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,- …
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 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, …
When roads become an extension of living rooms When Hannes Linck moved in August 1999 to Quartier Vauban, a newly-built neighbourhood in the southern German city of Freiburg, he decided to sell off his car. Hannes lives with his wife and two children in a flat built by a housing …
Luxembourg: Supporters gathered at Rue de la Gare, a one-way street with two lanes. This street became car-free in one lane. Ostersund, Sweden: In this city of Central Sweden, people arranged a car-free day by giving free bus rides to those who showed their car keys. Prague, Czech Republic: Banners …
The Netherlands: A long-term project in 1999 started at the Dutch Cyclist Union funded by the Ministry of Transport to adopt better cycling policy in over 60 municipalities. The first city to have won the award is Veenendaat in November 2000. United Kingdom: A new initiative launched by the national …
Resource use: There is a low energy building standard involved. Solar-supported heating gets promoted. Rainwater is collected and recycling facilities and composting get a boost. Community: Residents are able to participate during planning. They are involved in running facilities too. And they have institutionalised representation. Mobility: An integration with public …
Whereas European cities are making an effort to return to walking and cycling through innovative ways of pedestrianisation and car-restraint policies, the tradition of cycling and walking is being squeezed out of Asian cities. Only Japan and Singapore are making some efforts to revive these practices. In Chinese cities, where …
Great potential • There is a great potential for bicycle use in Delhi where even now 40 per cent of journey distance is less than 2.5 km and more than 57 per cent is less than 5 km in length. l Bicycle trips can take the same or less time …
Natural gas-powered cars called Enviro 2000 are being introduced in Thailand by Petronas, Malaysia's state oil company. The cars are being introduced to promote the use of the ecofriendly fuel. Petronas has signed a three-year pact with the Petroleum Authority of Thailand to introduce the five-seater cars. Officials of Petronas …
following a green signal given by the Union government for using liquefied petroleum gas ( lpg ) as an auto fuel, two lpg stations were recently set up in Mumbai. The stations have been set up at Cadell Road and Andheri. Each of the lpg stations, constructed by Larsen & …
the California Air Resources Board ( carb ) has approved over us $600,000 for two research projects aimed at studying the effects of air pollution on children's health. The projects are important as they will evaluate the impacts of both compressed natural gas buses ( cng ) and diesel buses …
The current emission standards and safety measures for conversion of in-use vehicles to CNG are extremely lax. The emission standards only require the vehicles to meet the equivalent standards for diesel and petrol vehicles in force in the year of manufacture. This means that a pre-1996 vehicle after being converted …
Remember the cartoon of the European explorer in North America, waving an axe to clear forests while moving towards the west coast a few centuries ago? The slogan "exploring the west' in China has a similar ring in the ear. China now has its eyes fixed upon its wild, barren …
• In 1996, China produced 1.4 million vehicles. By 2000, production is expected to reach 2.7 million and by 2010, six million • Registered motor vehicles in China (excluding scooters) are expected to reach 44 to 50 million by the year 2010. China's long-term goal is to have every household …
