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 …
Mumbai: Whatever the elite do, they do it in style. The upscale Juhu residents have given a whole new meaning to citizen-led initiative. Not wanting the overground Metro Rail literally staring into their homes, they have been pitching for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to go underground for …
Critically polluted cities in India need a massive transition to public transport, running on clean fuel, so that they can deal with the challenge of pollution and congestion. This was the verdict of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), the pollution monitoring arm of the Supreme Court, which …
This recent study by Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority is an effort to improve public understanding of the challenges that parking of vehicles present and the ways parking regulations can be leveraged to restrain traffic in Indian cities. Global experience bears out that parking management is one of the …
Asia is attempting to change the focus of transport policy in the 21st century. While most developed countries have successfully restricted the use of cars through fiscal or physical measures, similar approaches are only beginning to take root in Asia. The People
This document lays down the guidelines to address the environment and social safeguard impacts of the green transport projects in selected cities of India, to be taken up under the sustainable urban transport project of the Ministry of urban development. To encourage application of the National Urban Transport Policy and …
Air pollution in the urban centers of China has received significant attention over the last year, primarily due the 2008 Olympic Games. A number of interventions were implemented over a wide range of sectors (domestic, industrial and transport), to achieve the target reductions in air pollution and improve the number …
From a greenhouse gas point of view, there are numerous chances for implementing measures that both reduce VKT and CO2e emissions, while yielding net increases in consumer utility. These interventions will need to be massively scaled-up, particularly in the cities of the rapidly urbanizing parts of the world, like China …
MUMBAI: London's congestion tax, a levy on private cars entering the central part of the city, could be scrapped altogether in the near future because it has failed to serve its purpose, according to deputy mayor of London, Richard Barnes. "People complained that earlier they used to be stuck in …
By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Jan 22: Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minitster Babulal Gaur today said that a survey for the proposed Metro Rail project in the state capital and commercial capital Indore would be undertaken in a month. ''The survey will be carried out by the Delhi Metro Rail …
A festival helped a small town in Punjab discover car-free mobility Fazilka is a small, 162 year-old town on the India-Pakistan border in Ferozepur district. Its unkempt, garbage-strewn congested streets with small, bustling shops are nothing out of the ordinary. But this town of about 68,000 people
With due respect to god, although not omniscient, we the car-driving and personal vehicle-driven are omnipotent. Let us not feel we are hoist to a new government petard
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) is facing difficulty in implementing the decision to install 'speed governor seal' in all automobiles as the mechanism is only available in diesel-run vehicles. A separate mechanism has to be built for vehicles run with gas, octane and petrol engine, which has become a major …
Guidelines announced by the Ministry of Urban Development on funding of buses for urban transport under JNNURM. Under this, one-time assistance will be provided to all mission cities for the purchase of buses for urban transport systems till June 30. Under the second stimulus package announced by the Government on …
Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: Seeking to mount pressure on the Delhi Government to construct the much talked about Bus Rapid Transit corridors in their original form with the bus lanes in the centre, the National Alliance for People
Sweta Dutta Posted: Jan 08, 2009 at 0147 hrs IST New Delhi: First step into NCR; Gurgaon foray likely early next year The National Capital Region will get a step closer to the Capital with the Delhi Metro set to enter Noida this year. Work on the Indraprastha-New Ashok Nagar-Noida …
CITY ON THE MOVE Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The proposed elevated Bus Rapid Rapid Transit (BRTS) System corridor at Kalupur will pose a challenge to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities. So AMC are now planning to have metro like slim pillar structures to support the corridor. Also, the lack …
