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,- …
Fuels dictate emissions. As established by a number of international studies, grp too found the toxicity of diesel emissions far exceed that of petrol emissions. And vehicles fuelled by diesel have left most companies in the lurch as far as final ratings are concerned. Corporate fuel performance
a letter of intent has been signed between the British energy group British Petroleum (bp) and the Economic Development Board (edb) to build hydrogen refueling stations for future Singapore motorists driving hydrogen-powered vehicles. Earlier, the edb signed a similar letter of intent with Daimler Chrysler to develop hydrogen-power cars for …
stories of how a promising technology can lose out in the maddening race for survival or the top slot always make interesting reading. This book is another such instance. But much more than that it is a critique on social choice, triumph of one technology over its competitors, some landmark …
Paris has recently introduced an ecofriendly plan to promote the use of buses and bicycles and discourage the use of private cars. For this purpose the city's mayor, Bertrand Delanoe, has reduced the road space for private vehicles. Under the plan, the right lane has been officially reserved for buses, …
after several years of discussions the Union ministry of road transport and highways finally notified the amendment to the Central Motor Vehicle rules for use of Liquified Petroleum Gas (lpg) for vehicles on April 24, 2001. The rules now allow lpg to be used as vehicular fuel. But a controversy …
Ram Naik's Ram Rajya Ram naik is a state capitalist. He oversees state companies. He is busy distributing state largesse. The ministry of petroleum and natural gas (mpng) , the ministry he heads, has been busy distributing natural gas to all and sundry through the Gas Linkages Committee, responsible for …
Talk about politicians enlightening the public. The cng issue has become a slanging match for politicians in Delhi. Each party looks for its own lobby of transporters blaming the other for the mess and joining the bus operators strike on August 10, 2001. Transporter Harish Sabherwal told the press, "We …
Soon after the March-April orders of the Supreme Court, several hundred private cng buses suddenly came on the roads. Their fares were the same as Delhi Transport Corporation buses. Thus, putting a lie to arguments of Mohan and teri that cng buses cannot work within the current fare structure if …
• India Today, August 20, 2001: "Though data on emission from various fuels vary widely, depending on the sources, the ultra low sulphur diesel (ulsd , also called Euro III) compares reasonably well with cng when fitted with a special filtering device. cng , as compared to ulsd , to …
But then why demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court? A dharna of schoolchildren in front of Naik's and Khanduri's ministry would be equally photogenic. And it would put some pressure in the right place. Many school principals in Delhi are clearly not convinced that clean air is a priority …
The cse panel of experts after completing their investigation concluded, "In an international perspective, we consider the safety level of the buses to be acceptable. However, there are still items or manufacturing operations that could be further improved in order to minimise the risk of unwanted incidents.' Based on their …
Powerful lobbies with vested interests often make interesting games, though often at the cost of public health. The way in which the moves to scuttle the Supreme Court (sc) orders have unfolded gradually at different levels is amazing. And with the sc standing firm, the disinformation campaign of these vested …
April 2001 May 2001 June 2001 July 2001 August 2001 September 2001 October 2001 November 2001 December 2001 January 2001 Commitment made on April 14, 2001 Daughter stations 39 30 20 11 0 Daughter booster stations 8 18 28 39 50 Commitment made on July 14, 2001 Daughetr stations 38 …
The past five months have been incredible. When we launched our campaign for clean air in 1996, with the publication of the book, Slow Murder , we had no idea that we were entering into a realm of high intrigue and deception. In all our years of public work, we …
The Madras IIT located just opposite to Anna University has a different tale to tell. The premier institute of technology had to postpone classes recently due to scarcity of water. The institute requires around eight lakh litres of water daily. Part of this requirement is met from openwells and borewells …
the deadline for Indian automobile manufacturers to inform customers regarding the emissions warranty scheme ended on July 1, 2001, but manufacturers have done precious little to inform their customers about the scheme that they were supposed to offer for Euro II compliant vehicles. The scheme aims at revealing technical malfunctioning …
Any sign of slapping tighter emissions standards on vehicles triggers doomsday prayers as a price hostile market appears bleak in the face of higher costs surviving. Introducing cleaner technology comes at a price. With no established practice in the country to relate cost of production with health costs of polluting …
What is the reason for the increase in the cases of respiratory diseases in the city ? Both indoor and outdoor pollution has increased in the city. Increase in the number of vehicles on the roads and large number of industrial units has contributed to the outdoor pollution. Combustion products …
People asked for it and the automobile industry gave it to them, but does the government even know about it. Six months after the automobile industry announced that it was willing to take responsibility for the on-road emissions from their vehicles, emissions warranty finally came into effect from July 1, …
