Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
Delhi air pollution live updates: Deputy Chief Minister has appealed to the people in the city to avoid venturing outside, in the wake of high pollution levels. Delhi NCR woke up to a smoggy morning on Wednesday, as air quality remained in the ‘severe’ category in several parts of the …
With the air quality in Delhi and NCR increasingly getting worse ahead of winter, the city government has said it may bring back the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme to limit the number of cars on the roads. In a letter written on Wednesday, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot directed the …
Under the scheme, vehicles with the registration number ending with an even number are allowed on roads on an even date while those ending in odd number are allowed on odd dates. The scheme was enforced in Delhi twice in 2016. The Delhi government is preparing to enforce the odd-even …
According to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board on Sunday, Gurgaon was ranked the most polluted city. Keeping Diwali in mind, which might make the air quality even worse, the Gurgaon administration has proposed to keep the odd-even scheme as an option to reduce air pollution in the …
The much talked about Odd-Even road rationing system is all set to return to the Capital this winter, when the graded response action plan (GRAP) to curb air pollution rolls out on October 15. The plan also proposes hiking the parking fee at congested areas by three to four times. …
There have been several traffic management measures taken in Delhi, the odd-eve traffic experiment conducted in year 2016 was first of its kind. CPCB took it as an opportunity to explore if there was any significant reduction in ambient noise levels due to restrictions in number plates. In urban context …
- Researchers label capital scheme a failure, NGO sees significant outcome Curbs on road traffic imposed by the Delhi government last year through the so-called "odd-even" formula virtually failed to reduce air pollution over the capital, scientists said in a report that contradicts speculation that the move had cleaned the …
Environmentalist and member of the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, Sunita Narain, insists that odd-even is not a way of life. The scheme is a stringent measure which may be taken under emergency situation to check air pollution but the EPCA should work not to allow such …
Now that the Centre has notified the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) that will oversee the implementation of the graded response plan to fight pollution in Delhi, the national capital, among other things, must brace for odd-even vehicle rationing should air quality deteriorate to the “emergency” level. The …
Govt armed by Centre to take slew of measures if pollution crosses danger mark. The AAP government can bring in odd-even car rationing scheme and put a ban on construction activities among a host of other measures to improve air quality in case the pollution level touches emergency proportions in …
This includes the imposition of the odd-even policy if PM 2.5 crosses 300 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3) or PM 10 crosses the 500 mark. MORE THAN a month after it was cleared by the Supreme Court, the Environment Ministry has notified the action plan to implement a ‘graded response’ …
Madrid has ordered half of most private cars off the roads on Thursday to tackle worsening air pollution, a first in Spain. The restrictions will operate between 6.30am and 9pm and will be re-evaluated daily depending on pollution levels. The city council said in a statement: “vehicles with even-number registration …
Two instalments of car-rationing scheme received mixed response from Delhiites, Metro gained popularity as an alternative mode of transport The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government triggered a seismic shift in the ordinary life of Delhiites not once, but twice, with two consecutive renditions of its ambitious odd-even car-rationing scheme this …
On December 20, Transport Minister Satyendar Jain had said the government needed more time to create awareness and prepare for the odd-even scheme. The odd-even scheme under the Supreme Court-mandated ‘graded response to air pollution’ action plan will not be implemented in the national capital this winter, with the Centre …
The heavy blanket of smog that enveloped Delhi for days after Diwali could return soon as the constant sources of pollution have remained largely the same, experts said. If windspeed drops, cooler temperatures in the weeks ahead could provide a favourable setting for smog to develop and stick around. According …
Lauding the Delhi government's announcement of taking emergency steps to tackle the severe air pollution, a green body on Sunday said these will need strict enforcement and vehicle restraint measures, including odd-even scheme, for effective impact. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said for enduring impact, the government must also …
NEW DELHI: As the capital continued to suffer one of its worst spells of air pollution in living memory and air quality further dipped to the season's lowest on Sunday, the Delhi government finally announced a slew of emergency measures to deal with the public health crisis. All schools have …
The national capital has been engulfed in a thick cover of pollutant-laden smog for the past few days, primarily after Diwali, forcing the residents to inhale 'severe' quality air. Terming Delhi’s smog situation a serious issue, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave on Thursday said his ministry will soon issue an …
The Delhi government on Tuesday announced an action plan to deal with the severe pollution this winter. This includes a crackdown on construction sites violating norms, reviving the Swachch Delhi app, re-starting vacuum cleaning of streets and sprinkling of water on arterial roads to tamp down the dust. Deputy CM …
After two spells of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘odd-even’ experiment—odd-numbered cars were allowed to ply on odd-dates—and even the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ban on 2,000cc+ diesel vehicles failed to fix Delhi’s pollution, it is just as well that NGT has asked Kejriwal to meet with other regulatory bodies …
