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,- …
division bench comprising Chief Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice P.V. Sanjay Kumar of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday told Hyderabad City police to enhance the penalty that vehicles must pay for parking illegally. The bench was disposing of a plea by the East Maruthinagar Welfare Association seeking …
The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is planning to add more models with environment-friendly CNG option to its existing fleet of five such cars. The company currently offers five models in CNG options — compact cars Alto, WagonR and Estilo, multi-purpose van Eeco, and sedan SX4. “The five models …
New Delhi: Years after the Delhi government spoke about introducing a special tax in parts of the city to check the growing number of vehicles, congestion tax is back on the discussion board. The document submitted to the Planning Commission that outlined priorities for the 12th five-year plan (2012-17) mentioned …
The city is fast becoming a concrete jungle of chaos and cacophony An endless stream of private vehicles, honking buses and heavy vehicles and mushrooming two-wheelers. All leading to traffic snarls and adding to the load of air and noise pollution. Like most metros, Hyderabad, once known for its salubrious …
Cluster-2 of private stage carriage buses was launched by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit from Delhi Secretariat on Monday with 50 non-airconditioned buses being flagged off. The first cluster of this service was launched in May this year. The flag-off also marked another major stride in Delhi adopting the public-private partnership …
Under BOT, PPP models: Chief Minister An integrated traffic management system for Chennai will be introduced under the BOT (build, operate and transfer) mode and under the PPP (public-private partnership) annuity model, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced on Monday. This is to upgrade traffic management in the city to international standards, …
New Delhi In a written missive to chief secretaries, the Centre has urged them to ramp up their internal working process at the earliest, to ensure faster implementation of the national manufacturing policy at the ground level. The idea is to expedite acquisition of land for the proposed National Industrial …
Denying any illegality, the Goa Revenue Department on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Bombay High Court at Goa in response to a petition filed in September by a citizen challenging the State government's de-notification of a piece of land that was acquired to create a parking lot at Dabolim …
PANJIM: The Chief Minister has thrown his entire might behind the man the government bent over to please by denotifing his land marked for airport parking. In a blatant defiance, in the face of serious allegations of “other considerations” which led to such favoritism, Digambar Kamat said at a meeting …
Former Presient A P J Abdul Kalam believes it might be possible to run all vehicles in India using biofuel in ten years. "In a decade's time, it may be possible that all the vehicles on the road will be be run on 100 per cent biofuel", the eminent technocrat …
Route between Chikkanayakanahalli and Hassan is a nightmare Hundreds of trees on Dudda road that were giving a breath of fresh air supplying the much-required oxygen for the city will vanish within the next few days as they are being axed mercilessly. The work has begun from Saturday and the …
Shillong-Nongstoin-Tura road should pass through Sohiong, says PWD Minister SHILLONG: The State Government which already has its hands full with the controversy over construction of the four-lane road in Ri-Bhoi district is now embroiled in another dispute with PWD Minister HDR Lyngdoh demanding a change in the alignment of the …
‘They love their drinks, mobile phones' On an average, a Delhiite earns Rs.1.16 lakh a year, owns 2.5 mobile phones, watches nearly two movies annually, gets a supply of 50 gallons of water each day and consumes over a case and quarter of liquor in a year. These are some …
New Delhi: The world might have been busy discussing depressing economic news these last couple of years, but for Delhi the consumption splurge just didn’t stop. Delhi added 1 crore more mobile connections during 2010-11 and the city consumed over 1.63 crore cases of liquor and beer in 2010 alone. …
New Delhi: Believe it or not, diesel consumption in the city went down in the financial year 2010-11. According to the Delhi Statistical Handbook 2011, the consumption of diesel was only 811 million tonnes in 2010-2011 as opposed to 1,098 million tonnes the year before, or 1,411 million tonnes in …
As per the instructions given by the state government, the Kochi Corporation will soon prepare a bylaw for parking in the city. The Town Planning Committee has already started the preliminary works for the preparation of the bylaw. “The state government has approved the Automobile Parking Policy for all the …
While you could be booked for bursting crackers in a silence zone, you could zip through the same area with your vehicle roaring at 90 decibel. Reason: It is mandatory for all vehicles in the country to keep gas emission below limit, but there is no law to check noise …
In this new report IEA provides an overview of clean energy and energy efficiency technology deployment and summarises support policies in place across G-20 countries. G-20 Clean Energy, and Energy Efficiency Deployment and Policy Progress, a report prepared by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in collaboration with the G-20 Clean …
In pursuance of the decision by PMO regarding the introduction of Fuel Economy Labels & Standards for Passenger Cars in India, extensive consultations have been carried out by the Ministry of Power (MoP), Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH), Department of Heavy Industries (DoHI), Bureau Of Energy Efficiency (BEE) …
New Delhi: Faced with crippling slowdown and rising vehicle pollution, apex auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) has suggested to government that all private cars made before 1996 should be scrapped to boost demand for new vehicles and push sales of environment conscious vehicles. Siam has advocated …
