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 …
The Arvind Kejriwal Government may exempt two-wheelers from the even-odd number vehicle scheme that will be implemented across the national Capital from January 1, 2016 to reduce air pollution, despite the fact that two-wheelers account for 31 per cent and cars are responsible for 20 per cent of vehicular pollution …
NEW DELHI: Restraining explosive growth of vehicles on Delhi's roads and rationing their movement were identified as key actions for improving the capital's air quality months before Kejriwal government announced its decision to allow cars with odd and even numbers on alternate days from January 1. In the rounds of …
Thakur supported the Delhi's government's decision to allow even and odd number cars to ply in Delhi on alternative days from January 1 in a bid to curb rising air pollution. Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on Sunday supported the Delhi government’s decision to allow odd and even …
Aggrieved by the discovery that her father was a stage IV cancer patient, a Delhi-based school teacher has taken on German auto giant Volkswagen (VW), which already stands exposed for its diesel emission scandal. In a plea filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Saloni Ailawadi has sought a ban …
Members of the European Parliament are expected to vote against car pollution testing rules they say are too soft on automakers and fail to learn the lessons of Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, politicians and EU sources said. Members of the Parliament's environment committee said they had cross-party support for a …
The Capital provides more land for car parks than for housing for poor people.The approximately 4.5 million slum population in Delhi occupies only 3 per cent of Delhi’s area. But the parking demand generated by cars makes the demand close to 10 per cent of Delhi’s urbanised land, according to …
China's Geely Automobile Holdings plans to concentrate entirely on developing green energy vehicles, eschewing traditional combustion engines and completely overhauling its product portfolio, the company said on Wednesday. Geely wants 90 percent of sales to be so-called new-energy vehicles by 2020, the company said in a press release. The carmaker …
The recent Volkswagen corporate fraud has exposed gaps in emissions regulations in India and makes the country "extremely" vulnerable as it is "dieselizing" rapidly without the right norms and compliance framework for manufacturers, a green body said today. Centre for Science and Environment CSE) said that the Volkswagen fraud was …
While high levels of pollution due to increasing number of vehicles is one problem, poor Pollution under Control (PUC) test centres worsen the air. In a workshop organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on 'Urban air quality challenge and strategies to reduce emissions from in use and …
GURGAON: The number 7 didn't turn out to be lucky for Car-Free Day, and one more Tuesday flew by with yet another half-hearted response to a campaign that promised to 'free' up Gurgaon's roads. And as on previous Tuesdays, while many a Gurgaonite chose to give the initiative the royal …
The government plans to extend a tax break for purchases of environmentally safer vehicles by a year through fiscal 2016, but apply it to a narrower scope of cars, according to sources close to the matter. The government and ruling coalition will compile annual tax reform plans toward the end …
CSE’s exposure monitoring indicates dramatic drop of 60 per cent in PM2.5 levels compared to levels observed the previous day. This is supported by official ambient air quality monitoring that shows 45 per cent drop in overall PM2.5 levels across the city due to low traffic on the national holiday …
CSE’s exposure monitoring indicates dramatic drop of 60 per cent in PM2.5 levels compared to levels observed the previous day. This is supported by official ambient air quality monitoring that shows 45 per cent drop in overall PM2.5 levels across the city due to low traffic on the national holiday …
Motorcycles and cars more than 15 years old that ply on city roads without a fitness certificate, reregistration and payment of environment tax are under the scanner. The Regional Transport Office (RTO) on Sunday launched a drive to check if owners of old vehicles have met the norms. Twenty-four flying …
Agreed, diesel cars are cheaper, but they are not much cleaner than what they used to be a decade ago. There is a need to control the sale of diesel cars if pollution in India has to be checked. The Green Tribunal had suggested drastic measures. Maybe the tribunal was …
Earlier Directive Applies `Across The Board' Pulling up app-based cab companies for behaving as if they are “above the law“, the Delhi high court on Tuesday made it clear that only CNG-run taxis can ply on city roads. Justice Manmohan said his earlier direction to ANI Technologies, the company that …
Volkswagen said on Tuesday that it would revamp the technology it uses for controlling diesel emissions, as it struggles to overcome an emissions cheating scandal that has battered its reputation and threatened its financial stability. The company said it would switch to a selective catalytic reduction system to decrease emissions …
The Delhi high court has been informed that its order upholding a ban on diesel cabs providing point-to-point service in the city was being implemented only against Ola while other app-based taxi services were violating it with impunity. The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini …
Delhi transport minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday urged people to adopt “one family-one car” norm to reduce traffic on the city’s roads and also appealed to them to use public transport. Addressing a conference on “Safe Road-Safe Life” organised by Assocham, Mr Rai also said there is need to change …
With three weeks to go for the first-ever ‘car-free’ day in the capital, the Delhi government plans to extend the drive to a different stretch of road every week. This is one among the many measures that will be taken to control the city’s air pollution levels, said Transport minister …
