Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
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 …
More than seven years after tenders were floated for construction of three multi-level parking lots, two of those will finally be opened by December-end. These two facilities are going to come up at the Rohini West and Janakpuri West metro stations while the third one, being constructed at the Rajouri …
Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand, a state that remains largely rural, but is urbanising fast. The use of personal motor vehicles is expanding rapidly in Ranchi, leading to congestion in central areas and safety challenges. Ranchi lacks a formalised public transport system and people are largely dependent on paratransit …
In a bid to tackle “immense shortage” of buses in the city, the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is likely to run buses under the cluster scheme on the lines of Delhi Integrated Multi-Model Transit System (DIMTS), which currently operates orange buses. Transport minister Gopal Rai said that DTC has prepared …
An overhaul of the public transport system along with the development of a multi-city network to reduce congestion, and significant improvements in pedestrian infrastructure, use of Non-Motorised Transport and Intelligent Transport System, management of parking spaces and road safety have been recommended in the Draft Comprehensive Mobility Plan Report which …
Delhiites may as well gear up for another bleak winter. Despite National Green Tribunal's interventions to reduce air pollution in NCR, the sluggish attitude of the Centre and states seems to have thrown a spanner in its works. Over the past one-and-a-half months after NGT took up the issue of …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the city government, NDMC and the police commissioner on a PIL seeking a ban on an allegedly unauthorised parking racket at Sarojini Nagar market. The plea alleges that the racket is being run by parking mafia in connivance with local authorities …
Congestion and pollution are snuffing the life out of Delhi’s neighbourhoods, according to a new Centre for Science and Environment study on select south Delhi locations. The CSE has carried out a detailed traffic and mobility assessment of the prominent South Delhi neighbourhood of Alaknanda flanked by Greater Kailash II …
NEW DELHI: Prime south Delhi neighbourhoods like Alaknanda, Greater Kailash-II and Chittaranjan Park are creaking under the pressure of increasing traffic and alarmingly poor air quality, reveals a study by Centre for Science and Environment. In their report, "Move free: Unlocking the traffic gridlock in our neighbourhods" , researchers have …
In a step aimed at minimising the traffic chaos in the capital, the National Green Tribunal today directed all the municipal corporations in the city to ensure regulated parking on designated metalled roads in their areas. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the New Delhi Municipal …
NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday asked the Delhi government if heavy diesel vehicles should be allowed to enter congested areas such as Chandni Chowk. It was hearing a petition by lawyer Vardhaman Kaushik against poor air quality in the city. NGT had earlier sought responses from the …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has asked the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) to identify sites for multi-level parking in the twin cities. This was recently discussed during the crime review meeting of the home department. "We have finalized two sites at Ashok Nagar near railway station …
Municipal corporations have proposed a hike in parking charges, particularly during peak hours, as a means to keep vehicles off the roads and reduce the city's air pollution. Green experts, however, dismissed some of these 'solutions' as empty talk and doubted if the civic bodies could implement the hikes. Responding …
NEW DELHI: A day after the Union urban development ministry approved the policy for transit-oriented development (TOD), urban planners said the real challenge lies in its implementation, given the complexities of urban areas. They stressed that TODs should be planned only after detailed impact assessment but the state government should …
In addition to pollution and congestion, the city of Beijing is also inflicted with a dearth of 3.5 million parking spaces. Due to the rapid growth of car ownership, parking has been a growing pain in Chinese mega-cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. Meanwhile, cars parked on narrow streets or …
Residents of Lajpat Nagar have moved the National Green Tribunal against the operation of a parking lot by the Delhi Urban Shelter Board (DUSIB) in front of Kasturba Niketan Complex, prompting the green panel to seek the response of the city government on the matter. A bench headed by the …
Places where noise and air pollution levels are found to be abnormally high, as per the data recorded by the pollution monitoring stations in the city, could soon be declared “silent zones” where parking or stopping of vehicles and honking will be prohibited. Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on …
Experts say move will ease traffic but won’t check pollution Mukesh (name changed) is a hawker who sells hosiery items in Lajpat Nagar. Due to the recent orders passed by the National Green Tribunal, he and others like him are being removed from the busy market area which sees high …
Considering request of the Delhi government, NGT has stayed for two weeks its order to impound old diesel vehicles plying in the capital city for more than 10 years. The green tribunal also sought suggestions from the state government on providing incentives to those transferring/scrapping old, polluting diesel vehicles and …
Chief Secretary asks officials to work on an action plan to improve air quality The Chief Secretary has directed all officials concerned across Government Departments to submit compliance of the National Green Tribunal’s orders pertaining to checking vehicular pollution and work on an action plan to improve the air quality …
