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. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has questioned the rationale behind the odd-even scheme for vehicles on Delhi roads. This, after receiving a report that indicated no significant improvement in the capital's air-quality as a result of the initiative. In a suggestion, the tribunal asked the Delhi government, "Wouldn't it be …
The Delhi government had constituted a six-member panel on April 23 during odd-even phase- II when it came under flak for increased road congestion reported between April 15 and April 30. The AAP government Wednesday said schools in session were the main reason behind a surge in the number of …
New Delhi: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday that air quality had improved in the first week of the odd-even phase 2 but then deteriorated possibly due to meteorological factors, crop fires in the neighbouring states and landfill fires in the city. …
Dispelling certain myths about factors contributing to the extremely high air pollution levels in Delhi, an IIT Kanpur professor said on Monday that biomass burning and vehicles were the most important sources of PM 2.5 emissions in winter. Professor Mukesh Sharma, the author of IIT Kanpur's source apportionment study on …
On Wednesday Arvind Kejriwal had admitted that the scheme cannot be a long-term “remedy” The odd-even car-rationing scheme, despite preventing air pollution from getting worse, can be only an “emergency” measure, a green body on Thursday said, underlining the need for taking permanent steps to check air pollution in the …
New Delhi: If these (steps) didn't reduce pollution, what would, asked an exasperated Supreme Court on May 1, a day after the odd-even scheme ended with no apparent fall in air pollution. The judges listed a series of measures that have been taken over the years apart from the two-phase …
Despite stern reminder from NGT, AAP govt. says it will take action in ‘due course of time’ The Delhi government’s battle against vehicles older than 15 years, which account for an estimated one-third of the Capital’s total vehicular population, is expected to be delayed further despite a stern reminder from …
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday admitted for the first time that the odd-even scheme cannot be a long-term "remedy" to air pollution. He said his government was determined to ramp up public transport in the city within a year to limit the number of vehicles on the roads. …
CSE says that a sudden increase in air pollution after April 22 was because of the burning of farm refuse, which started in the rural parts of Punjab and Haryana from April 19 Farm fires in Punjab and Haryana might have resulted in a sudden increase in environmental pollutants in …
Blueair CEO in a statement said that Delhi's odd-even rule might not be effective enough to counter the city's growing air pollution. "Odd-even number plate scheme can be circumnavigated by simply buying a second car," said Bengt Rittri, Blueair founder and CEO. Sweden-based Blueair had supplied over 1,800 air purifiers …
New Delhi: With the second phase of odd-even having run its course, the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee have set about assessing its impact on the capital's air quality. The deadline for the two agencies to submit their reports to the National Green Tribunal ends …
He said the city government has undertaken a series of measures to curb pollution, both from vehicles and dust, which include marking of dedicated bus lanes and vacuum cleaning of roads under the Delhi government. Health Minister Satyendar Jain Monday said air pollution had taken “centrestage” in the capital over …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released its analysis of air quality data during the second phase of odd and even scheme – from April 15 to April 30. This shows that air pollution took a downward dip during the first 10 days of the scheme but registers a …
Data indicate that the scheme cannot work in the long term without additional actions, such as improving bus services, curbing factory and truck emissions Delhi's air pollution rises 23% during second odd-even phase Air pollution levels in Delhi rose 23 per cent during the second phase of the odd-even registration …
Analysis of the data from this research project was published in The Indian Express after the first round of the road rationing policy between January 1 and January 15. AS THE curtains come down on round two of the odd-even road space rationing scheme, the Delhi government is in a …
Increasing number of fire incidents, including in houses, have raised pollution level in the Capital, Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai claimed here on Thursday. Rai said this while releasing a report submitted by the committee regarding fire incidents at landfill sites including Bhalswa and Gazipur. The report contains a data …
Transport Minister Gopal Rai has said that reports related to the success of the odd-even scheme are “conflicted”. According to him, one of the challenges confronting the scheme was the deliberate creation of a psychosis by the media. Claiming that judgements on the success or failure of the scheme were …
As the second innings of the odd-even experiment nears its end, Delhiites have found a loophole in the rule - temporary numbers. According to the Delhi Traffic Police and authorities, new car owners are using temporary license plate numbers to bypass the odd-even restrictions. Traffic cops say there is ambiguity …
The problem of air pollution cannot be tackled by the odd-even formula alone, but the government should also subsidise electric cars which do not pollute the air, said a senior AIIMS doctor. "By implementing the odd-even strategy, only the number of cars can be brought down to some extent, but …
According to reports from monitoring stations, they recorded April's highest level of surface-level ozone on Tuesday. Delhi's air quality plunged on Tuesday with monitoring stations recording this month's highest level surface-level ozone and a spike in respirable pollutants. The air quality across the national capital was 'very poor'. According to …
