Reply on behalf of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) in response to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order September 12, 2024. The matter related to the news item titled "People are breathing in cancer-causing chemicals in their cars study find" appearing in NDTV.com dated May 8, 2024. ARAI …
Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, appearing for Ministry of Heavy Industries, told the NGT that other fuels also cause pollution but an impression has been created that diesel is more polluting. EVEN AS the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Monday directed the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to immediately deregister all diesel …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Ban on Diesel Vehicles, 19/07/2016. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition No. 13029 of 1985 in the matter of “M.C. Mehta versus Union of India & Others” has passed an order banning registration of SUVs and private cars of 2,000 cc and above …
Ponda: Goa Engineering College at Farmagudi is set to go green as the alumni of the 1988-92 batch have proposed to donate 25 bicycles to the institute, as the GEC celebrates its Golden Jubilee year. The college campus is spread over 260 acres of mostly flat terrain. The staff and …
Govt asks Bosch and Cummins to provide required technology The government has allowed conversion of old vehicles into hybrid electric vehicles through retrofitting to curb rising vehicular pollution. The road transport and highways ministry on Wednesday issued a notification permitting retrofitting. The ministry will start certifying the manufacturers of all …
South Korea's environment ministry said on Monday it will decide later this month whether to revoke the certification of 32 vehicle models made by Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) after prosecutors accused the German carmaker of fabricating documents on emissions and noise-level tests. If the ministry decides to revoke the certification of the …
In at least one Scandinavian city, owning your own car may not be necessary a decade from now, thanks to the forward-looking plans of the government of Helsinki, Finland. helsinki-trafficWhile the goal of eliminating the need for private car ownership in that capital city within 10 years may seem incredibly …
Pollution in the Kenyan capital is ‘beyond imagination’. With Africa’s predicted rise in population – and a constant stream of dirty secondhand cars from Europe and Japan – this urban health crisis could kill 1.5 million within a generation A minibus belches black smoke; the lorry behind it in the …
TEHRAN — A high-ranking working group headed by First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri has been formed to deal with air pollution in metropolises of the country, ILNA news agency reported on Saturday. The working group is comprised of ministers of interior, oil, transport, industry, energy, and economy, as well as …
The Supreme Court-appointed green panel EPCA has recommended high pollution cess, of up to 25 per cent on the cost of diesel cars above 2,000 cc, multiple times higher than the figure suggested by few automakers. The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) reasoned that imposition of steep cess …
Technology treatments that allow certain big cars to be cleaner than their smaller compatriots aren’t available here. Do big cars really cause less pollution than small ones, as Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has claimed in the Supreme Court? Fact is there is no way to ascertain that, simply because car …
Beijing will invest 750.5 billion yuan ($113 billion) in transport infrastructure during the next five years and make further cuts in the number of additional cars allowed on the road from 2018 to 2020, local media reported, citing Beijing's 13th Five-Year Plan on Transportation Development. The city plans to gradually …
New Delhi: The Environment Pollution Control Authority has recommended a steep pollution tax, ranging from 10% to 25% of the vehicle's cost, on private diesel cars to bridge the gap in the fuel costs of petrol and diesel. In a note to the Supreme Court, the EPCA suggested that an …
The government on Monday urged the Supreme Court to relax its ban on registration of diesel vehicles above 2000cc in the Delhi-NCR saying it had created "uncertainty" in the minds of "foreign investors" and instead promised to buy all old vehicles off the streets from 2017 as part of a …
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on pleas for lifting its ban on registration of diesel cars with engine capacity of 2,000 cc and above in the NCR even as the central government argued for it and opposed imposition of any environment cess. Seeking the modification of the …
Cars built before 1997 will face severe restrictions on when they can be driven within the city walls Paris has launched a fresh attack on dirty air with new rules to prevent older, more polluting vehicles from driving on its roads. The restrictions, which came into force on 1 July, …
French firm Bollore Group won an electric car-sharing project in Singapore, its first in Asia, with a fleet of 1,000 vehicles expected to operate in the densely-populated city-state by 2020, government authorities said on Thursday. Bollore's proposal was chosen from among 13 proposals after more than a year of evaluation …
A lawyer for Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) said at a court hearing Thursday the German automaker believed it could fix 85,000 polluting 3.0-liter VW, Audi and Porsche diesel cars and SUVs, a move that could help the company avoid a second pricey vehicle buyback. Separately, a Justice Department lawyer, Joshua Van …
Urban authorities face numerous challenges as they try to manage the access and mobility needs of their citizens. Some of these are related to uncertainty about how new services, technologies and emerging social trends affect citizens’ mobility choices. This report looks at the combined impact of two major new developments: …
In what will be a major relief to auto makers and those seeking to buy diesel SUVs and cars with engine capacity of more than 2000cc, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday it is considering lifting the ban on sale of these vehicles in the national capital region on payment …
In a good news for aspiring owners of diesel-run SUVs and cars with engine capacity of 2000cc and above, Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was open to lifting the ban on their registration in Delhi and NCR subject to a levy of one-time environment compensation cess. "We are inclined …
