This paper explores the pivotal role of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) sales regulations in enhancing the adoption of electric two-wheelers in India, highlighting the gap between current gasoline vehicle dominance and the ambitious electric vehicle targets set by the government. Despite electric two-wheelers emitting 33%–50% less greenhouse gases than their gasoline …
The Delhi government has decided to reduce the number of extra buses to be deployed during the odd-even traffic trial to 3,000, down from 6,000 proposed earlier, because of the exemption given to two-wheelers, transport minister Gopal Rai said on Sunday . Rai made the announcement during a visit to …
Delhi govt writes to LG for authorisation to issue challans; rule to apply to all cars entering Delhi. From January 1 to January 15, every car entering Delhi will have to follow the odd-even registration number rule as the government sets out to implement an idea to reduce congestion on …
NEW DELHI: An engineer on Monday moved the National Green Tribunal against alleged adulteration of petrol and diesel at fuel stations prompting the green panel to direct inspection of petrol pumps across Delhi-NCR and seek a response from the Centre on the issue. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice …
NEW DELHI: Several studies have shown that motorcycles could be worst polluting vehicles after diesel trucks entering Delhi from other states, even more harmful to the environment than cars and heavy duty vehicles. But there is no strategy yet to control their emissions, and experts said it would be naive …
Private Car Numbers Climb But The Bus Count Plummets The Delhi Statistical Handbook 2015 released by the state government on Wednesday shows a lack of focus on public transport. Now that the government wants to try out its odd-even formula for private vehicles, the latest report shows just how prepared …
The draft report states two-wheelers are responsible for more PM 10 and PM 2.5 than cars when it comes to polluting the air. Exempting two-wheelers from the odd-even formula for plying of vehicles in Delhi to combat pollution will defeat the purpose, sources said Wednesday, basing this view on a …
The Arvind Kejriwal Government may exempt two-wheelers from the even-odd number vehicle scheme that will be implemented across the national Capital from January 1, 2016 to reduce air pollution, despite the fact that two-wheelers account for 31 per cent and cars are responsible for 20 per cent of vehicular pollution …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air Pollution, 01/12/2015. As per the report on Source Apportionment Studies undertaken by the Central Pollution Control Board in association with other leading national institutions in six metropolitan cities including Delhi during the 2007-09, contribution of vehicles including diesel vehicles to particulate matter (PM10) …
NAVI MUMBAI: As many as 100 pedestrians died in the city due to accidents between January and September 2015. However, two-wheeler riders were a close second followed by deaths caused in accidents by several other category of vehicles. DCP (Traffic) Arvind Salve said, "Mos of the pedestrian deaths have occurred …
Motorcycles and cars more than 15 years old that ply on city roads without a fitness certificate, reregistration and payment of environment tax are under the scanner. The Regional Transport Office (RTO) on Sunday launched a drive to check if owners of old vehicles have met the norms. Twenty-four flying …
Two-wheelers and all other types of vehicles are set to get two new safety features to reduce fatalities. Bikes and scooters will need to have the automatic headlamp on (AHO) like that of Daytime Running Lamps in cars, from April 2017. The road transport ministry is also working on a …
Delhi has around 70 flyovers, the most for any city in India. They were built to give cars direct and smooth transitions past railway crossings and traffic bottlenecks. Ironically, it is now common to run into a traffic jam on stretches leading to and away from a flyover. After decades …
Delhi is dangerous for cyclists. Last year 820 out 1,629 traffic fatalities were of people on bicycles. This year, the Delhi Traffic Police says that cyclists account for 330 of the 750 fatalities till now. But this is not surprising. A glance at any street indicates the government's priorities on …
BENGALURU: The Harleys , Triumphs and Ducatis revving up on the streets of Bengaluru beware. Transport authorities are cracking down on super bikes for causing noise pollution, after having allowed their sales. Joint Commissioner of Transport (Enforcement) Narendra Holkar has begun a drive targeting premium bikes such as Harley-Davidson that …
Increased vehicles meant more sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide in air; noise pollution rose. The already congested city roads had to accommodate one-and-a-half lakh more two-wheelers and 36,000 new cars in 2014-15. The environment status report (ESR) for 2014-15, tabled by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) during its general body …
PUNE: The thumping sound of your Bullet may not be music to the policeman's ears who could fine you for causing sound pollution. A total sum of Rs 36,000 has been collected from as many as 180 Bullet owners since Tuesday. The traffic police started the special drive after receiving …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. dated 06/07/2015 regarding pollution at Rohtang Pass. The Tribunal has noted with serious concern that there is complete chaos at the Rohtang Pass and its adjacent glaciers, which, …
Almost 630 people have been killed so far in fatal accidents in the national capital this year. According to data prepared by the Delhi police till May 31, in total 3,289 accidents have been reported in the city and in these 627 persons lost their lives and 3,291 were injured. …
Judgement of the Madras High Court in the matter of R. Mallika & Others Vs A.Babu dated 08/06/2015 regarding lives lost due to non-wearing of protective headgear, namely, helmet, as mandated under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles, Act, 1988.
The National Green Tribunal today asked Centre to learn from China in curbing vehicular pollution in the Delhi-NCR, as it extended till July 13 the stay on its order banning plying of over 10-year-old diesel motor vehicles. "Why can't you learn from China? Have you gone through the reports how …
