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 …
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 …
New Delhi: For the first time, motorists violating pollution norms will be fined on the spot through a system under which CCTV cameras will capture registration numbers and vehicles plying without PUC certificates will be detected within seconds. The AAP government has prepared a proposal and asked Delhi State Industrial …
Delhi’s attempt at a car-free day on Thursday improve its air quality? Probably, but not by as much as the government is claiming, a close reading of the data shows. On Thursday, cars were asked to remain off the roads from Red Fort to India Gate, over a 6-8 km …
According to the DPCC, the reduced pollution level was due to lower car usage, which in turn reduced traffic on the roads. The Delhi government and Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Thursday said the car-free zone in the capital witnessed a significant drop in suspended particulate matter levels. …
NEW DELHI: Restricting cars on a 5-km stretch for a few hours may have been too limited an exercise to make any visible difference in Delhi's air quality, but Thursday, the day when the capital had its first Car Free Day, did prove that road traffic adversely effects the atmosphere. …
It was symbolic perhaps that the capital's first Car-Free Day was ushered in with a bicycle rally. Indeed, the humble two wheeler was the focus of much thought on the day in the context of Delhi's high vehicular pollution and congested public roads. As Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who took …
The event will again be held in Dwarka on November 22 and unlike today — when it was observed only for half-a-day as it coincided with Dussehra. Terming Delhi’s first car-free day a “success” and the “beginning of a revolution”, Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday announced that the capital …
During the national Capital's first "Car-Free Day" -an initiative undertaken by the Delhi Government towards cutting down alarming levels of vehicular carbon footprints by encouraging use of environment-friendly/ public transport in the city-Delhi today witnessed a dramatic drop of 60 per cent in exposure levels to particulate matter (PM2.5) as …
A month back, Gurgaon Police launched Car-Free Day, an initiative to decongest the city and improve its air quality. But four Tuesdays on, it appears to have morphed into a movement to encourage cycling, with the original concept of making some stretches of the city free of cars receding into …
The fifth edition of the Car Free Day on October 20, will emphasise on the need to promote cycle stands, said Gurgaon Joint Police Commissioner (Headquarters) Saurabh Singh on Monday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Gurgaon police and several stakeholders and organisers from Rapid Metro, Naggaro, …
A single car-free day in Delhi is a good gesture, but mere tokenism will not work, environmentalists feel. Simply keeping cars off roads for half a day won't matter in the fight against pollution - but stopping trucks and diesel vehicles would. "Taking into consideration the emission numbers, a car-free …
After Gurgaon, it should be Noida's turn to start a car-free day or so think the green-activists of Noida. Members of NGO, Social Action for Forests and Environment (SAFE), headed by environmental activist Vikrant Tongad has sent letters to Gautam Budh Nagar's district administration, Uttar Pradesh pollution control board, Noida …
National capital Delhi will within two months impose a tax on commercial vehicles entering the city and prohibit the use of cars on certain busy routes once every month, transport minister Gopal Rai said on Tuesday. High pollution levels have worried environmentalists, public and the authorities in the city of …
Air pollution in the city has touched 115 mcm mark. A review of city’s air with respect to car-free days showed that a day before the last car-free day, the pollution levels in four chosen areas was around 80 mcm, which reduced to 17 mcm on the car-free day, but …
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 …
Taking a cue from BJP's election-winning slogan, Gurgaon's second CarFree Day rolls out on Tuesday with a pledge that, `Ab Ki Bar No Car'. And in an effort to promote the campaign, Gurgaon Police is going all out to make sure the second edition of Car-Free Day is a success.The …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked the Haryana government to submit air pollution data to substantiate the actual impact of Gurgaon's experiment with Car-Free Day on Tuesday. The expected improvement in air quality due to lesser number of cars on the roads may be crucial in determining the …
The first car-free Day in Gurgaon was more than successful. From early morning, a number of people could be seen cycling to work. A lot of people participated in the initiative by opting to use shuttles and car pools. On a typical working day, getting from Shankar Chowk to Huda …
GURGAON: September 22, which is celebrated as a car-free day in more than 200 cities in the world, will be observed this year in the Millennium City as well. While the movement of cars will not be banned in the city, pick up and drop facilities in offices and unauthorized …
