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,- …
GURGAON: Jyoti Gupta, who filed an online petition on June 4 with Save LIFE Foundation on Change.org has got support from over 1.5 lakh people supporting her petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, advocating a national road safety law in the country. Jyoti Gupta, witness to the death of her …
Punjab Government on Wednesday constituted a committee to prepare a blueprint of State Road Safety Policy within one month’s time. The decision was taken in a high level meeting of Punjab State Road Safety Council presided over by the State Transport Minister Ajit Singh Kohar, who also mooted a proposal …
Chairman LPG Distributors Association (DA) Irfan Khokhar and President of Rickshaw Union (RU) Mujeed Ghori on Wednesday demanded of Oil and Gas Authority (OGRA) to take back its decision to ban filling of public service vehicles with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club along …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the State government whether Shimla still retains the tag of a pedestrian city where the walkers have the right to walk freely. Hearing a petition on vehicular problems of Shimla filed by a city resident, Dharam Pal Thakur, the court asked the government …
In an environment-friendly initiative, the city administration will deploy electric and hybrid vehicles on a pilot basis for para-transit applications and for the government fleet. Senior officials said that these vehicles would include taxis and two-wheelers, which can be rented by the public as an eco-friendly option to commute within …
The Delhi government plans to convert several single-carriageway flyovers in the capital into two-carriageway flyovers to ease the traffic load. The proposal includes the flyovers at Moti Nagar, Punjabi Bagh and Rao Tula Ram (RTR) Marg. Converting the Savitri flyover into a two-carriageway flyover is also under consideration. A provision …
The concept of e-bikes and electric vehicles as a ‘green’ mode of transport, to help lessen dependence on petrol, diesel and compressed natural gas (CNG), were some measures discussed by the Department of Heavy Industries to explore the possibility of promoting “electric mobility”. A meeting regarding this was held recently …
Surpassing all previous records, the Registering and Licensing Authority (RLA) which already had 7.4 lakh vehicles registered till 2010, has registered 4.3 lakh more vehicles in the past three years, taking the total number of registered vehicles to 11.7 lakh. Interestingly, the city’s population, as per the 2011 census, was …
The Delhi government is mulling a subsidy to car owners choosing to go electric. The move comes after the Centre offered a subsidy in this year's budget under the National Mission on Electric Mobility . These, however, are not aimed at erickshaws. “As part of the pilot project, the government …
The national capital lacks the hallmarks of an efficient public transportation system — accessibility, affordability, reliability and last mile connectivity. Experts opine that the city administration’s failure to provide a robust public transport system has been the chief reason for the reluctance of the masses to switch from private vehicles …
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) agreed to spend billions of euros increasing its orders of Samsung SDI Co. batteries as the world’s largest maker of luxury cars expands its line of electric vehicles. BMW is planning to increase its purchases of SDI battery cells for the electric i3 city car …
China is mandating that electric cars make up at least 30 percent of government vehicle purchases by 2016, the latest measure to fight pollution and cut energy use after exempting the autos from a purchase tax. Central government ministries and agencies will take the lead on purchases of new-energy vehicles, …
KARACHI: Pakistan is a country of 188 million people with average population density of 236 persons per square kilometre, which is higher as compared to many other developing countries. The country has very high migration rate to urban centres which has made the cities very congested and turned the civic …
Drive to be held in all HS schools in district The Career Guidance and Counselling wing of the Department of Higher Education, in association with the Motor Vehicles Department, launched a district-level road safety awareness campaign for higher secondary students of government and aided schools on Monday. District Collector Pranab …
In view of the growing dependence of the economy of the country on import of crude oil and the fact that the highest consumption of diesel is by commercial vehicles i.e. 26.75% followed by 10.75% by buses/STUs, it has been felt imperative by the government to define fuel economy norms …
The bicycle tracks in Jayanagar, inaugurated in 2012, have been taken over by motorists to park their vehicles and nothing is being done to fix the problem. Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) and traffic police pass the buck around. The commissioner of DULT, V Manjula, first corrects us by …
The city administration is likely to increase the registration fee of diesel cars considered one of the biggest contributors to air pollution in Delhi, in a bid to get more revenue and reduce air pollution in city. Chief secretary S.K. Srivastava has directed the transport department to bring a proposal …
With nearly 220,000 electric vehicles on U.S. roads, politicians and clean energy advocates believe it’s time to charge ahead further. Environment America‘s study, Driving Cleaner: More Electric Vehicles Mean Less Pollution, proves the point of its title while showing why things should get even better under the Clean Power Plan …
Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari's effort to bring e-rickshaws out of the ambit of the Central Motor Vehicles Act won't be a smooth ride. Road safety stakeholders will take up the issue of these structurally unsafe vehicles with the Supreme Court-appointed committee to monitor road safety across the country . …
