Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gaurav Sharma Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 03/07/2023. The National Green Tribunal (NGT), July 3, 2023 said that all government hospitals in India should have an environment management plan to tackle all sources of pollution in …
Urban authorities face numerous challenges as they try to manage the access and mobility needs of their citizens. Some of these are related to uncertainty about how new services, technologies and emerging social trends affect citizens’ mobility choices. This report looks at the combined impact of two major new developments: …
The state home department has formed an advisory committee of three senior IPS officers Additional DGP AK Singh, Additional DGP Vikas Sahay and IGP Manoj Shashidhar to review and sort out traffic related problems in the state. It is worthy to note that earlier state home department had sanctioned seven …
PUNE: Doing their bit to show they care for the environment forms a major part of a few corporators' busy schedule since they believe in leading by example. In fact, corporators Vaishali Bankar and Meenal Saravade regularly carpool on their commute to work. Like the corporators, Puneites are increasingly seeing …
MUSSOORIE: Cycles have been banned on Mussoorie's Mall Road, but locals and people who are concerned about the environment, as well as cycle rental establishments in the city are not willing to take things lying down. Jatin Kapoor, co-founder of Alternate Atlas, and Gurpreet Singh — both students from Mussoorie …
NEW DELHI: With roads in urban areas increasingly getting gridlocked, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the road transport ministry to evolve new models for building city ring toads with a long-term planning perspective. Though the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has set a target of ring roads in …
Contrary to the CAG's observation that lack of new fire stations is affecting its operations, Delhi fire brigade chief G C Mishra has identified traffic congestion as the biggest challenge confronting fire services, while playing down the need for new stations. Average response time in fire incidents have extended up …
A high-powered committee set up by the Union urban development ministry has said if right policy framework is in place, autorickshaws and cycle-rickshaws can play an important role in decongesting the national capital. The committee has prepared an exhaustive 126-page report after taking inputs and holding deliberations with several stakeholders, …
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation ( NMC ) has proposed mini market or shop concept with less parking facility. Though the plan aims to prevent encroachments, especially by hawkers, the concept may fuel traffic congestion in market areas. Mayor Pravin Datke has convened a meeting of the general body on June …
THANE: A week-long awareness campaign against air poluution will be held at the traffic intersection of Teen Haath Naka junction by the city traffic police and the civic body from Wednesday. Vehicles will be checked for violations to pollution norms and the mandatory Pollution Under Check (PUC). Offials said the …
A high-powered committee on 'Decongestion of Traffic in Delhi' constituted by Minister of Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu has recommended a better use of existing road space, multi-model integration, better traffic management, paradigm shift from car-centric to people-centric planning for more use of public transport and saying 'no' to more …
Traffic noise affects a large number of people, particularly in urbanized areas. Noise causes stress and annoyance, but less is known about the relationship between noise and depression. The researchers investigated the association of residential road traffic noise with depressive symptoms using 5-year follow-up data from a German population-based study. …
Beijing has preliminarily worked out policies on congestion charge for vehicles, reported National Business Daily on Friday. Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau and Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport confirmed that research was conducted to test the policies on Thursday. The policy has been formulated on a base of the similar …
The concept vehicle is designed to float above the clogged-up streets of some of the country’s biggest cities A Beijing company has unveiled spectacularly futuristic designs for a pollution-busting, elevated bus capable of gliding over the nightmarish mega-jams for which urban China has become notorious. Plans for the so-called Transit …
The Delhi government had constituted a six-member panel on April 23 during odd-even phase- II when it came under flak for increased road congestion reported between April 15 and April 30. The AAP government Wednesday said schools in session were the main reason behind a surge in the number of …
Traffic congestion, water, air and noise pollution have emerged as the top priorities for voters in Tamil Nadu which is set to go to polls this month, says a survey. A total of 48.08 per cent of voters said that traffic congestion was one of the top three priorities for …
As the second innings of the odd-even experiment nears its end, Delhiites have found a loophole in the rule - temporary numbers. According to the Delhi Traffic Police and authorities, new car owners are using temporary license plate numbers to bypass the odd-even restrictions. Traffic cops say there is ambiguity …
Officials of the transport department drew up a four-point explainer on reasons for the increase in traffic jams during the second phase of odd-even. The AAP government Wednesday drew up a list of possible reasons — including registration of new cars and introduction of new e-rickshaws — for the traffic …
Chandigarh: The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) in PGI was working on purchasing a few cycles for doctors that can be parked in a locked cycle stand within PGI. "We are planning with 10 cycles. If it works well, we shall get more," said Dr Seran Kumar Reddy, president, ARD. …
Meerut: Student leaders on Monday staged a protest against the RTO department authorities for their lackadaisical attitude in failing to prevent vehicles banned by NGT from plying on the roads. The green tribunal has banned all petrol vehicles 15 or more years old and 10-year-old diesel vehicles from plying from …
Pune: Most cities in India, including Pune, are choking on air pollution caused by the exhaust from aging vehicles, those that run on diesel, construction dust and smoke and particles from the burning of garbage. Every now and then, there is a hue and cry about discouraging the use of …
