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 …
NEW DELHI: It was a statement that no lecture on sustainable mobility could have matched for sheer impact. When the ConnectKaro conference got under way in Delhi on Tuesday, an autorickshaw trundled up to the venue. Alighting from it was no other than Melba Pria, the ambassador of Mexico to …
The document provides an overview of the different approaches to on-street parking management and provides advice to policy makers dealing with problems arising from unmanaged on-street parking. It addresses common problems that occur from illegal parking and circulating traffic searching for parking and points out approaches to overcome them. This …
A report on Smart Urban Mobility. commissioned by the IRU initiated All India Smart Move High Level Group and produced by the Institute of Urban Transport, has laid out clear recommendations to create a sustainable, integrated transport system for India. The report’s recommendations focus on removing existing barriers and facilitating …
SC extended the ban on registration of diesel vehicles with engine capacity of over 2000 cc in the Delhi-NCR till further orders. The ban was to expire today. Observing that the “super rich and (the) show-offs” cannot make the lives of others miserable by polluting the environment, the Supreme Court …
Authorities in Mexico City have temporarily ordered all cars to remain idle one day a week in response to this notoriously smoggy capital’s worst air-quality crisis in over a decade. Until now vehicles have been exempt from the Mexican capital’s “no circulation” rules if owners obtain a holographic sticker from …
CNG cars exempted from scheme, decision on women drivers pending, said Transport minister Gopal Rai. After some schools in the capital refused to comply with the government order to provide their buses for the odd-even scheme in January, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has decided not to ask private schools …
Commute traffic is the traffic that involves travel to the workplace and back A transnational study that analysed Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Bengaluru and Xi’an in China has come to a conclusion that car availability and location of the house majorly contribute to commute CO2 missions in developing countries. …
City does poorly with respect to commuting and transport emissions After aspiring to become the next Shanghai or Singapore, there is a rude reality check for Bengaluru. A study has shown that the city fares worse than Xi’an, China’s 13th largest city, with respect to commuting and transport emissions. A …
Road infrastructure became a separate head for allocation this budget, in sync with the government's plan to cut air pollution, and factoring in road improvement for public transport, non-motorised vehicles and pedestrians. The plan outlay for this is Rs 2,208 crore, which is 11% of the total plan outlay. Two …
Odd-Even Remains Central To Govt Plan But No Extra Funds For Yamuna The government announced a slew of measures during the budget speech on Monday that promise to lessen pollution in the city. If the announcements made by deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia while presenting the 2016 budget are implemented …
The attention that the Aam Aadmi Party government has been giving to the environment for the last six months seemed to be missing in the State budget presented on Monday. The budget for 2016-2017 did make the case for controlling vehicular pollution by improving public transport, reducing congestion, and curbing …
This report aims to help Bhutan think through various technical and policy issues of introducing electric vehicles in its own context. It analyses a variety of factors that will impact adoption of electric vehicles from technical, market and financial feasibility to consumer awareness and stakeholders’ capacity. It also addresses several …
The Delhi Transport Corporation on Monday moved the National Green Tribunal seeking registration of a bus, which is to ply on Delhi-Kathmandu route, prompting the green panel to seek a response from the State Transport Authority on the matter. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice …
Last summer, the Mayor of London proudly unveiled plans to test a fleet of double-decker electric buses to ply the tourist-friendly Route 16, and things must have gone swimmingly because just last week a fleet of five of the hulking EVs was announced for Route 98. Aside from pleasing commuters …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, in a written reply in Lok Sabha, said a comprehensive set of actions following an integrated approach is required to make substantial improvement in air quality. With the odd-even scheme set to return from April 15, the government on Tuesday played down its impact on air …
Sunita Narain, one of the country's leading writers and activists on environment and sustainability, plans to engage with the state government post the election to thrash out an action plan on improving the city's foul air. "Political leaders and administrators in Kolkata must wake up and smell the air. It …
MUMBAI: The number of two-wheelers in Mumbai has more than doubled in the past decade. Transport experts are a worried lot as they feel that these vehicles are not only "extremely unsafe and involved in several mishaps" but also add to the city's noise and air pollution. RTO statistics reveal …
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) took an initiative to check the overall benefits of introducing electric buses as a suitable replacement for the diesel buses to tackle the burgeoning pollution in the city of Bengaluru, India. For a trial run of three months, an electric bus was procured from …
Lucknow: The Confederation of Indian Industry - Indian Green Building Council (CII-IGBC) has felicitated Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) for leading the green building movement in Lucknow by promoting a cleaner and greener environment while executing a green mode of public transport in the city. In …
How to assess the impact of transport based mitigation efforts? Where to find good measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) practices and what requirements must be met in terms of data collection? The recently published Reference Document on MRV in the transport sector informs on how to develop comprehensive and consistent …
