The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, (MoRTH) on March 15, 2024, notified the Central Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Amendment Rules, 2024 to further amend the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021. The following has been stated: In rule 5,- …
BHOPAL: Beginning September 21, every Sunday will be observed as Raahgiri Day in state capital. Vehicular traffic on the busy road connecting Bharat Bhawan with Van Vihar would be banned from 6 am to noon to enable health-conscious citizens of Bhopal to either go cycling, or indulge in yoga and …
The notification on parking norms in Vashi is being put into effect now, over a month after it was issued by former DCP (traffic) Vijay Patil on August 2. The new DCP Arvind Salve has taken up the issue in view of the forthcoming Navratri and Diwali festivals when vehicular …
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar has proposed stringent pollution control norms for diesel vehicles. Addressing the ninth Sustainable and Inclusive Solutions Summit of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Tuesday, he said the number of vehicles had more than doubled in 10 years …
Biomethane industry executives have called for urgent Government intervention to boost supply of the renewable natural gas, which can be used by businesses as a transport fuel. Speakers at last week's UK Biomethane & Gas Vehicle conference noted that the market and demand for biomethane has grown exponentially, and now …
An Act to provide a scientifically planned and evolving framework for the safety of all road users in India, including vulnerable road users, and for enabling the seamless development of a secure, efficient, cost-effective, sustainable and inclusive transport system for the movement of passenger and freight in the country as …
E-rickshaws won’t be allowed to go faster than 15 km/h or carry more than four passengers as the municipal corporations are working to regulate all aspects of the battery-operated three-wheelers. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Standing Committee passed its e-rickshaw policy on Wednesday. The document includes a speed limit, a …
Recent advances in information technologies have increased our participation in “sharing economies,” where applications that allow networked, real-time data exchange facilitate the sharing of living spaces, equipment, or vehicles with others. However, the impact of large-scale sharing on sustainability is not clear, and a framework to assess its benefits quantitatively …
The Bihar government will launch its ambitious bicycle campaign in the state capital on Monday at the crack of the dawn to cut down pollution in the city of 20 lakh people. The ‘cycle chalao, paryawaran bachao’ (Ride bicycle, save environment) campaign conceptualised by the state Environment and Forest Department …
The transport sector is a major consumer of energy and with 59 Mt CO2, or 17% of total greenhouse gases, the 2nd largest emitter in Thailand. This translates into 0.88 tonnes per capita. Freight and passenger transport are almost equal in their contribution to energy use and GHG emissions. The …
Banning autos in CBD not feasible either; two-stroke vehicles plying illegally The Department of Transport and Road Safety has described as illogical the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board's (KSPCB) order that it should stop registration of new vehicles in Bangalore until pollution levels are controlled The Department of Transport and …
In order to ensure that polluting vehicles are off Delhi roads, the Delhi Government has decided to stop sale of diesel and petrol to vehicles which do not possess Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates. The decision to this effect comes as per the recommendation of the city government’s high-powered committee …
Vehicles which do not possess Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates will not be provided diesel and petrol in the national capital from October 1. The decision to this effect was taken up by the city government’s high-powered committee, constituted by lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung, on Wednesday. The committee, set up to …
SHIMLA: Expressing its dissatisfaction over report submitted by Himachal Pradesh government on Rohtang pollution issue, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a panel that would conduct surprise inspection of Rohtang Pass area to see whether there is compliance of February 6 order of the tribunal and to what extent …
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed the Haryana government's transport policy, notified in August 2013, after hearing a petition alleging that the policy has given the government blanket authority to increase or decrease the number of permits for private operations. With this, Haryana government would not …
Observing that it would “not allow any illegal acts”, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to lift its ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the city and asked the government to come up with draft guidelines to regulate the battery-operated vehicles. The High Court had on July 31 banned …
Overloaded commercial vehicles plying on the city roads are not only violating motor vehicle rules, but are also damaging environment and the roads. A study conducted by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) with the Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training (IFTRT) has revealed that these overloaded vehicles have …
The Goa medical college (GMC) and hospital, Bambolim, has vast parking space but many times hospital staff find it difficult to park vehicles in their own campus. During the peak hours between 9 am to 2 pm, visitors as well as staff have to scramble for a parking space even …
A Path to Prosperity: Renewable energy for islands was developed in support of the Renewable Energy Forum, a one-day forum preceding the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), held in Apia, Samoa, on 1-4 September 2014. The booklet is a collection of case studies submitted by SIDS …
The death of a 55year-old businessman in New Delhi over parking issue on Sunday is a warning for Jaipur which is also facing acute shortage of parking space. The number of vehicles per 1,000 people in Jaipur is more than Delhi and Jaipur ranks second in registration of new vehicles, …
There is an urgent need to expand the public transport system in the city, said former managing director of Metropolitan Transport Corporation and traffic consultant R Krishnamurthy. He was delivering the Engineer R Thillainayagam Endowment Lecture on ‘Transportation scenario and Road Safety in Chennai’ here on Friday. According to statistics …
