhi move to cng by 2001, the total pollution load of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from vehicles will reduce by about 18 per cent against the target of 68 per cent by 2010. • NOx pollution levels will be still so …
If you saw tv programmes or read newspapers on the latest budget, you would have thought it is only for business leaders. The manner in which business editors and columnists went overboard to seek the response of the corporate community to Yashwant Sinha's latest hat-trick of budgetary numbers shows a …
Water experts from South Asian countries stressed the need for integrated water resources management in the region to ensure better livelihood of the people. They were addressing the inaugural ceremony of the three-day 8th South Asian Technical Advisory Committee meeting which is being held at LGED Bhaban in Dhaka.
