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,- …
Overcoming auto dependence: the Singapore way TRAFFIC CALMING FAVORING ALTERNATE MODES ECONOMIC PENALTIES NON-AUTO- DEPENDENT LAND USES To start with, less space to make roads to cater to private cars. Heavy investment in mass rapid transit systems. High cost of car ownership and use through high taxes on cars and …
Before buying a car in Singapore, it is mandatory to first buy a right to own a car. The "Certificate of Entitlement" system introduced in 1994 requires would-be car owners to bid for the right to buy a vehicle. The prospective owner will first have to buy the certificate. The …
A Japanese study, undertaken to explore measures to reduce emissions from diesel-powered vehicles, has proposed the replacement of old vehicles with new models. Conducted by experts from the transport ministry, the international trade and industry ministry and the environment agency, the study has said that owners of vehicles manufactured in …
at a time when the use of fossil fuels to power vehicles is incurring environmentalists' wrath, an alternative source of fuel has emerged as a viable alternative. Additionally, its use solves a disposal problem. The fuel is nothing but used vegetable oil which has been tested satisfactorily. It has powered …
a technology , which will enable domestic gas supplies to be used for refueling gas-powered cars at home, has been developed by British Gas (bg). The technology has been developed by bg after 10 years of extensive research. It involves installation of a low cost conversion unit in garages or …
The environmental pressure group Greenpeace has announced that on an average, 1,342 Greeks die every year due to air pollution, more than half of them in the capital Athens. "Up to 80 per cent of the air pollution in Greece comes from cars," says Stelios Psomas of Greenpeace. "We have …
At a time when India is dithering over the move to switch to clean fuels, our neighbours seem to be pulling all stops to reduce vehicular emissions. Both Pakistan and Bangladesh are going all out to expedite the process of moving towards compressed natural gas (CNG). Pakistan has even decided …
Restrictions have been imposed on running vehicles in Seoul after an air pollution alert was issued due to high levels of ambient ozone. According to a notification issued by Seoul City Hall , operation of privately owned cars will be restricted in areas where air pollution densities have reached hazardous …
For the first time in the world, a government has imposed restrictions on buying diesel vehicles for commercial use as an anti-pollution measure. Quite predictably, this move has come from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), California, which leads the world in air quality management. It adopted three …
the administrators of Hong Kong have set 2005 as the deadline within which time they will try and clean the city's heavily polluted air. The region's air pollution index hit an all-time high and its horizon was engulfed in thick clouds of yellow smog in the last week of March …
on may 10, the Supreme Court announced a clear schedule for supply of cleaner petrol and diesel to the capital. The apex court has directed the ministry of petroleum and natural gas ( mpng ) to supply petrol with 0.05 per cent sulphur to the entire National Capital Region ( …
strict rules have been recommended to control emissions from the large, noisy and highly polluting trucks in Japan. A panel, set up by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ( ldp ), has recommended that diesel vehicles be equipped with particulate filters and proposed that regulations be set in motion in …
Government plans to introduce a fleet of new taxis running on diesel has triggered off an outcry in South Africa. Environmentalists view the country's new-generation taxi fleet with diesel fuel as a major "lost opportunity' to reduce air pollution. While supporting the initiative to improve the public transport system, the …
In a study conducted for the Centre for Science and Environment, Swedish consultants Peter Ahlvik and Ake Brandberg at Ecotraffic have found that after taking into account all the toxic components in emissions the cancer potency level of diesel cars is double that of petrol cars in India. If only …
During the last two decades, many scientific studies have documented the link between air pollution and human health. Pollutants such as pm 10 and (particles less than 10 and 2.5 microns in size), nitrogen oxides ( no x ), sulphates, ozone, and acid aerosols have been found to be associated …
Cancer potency of diesel exhaust is more than double than that of petrol cars in India. In other words, one diesel car is equivalent to two petrol cars if all gases emitted by the vehicles are taken into consideration. However, if only particulate emission is considered, the carcinogenic effect of …
The Karnataka high court has issued notices to the state and Centre on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to keep vehicles that are more than 15 years old off the road so as to avoid pollution and accidents. According to the pil filed by advocate M G Kumar, the …
US-based company Arctic Cat has come out with a means to combat noise and air pollution caused by snowmobiles in national parks. The company has introduced the
Thanks to a Japanese company, Soft99, you can now "wash' your car without so much as using water. The company has developed a "wet wax' sheet, a multi-layer textile, which stores a thin bed of detergents and waxes under a layer of short fibres. As the sheet is wiped over …
