This paper explores the pivotal role of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales regulations in enhancing the adoption of electric two-wheelers in India, highlighting the gap between current gasoline vehicle dominance and the ambitious electric vehicle targets set by the government. Despite electric two-wheelers emitting 33%–50% less greenhouse gases than their gasoline …
A mobile court of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority on Thursday filed 62 cases against similar number of CNG-run auto-rickshaws and realised Tk 6.21 lakh in fines for playing the vehicles illegally in the capital. The court, during in its drive in the city's Postagola area, also seized 16 CNG …
A autorickshaw rally kicked off in Kathmandu Durbar Square on Sunday, with the objective of publicizing tourism destinations of Nepal and raising fund for water projects in Nepal, India and Africa. The rally named Rickshaw-Run was organized by the UK-based international humanitarian aid and development charity organization and the League …
The Government has decided to save 40 per cent of money spent on fuel for three-wheelers by converting them for running on gas. This will reduce the burden on both three-wheeler drivers and commuters due to recent fuel price hike. Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma told the Daily News that the …
The traffic department of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) clamps down on around 15,000 motorised three wheelers and 1,000 city service buses from today in a bid to ease the passengers' everyday hassles and streamline the commuter services within the periphery of 60-sq km area of the port city. As per …
The nondescript village of Yevat, nearly 100 km from Pune, is the unlikely setting for an even more unlikely revolution. Mohammed Haneef, a failed farmer at 45, started it. Not only did he sell his father
This paper provides a comparative overview of urban transport in the world’s two most populous countries: China and India. Cities in both countries are suffering from severe and worsening transport problems: air pollution, noise, traffic injuries and fatalities, congestion, parking shortages, energy use, and a lack of mobility for the …
Refugees clash For the first time in 16 years, a violent confrontation took place in the third week of February between Bhutanese refugees and villagers in Pathari, 600 km east of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. The clash happened when the latter tried to stop the Bhutanese refugees from taking wood from …
coke unit shut: The Maoist labour union in Nepal has shutdown the country's only Coca-Cola bottling company, Bottlers Nepal, due to an ongoing dispute regarding employment of contract workers. The unit's two bottling plants in Kathmandu and Bharatpur in Chitwan district were forcibly closed to force the management into re-hiring …
The auto rickshaw, the common person's transport in Indian cities, often hamstrung by poor public transport system, is becoming an unconventional yet cost-effective advertising tool. Recently many websites have put up their ads on these ubiquitous vehicles. "Advertising on the back of auto rickshaws has been a tremendous experience for …
Measures to further control Vehicular pollution grant of subsidy for replacement of retro-fitted two stroke, three wheel Scooter Auto Rickshaw (TSR) by those with four stroke engine technology.
the move to get Bangalore's autorikshaws to install liquefied petroleum gas (lpg) retrofitted tanks has run into trouble. Auto drivers and oil companies seem to have reached a stalemate over the provision of gas stations. The former say they are ready to install these tanks but there aren't enough gas …
The three-wheeled scooter rickshaw (TSR) plays a very important role as intermediate public transport in the country. Delhi has around 53,262 registered three-wheelers as of August 31, 2004 running on compressed natural gas (CNG). The Hon
once again the government has dithered from introducing clean technologies. The Union budget fails to provide a clear road map to promote electric vehicles (evs), especially three-wheelers. It offers sops to make any car cheap, but wilfully ignores the need to extend special fiscal support to evs. Only cosmetic changes …
This paper will review the role of I/M in a comprehensive motor vehicle pollution control strategy, summarise the international experience with a good I/M programme, review and critique the current pollution under control (PUC) programme and the steps currently underway to improve it, and provide a similar review and critique …
After Delhi, it is Mumbai's turn. Taking a cue from the Supreme Court's directive on conversion of Delhi's bus fleet to CNG (compressed natural gas), the Mumbai High Court has in its final order favoured alternative fuels such as CNG and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). It has almost prohibited the …
CSE Pollution Load Model CSE estimated the actual impact of moving public vehicles to cng fuel on the air pollution load of Delhi. The model helps to predict the future vehicular pollution load in two possible scenarios. Impacts of interventions such as those ordered by the Supreme Court are measured …
The cse study shows that the cng strategy will help to get closest to the clean air target compared to slow changes in diesel technology. • When buses, autos and taxis move to cng by 2001, the total particulate emissions load from vehicles will reduce by about 32 per cent …
