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 …
French carmaker Renault on Monday promised to come up with a “technical plan” over coming weeks to bring down harmful emissions of its vehicles. On Thursday, a government-appointed commission said that Renault’s diesel cars failed pollution tests and investigators raided its facilities, raising fears the French carmaker could be caught …
Gurgaon: Air pollution increased slightly on Saturday in the city, even though the concentration of smog was less as compared to the past three days. The PM2.5 has been recorded at 115.25 g/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre), while it was 109.50 g/m³ on Friday. Besides, the level of carbon monoxide …
Planned new ‘real driving emissions’ (RDE) test limits that would let cars substantially breach nitrogen oxide (NOx) standards are illegal under EU law, according to new legal analysis seen by the Guardian. The proposed ‘Euro 6’ tests would allow diesel cars to emit more than double the bloc’s ‘80 mg …
Applauding citizens, Delhi high court on Thursday credited them with the success of the odd-even scheme introduced by the AAP government. The HC conceded that the scheme succeeded to some extent because it appealed to people and not because of the stiff Rs 2,000 fine imposed on violators. A bench …
"The government is taking some steps to control pollution. People are dying due to pollution and you are challenging it for publicity," the Supreme Court said today and refused to urgently hear a petition challenging the Delhi government's odd-even scheme. Terming the petition as a "publicity stunt", a bench headed …
The meeting will be attended by officials of all the departments concerned and independent environment experts, said the minister. Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai Wednesday finally put an end to speculation and answered the question on the minds of lakhs of Delhi residents. Odd-even operations, the government’s pollution-control plan that …
The Lal panel, which was constituted following Bombay High Court directives, had said private cars should be rationed during peak hours on weekdays for roads in the island city on an experimental basis for six months. THE high-pitched debate over Delhi’s odd-even formula has led to the Maharashtra government dusting …
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.
Judgement of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Shweta Kapoor & Others Vs The Govt of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 11/01/2016. The Notification dated 28.12.2015 issued by the Transport Department, Government of NCT of Delhi prohibiting plying of non-transport four wheeled vehicles in the area of …
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 …
The odd-even vehicle rationing scheme implemented as an emergency measure to control air pollution during winter in Delhi has reduced the pollution load from cars by 40% and the government must be permitted to continue it till January 2016, says this report prepared by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) …
Without even sparing the Centre or the Delhi government for not replacing their diesel vehicles older than five years or converting them into CNG ones, the court said, "Why should the government be a polluter?" "Do your cars emit Oxygen? A diesel car buyer must know that he is buying …
The cut in vehicular emission due to rolling out of the odd-even scheme has resulted “definitive decline” in levels of PM2.5 pollutants, Delhi Government said today while claiming success of the restrictions unveiled on January 1. The Government said data of pollutants collected from over 55 locations showed a clear …
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 …
More than half the European passenger fleet is diesel-powered. Although the European Union has been progressively tightening vehicle emissions for decades, new diesel cars still produce on-road nitrogen oxide emissions that far exceed the current standard. Efforts to reduce diesel emissions would likely make the cars more costly, but experts …
NEW DELHI: As the sun rises over the capital in the new year, people will be anxiously waiting to see how Delhi government's odd-and-even experiment for checking air pollution unfolds. It will no doubt reduce traffic density and may have some impact on pollution, but commuting will be a pain. …
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 …
Naples on Thursday became the latest Italian city to ban road traffic within certain hours, in a bid to limit air pollution which is causing growing alarm about health risks. The southern port town follows in the tracks of Milan and Rome, which both imposed emergency limits last week, after …
Pollution levels in the Capital will decrease by almost 50 per cent if the odd-even plan is implemented successfully, according to a report released by the Aryabhatta College on Thursday. The report, however, questioned the policy’s potential effectiveness as it may not have a uniformly distributed impact. A team from …
