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,- …
In an effort to prove that pollution affects the rich and the powerful as much as the common man and the homeless, a court-appointed body is working to put up an air monitoring device on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's house. The monitor would specifically detect levels of ground-level ozone, which …
The North Municipal Corporation is ready to implement its reformed parking policy and as part of that, the civic agency will begin using handheld devices in the 64 parking sites under its jurisdiction. The corporation, however, maintained that it will take some time to get these handheld devices connected to …
Buses Are Entering Car Lanes And Going Over Dividers Near Bus Stops As Chaos Prevails On Delhi Govt’s Showcase Corridor New Delhi: Just four months after the Delhi government made a passionate appeal to Delhi High Court to restrict the central lane on the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid transit (BRT) …
JAIPUR: Driving in to Parkota (Walled City) and parking your vehicle there will be costlier from Saturday onwards, as civic authorities will start levying premium parking fees. In all three markets of the area, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) will charge premium parking fees for both four-wheelers and two-wheelers. The …
MUMBAI: Vehicular pollution is the main reason for the heavy winter smog and the bad air Mumbaikars are breathing. The number of vehicles per kilometer of road length in the city is 647, a situation the authorities call alarming. Experts say this forces vehicles to drive at speeds from 5 …
PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) will construct dedicated Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) lanes on the Pune-Mumbai highway and Aundh-Ravet Road at an estimated cost of Rs 12 crore. Shirish Poreddy of the civic engineering department said, "The 12-km stretch of the Pune-Mumbai highway from Bhakti Shakti chowk …
Exposure Of Moms-To-Be To Car Fumes Tied To Low Birth Weight, Postnatal Mortality London: Scientists may have found the major reason why 1 in every 4 babies born in India (of the 2.6crore births in India annually) are of low weight (below 2.5kg). A worldwide study announced on Wednesday has …
Gurgaon: Earth 100, a Gurgaon-based a firm that claims to help companies reduce their carbon footprint by using greener fuel, has launched its first fleet of eco-friendly “100 per cent bio-diesel cars” in Gurgaon. Jindal Power is a major investor in the firm, while Mahindra plays a crucial role as …
Earth 100, a Gurgaon-based a firm that claims to help companies reduce their carbon footprint by using greener fuel, has launched its first fleet of "100 per cent bio-diesel cars" in Gurgaon. Jindal Power is a major invester in the firm, while Mahindra plays a crucial role as a technology …
Jaipur: The environment report card is out and Rajasthan is among the worst performers in the country. A latest compendium of “Environment Statistics India 2012” released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MOSPI) indicates that Rajasthan’s environment situation is appalling. The state has the fifth highest consumption for …
The urban development ministry has asked all states and their police chiefs to identify the most congested parts of their cities in a first step towards decongestion. The ministry hopes to replicate models followed in London and Singapore to discourage the use of private vehicles in central business districts, and …
Unable to find a concrete solution to curb the recurring fatal road accidents, which have claimed 4,500 lives in the last four years, the Roads and Buildings (R&B;) Department has decided to approach the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for improving the conditions of roads in hilly areas of the state. …
The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27,41, 50 and 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section …
MUMBAI: The heavy fog enveloping the city during early mornings is an ominous indicator of Mumbai's deteriorating air quality. Official readings since mid-January evidence that owing to cooler weather and bustle of vehicles and construction, the pollution levels have surpassed the standard limits by two-fold. According to Mumbai Pollution Control …
Jaipur: Around 35,000 cars are parked every day without paying charges which is leading to ever-increasing congestion on the city roads, reveals a survey carried out Tuesday it was learnt that civic bodies charge only 1000 cars per day for parking which is encouraging more users. Suggestion to impose parking …
BHOPAL: Incomplete work on the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) along the Hoshangabad Road stretch up to Misrod is causing inconvenience to the commuters, as the civic body struggles to meet its deadline on the project. Lack of service lanes on the Hoshangabad Road stretch is adding to the problems …
Among Indian cities, the public transport system in Bangalore is the worst in terms of the numbers using it, modes of transport and connectivity, said M.A. Saleem, Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic. He was speaking at the inauguration of a campaign, Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight, organised jointly by public …
In November 2012, when the city was in the throes of its worst smog spell in recent years, PM2.5 levels were consistently over 500 mg/cu m over several places. “Beijing undertook several measures to control its air pollution levels during the Beijing Olympics in 2008 but the city is still …
NEW DELHI: Beijing's air pollution made international news over the weekend when fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the city air rose to an 'out-of-index' level of 755 mg/cu m. Pictures showed Beijing residents wearing masks amid advisories that they should stay indoors. Meanwhile, it was business as usual in Delhi …
Vehicles with multi-tone horns and sirens are found to be violating noise pollution rules The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Union government to notify standards for sirens and multi-tone horns used by vehicles including those of Government, police or ambulance within three months. The directions were issued by …
