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 …
PWD Minister Satyendar Jain, along with civic engineers, will visit Malaysia to study its bus corridors week after starting the dismantling process of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that the city will have elevated BRT corridors. …
In a bid to augment public transportation infrastructure in the national capital, the Delhi government has prepared a 20-point agenda for the current year, including installation of CCTV cameras, Global Positioning System or GPS, e-ticketing machines in buses and common mobility card. Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai will unveil the …
Transport Minister reiterates his stand that the policy had a significant impact on congestion on the Capital’s roads Finally breaking the AAP government’s silence about the second phase of the odd-even scheme, Transport Minister Gopal Rai said the anti-pollution experiment would be enforced again after March. Speaking at the Delhi …
The odd-even experiment has prompted the Delhi government to look at alternative modes of travel.Earlier this week, transport minister Gopal Rai had promised a robust cyclesharing system for the city , adding that Delhiites opting for cycles will get a subsidy from the government, which will be funded by the …
PUNE: Assailed with traffic problems and pollution levels similar to Delhi's, there is an outside chance that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) may implement the odd and even vehicle on the road formula here. A proposal about such a scheme on an experimental basis was tabled on Monday before the City …
PUNE: The cacophony of cars in congested business hubs of the city could be over soon. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has proposed vehicle-free zones in busy shopping areas of the city to curb traffic congestion and air pollution. The draft parking policy published by PMC states, "Vehicle-free zones may …
Patna: The Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED), which on Sunday released its report 'Towards Healthy Air for Patna', claimed that vehicles contributed to about 12% of air pollution in Patna and government should provide effective public transport to curb this alarming situation. CEED's programme manager Ankiya Jyoti said …
Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt Ltd, hosted a multi-stakeholder conference today on sustainability, where Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari delivered the keynote address. At the conference, Scania unveiled an industry white paper on "Increasing the adoption of bio-fuels for vehicle use in India". The white paper highlighted specific …
This paper provides an overview of the available evidence on the link between the effectiveness of transport systems and economic, social and environmental performance. It starts with a short overview of the main trends in urban transport in section 2, and then covers the costs of the current model of …
Work on dismantling the 5.8-km stretch will begin from January 18; it was built at a cost of Rs.150 crore in 2008 by the then Congress government By February, Delhi’s only Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor will be history. The Delhi government had decided to dismantle the BRT corridor in …
Prachi Sahu & Deepsha Agrawal With the New Year came the unique odd-even formula for vehicles in Delhi. Inspired by the capital's initiative to curb pollution levels, Raipur too jumped into the bandwagon to help reduce the pollution level in the city. While a recent survey alarmed Raipurites when our …
Patna: At a time when poor air quality has become a matter of concern in major cities of the country and efforts are being made the overcome the situation, residents of Patna are forced to inhale probably the worse ambient air with no solution in sight. One major source of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Association of Radio Taxis Vs. Govt. of Delhi & Ors.dated 12/01/2016 regarding prohibition on running of diesel taxis in NCR Delhi.
Delhi government on Saturday informed the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) that as many as 60,000 cars have converted to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) since the odd-even restrictions started on January 1. At a meeting called by EPCA to lay out a plan for the implementation …
The Delhi government's move to allow only alternate use of cars with odd and even registration numbers from 1 January 2016 is a step in the right direction. However, even as such command and control measures will be difficult to sustain, the gains made from these measures will only wane …
NEW DELHI: After following the odd-even vehicle rule like most Delhiites by resorting to car pooling with his brother judge A K Sikri, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on Tuesday told the Arvind Kejriwal government not to test the patience of citizens by not providing them adequate public …
AHMEDABAD: When the first presentation on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) was made at the GCCI building on Ashram Road, tall claims of a significant modal shift from car and two-wheeler users to the "world class transportation system" were made. However, some 36 months ago, a survey interviewing 10,040 …
The odd-even car formula in Delhi has brought to the fore the class bias that always existed in the city. Can we learn from history to build a more just and equitable environment for all to live, or will we reinforce the old walls of inequality?
For the next two weeks New Delhi resident Saurabh Sanyal will work for more than 12 hours every other day. Sanyal isn’t alone. Starting today, Manoj Sharma, chief executive of Mindpie, an event management company, will do the same. It’s not work pressure that’s prompting them to stay in office …
Study Expects More Hired Cars Just 15-20% of the population is likely to shift to public transport once the odd-even formula kicks in. According to a study by Department of Transport Planning, Delhi School of Planning and Architecture, the maximum usage of private cars during peak office hours has been …
