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,- …
The Delhi government on Monday dismissed as “irrational and unconstitutional” the report prepared by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) criticising the 5.8 km BRT corridor between Ambed-kar Nagar and Moolchand. In its reply filed before the Delhi high court on Monday, the transport department said that the Bus Rapid …
The umpteenth efforts taken up by the Delhi Government in making the city pollution free have come to a nought as the air in national Capital is fast becoming poisonous with the increasing level of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) and Nitrogen Oxide. This is due to rapid growth of diesel-run …
New Delhi: Hours after the CRRI report criticizing the BRT corridor became public on Tuesday, the Delhi government had rushed to the Supreme Court filing a special leave petition but failed to secure any relief. Upset with the findings, the government approached the apex court, arguing against mixed traffic usage …
MUMBAI: Unable to procure fire vehicles as per norms prescribed by the centre, the state government has requested the Centre to consider relaxation in norms. Norms make it mandatory for all new vehicles (ones procured after April 1, 2010) to comply with the Bharat IV- emission standards. While the central …
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its anguish over the increasing number of car accidents in the city and blamed the Delhi Police for this in not enforcing the order prohibiting use of black films of any Visible Light Transmittance (VLT) percentage or any other material upon the safety glasses, …
Acting on a Jharkhand High Court order, the government has decided to phase out 25,000 old and smoke-belching commercial vehicles from the first day of next month. The district transport department has already compiled a list of vehicles that will have to go off roads after the high court’s July …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi Government to apprise it by July 23 of its views on the Central Road Research Institute’s recommendation to open up the BRT corridor to vehicles other than buses to ease traffic jam along the dedicated stretch. Taking a contrary view to …
Notwithstanding the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) criticising the BRT corridor in south Delhi, the Delhi government on Tuesday resolved not to scrap it and hinted that it would undertake more such projects. Delhi chief secretary P.K. Tripathi said government was determined to go ahead with the project as the …
New Delhi The government on Monday set up a two-member expert panel to fix responsibility for the defects found in the capital’s Airport Express Line, which was closed on July 8. There is an ongoing dispute between Reliance Infrastructure and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) over the technical problem. With …
The Delhi high court on Thursday directed the city government’s transport department to retain, till its final order, the arrangement that allowed plying of all vehicles in the lane reserved for buses on the BRT corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand Hospital in south Delhi. The division bench of Acting …
Code specifies if car maker fails to recall, govt can intervene The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) on Monday notified a ‘voluntary code on vehicle recall’ for passenger vehicle, two-wheeler and commercial vehicle manufacturers. It stipulates the conditions and procedures required to be followed on detection of any manufacturing …
This study is in response to the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Case filed by M/s Nyaya Bhoomi, versus Government of NCT of Delhi, as the Honourable High Court, Delhi had passed the order directing the Transport Department, GNCTD for carrying out an evaluation of the BRTS corridor and to report …
JAIPUR: In order to make the Ghat Ki Ghuni tunnel pollution free, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) will be installing twenty high speed ventilation fans. These fans will be imported from Germany. A JDA senior official said, "After the tunnel will be made open for traffic, it is expected around …
All private car owners in the capital may soon have to go for a mandatory annual fitness test of their vehicles with the Delhi government all set to implement a two-year-old proposal aimed at reducing environment pollution. As per the current norms, only commercial vehicles need to go for an …
Vehicle owners in the city could soon be required to have a fitness test done of their cars and two-wheelers ever year, as the Delhi government looks set to implement a two-year-old proposal aimed at reducing environment pollution. As per existing rules, only commercial vehicles need a fitness check every …
Census details show spread of mobiles, TVs, bank accounts, even in poverty-stricken states household power connections still a big lack The past decade has seen the weakest sections of the society make rapid gains in their material wellbeing, acquiring assets such as cell phones, televisions, two-wheelers and bank accounts, though …
Diversified business house Tata group is developing an electric car that is expected to be priced below $20,000 (over Rs 10 lakh) in partnership with France’s Dassault Systemes. The group’s engineering services outsourcing and product development IT services arm, Tata Technologies has completed the first feasibility study of the electric …
In order to tune into a sustainable transport in the City, the State government should take some bold steps like banning free parking, said Prof T G Sitharam, Chairman, Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), IISc. Speaking at a seminar on “Green Economy: The way forward for …
The withdrawal of subsidy by The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) on March 31, 2012 has affected the sales of electric two-wheelers. According to manufacturers, the sale has come down by 70 per cent in the last three months and if the government does not take proactive steps, …
The finance ministry is not in favour of increasing excise duty on diesel vehicles as it comes at a time when most of India Inc is battling a demand slowdown. The proposal mooted by the petroleum and natural gas ministry as an alternative to hiking diesel prices seeks to hike …
