Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party government did score points for promptly reacting to emergency air pollution episodes with measures never attempted earlier such as restricting cars on roads to alternate days. And for the first time, the government closed schools for three days last November, prohibited use of diesel …
As a part of the project Mayor Anne Hidalgo intends to fight air pollution. Half of Paris' streets and avenues were car-free on Sunday as part of Mayor Anne Hidalgo's fight against air pollution, allowing families and tourists to wander on the roads around landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower …
KOCHI: The otherwise busy Panampilly Nagar Road became a festival zone on Sunday, which was observed as car-free day on the street. People thronged crossroads 9 to 13 at Panampilly Nagar and took part in the various cultural and sports activities arranged by the organisers - the Kochi Corporation, Kochi …
The message was loud and clear that it is the need of the hour to promote non-motorised transport to save the Earth for the future generations. A galaxy of eminent citizens of Mangaluru led the way to take a vow for a Green Earth on the occasion of the World …
MANGALURU: This coastal city put its best cycling foot forward when 'Green' minded citizens came out in large numbers for Car Free Day Initiative of Mangalore Bicycle Club (MbC) on Thursday. Organised to mark the first anniversary of MbC, the cyclists sent out a loud and clear message that need …
Ghaziabad: The city is all set to observe its third car-free day on Sunday. Members of the RWA Federation said the event will be held in Indirapuram in continuation of their effort to organise the event on the 10th of every month. Meanwhile, the district administration has issued directions to …
The city is set to have three more monitoring stations and one mobile van to constantly monitor air quality, the government today announced while enunciating steps to combat spiralling air pollution in the budget for 2016-17. It also earmarked Rs 137 crore for a long pending project under which LED …
Ghaziabad: Volunteers of civil defence in Ghaziabad will join hands with residents for the second car-free day scheduled to be held on Thursday. The event will be observed only in Kavi Nagar zone of Ghaziabad. However, much like its previous version held on February 10, the event is expected to …
Hotels and clubs in the city will be asked to allow bicycles on their premises on car-free days, the police commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk said on Wednesday. He made the announcement at a seminar conducted over the internet and organised by city authorities and corporates. "We'll ask all city hotels …
GURGAON: 'Leave space to Green Right Of Way (GROW)' campaign was launched on Tuesday to mark the 22nd edition of Car Free Day. The idea is to make the streets of Gurgaon pedestrian friendly, and to sensitize more corporate offices to work on removing encroachment from outside their offices, especially …
Ghaziabad: The district administration has lent support to the AOA Federation for its car-free initiative, which will be launched on Wednesday. UP Roadways will on Wednesday introduce four additional Metro feeder buses. Col T P Tyagi (retd), president of AOA Federation, said they had held talks with UP Roadways officials. …
Experts say UT should encourage e-rickshaws, cycles; boost public transport With Chandigarh to go car-free on February 28 for seven hours, environmental experts, while welcoming the initiative, say that much more is required to curb pollution in the city. In a meeting held Friday, the UT Administration had decided to …
HYDERABAD: In a span of seven months, sRide, the official carpooling partner of car-free Thursday was able to save emission of nearly 14,000 kg of carbon dioxide. All thanks to the IT crowd, who are convinced to ditch their cars and share a ride with strangers. sRide, an intra-city carpool …
GURGAON: In light of the Supreme Court order directing diesel vehicles to convert to CNG or face banishment from the roads, it's as good a time as any to take stock of what has been achieved by Gurgaon in 2015, in helping tackle the chronic air pollution. Following a year …
Taking radical measures to contain the alarming pollution levels in Delhi is welcome, but the efficient manner of curbing the issue would be to extend focus to the National Capital Region as well, said experts. The sheer lack of will to check air pollution in satellite cities like Ghaziabad, Noida …
NEW DELHI: If you live in Delhi, pray for rains. Air pollution levels in the national capital, already the world's most polluted city in terms of air quality, has deteriorated and will worsen as smoggy days are around the corner, say scientists who also call for strict emission norms and …
A day after holding its second car-free day in the capital, the AAP government claimed that Dwarka area used during the event showed “significant” reduction in the level of pollutants in the air. The government said this while releasing the comparative ambient air quality figures collated by the Delhi Pollution …
"This public awareness campaign must spur car-restraint measures to control pollution during winter...,” said Anumita Roy Chowdhury, CSE executive director. With the second car-free day taking place on Sunday in Dwarka, the capital saw a reduction in pollution levels due to a combination of factors according to the Centre for …
The effectiveness of car-free day in reducing Delhi's air pollution levels is massive, provided it's not just a monthly affair. This was opined by Centre for Science and Environment, which had taken up the task to monitor the effect of the event on pollution. On Sunday , CSE compared the …
NEW DELHI: If you care for Delhi, make sure to leave your car at home on January 22.That was the message of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, as he declared that day , a Friday, a car-free day in the entire length and breadth of the capital. The CM …
