Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
NEW DELHI: It’s the end of the road for diesel vehicles in the Maruti Suzuki stable. The country’s largest carmaker, which accounts for one out of every two vehicles sold, has said that come April next year, it will phase out diesel from its line-up, nearly two decades after introducing …
The BJP's promise of turning NCAP into a 'mission', which means institutionalising it better and increasing accountability at the Centre, is not enough because the NCAP has several limitations Measures that prioritise development can also lead to air-quality improvements in India, even if they are not primarily targeted at air …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Haryana chief secretary to submit an action taken report and take punitive action against the officers for failing to stop leachate from the Bandhwari landfill site. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said this is a classic instance of …
NGT asks depot at Tughlakabad to furnish plan by July 31 The National Green Tribunal has granted an extension to the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Tughlakabad to submit an action plan pertaining to the phasing out of diesel vehicles meant for transporting goods. Extending the time limit permitted to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandeep Dube, District President, Aam Aadmi Party Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 25/04/2019 regarding air pollution by hot mixed plant near Bhimavala village, Vikasnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The report submitted by the District Magistrate, Dehradun and Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board mentions …
With a single long-term focus on shifting to electricity as a transport fuel, the government is ignoring more readily available cleaner alternatives such as Auto LPG that can play a significant role in cleaning up our air over the next two decades. Yet another recent report by Greenpeace found that …
Bengaluru: How bad is the air we breathe? What impact does the city’s toxic air have on our health? Soon, such questions will get specific answers with the Clean Air Platform (CAP), a collective initiating a project to measure air pollution exposure in Bengaluru. The project titled #WhatAreYouBreathing will crowd-source …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (State of Tamil Nadu) dated 23/04/2019 regarding solid waste management and allied issues in Tamil Nadu. A compliance report was submitted by Tamil Nadu indicating the steps taken for solid waste management, …
China's Macao saw its air quality record in 2018 register more days of "Good" and fewer ones of "Poor" in 2018, while the number of days with acid rain decreased from 2017, the special administrative region's statistic service said on Sunday. The latest annual environment report released by the Statistics …
If you drive a car into central London weekdays between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm, you will pay a congestion charge of £11.50, equivalent to about $15. The rules are enforced by automatic cameras that snap photos of the license plates on the cars entering the congestion zone. Other cameras …
The city’s rising pollution levels are a cause of concern and now the Army headquarters in Kolkata have taken the initiative to combat the environmental challenges. Going by the adage, charity begins at home, the Fort William officials have drawn up a guideline that they intend to follow with the …
April 7 is observed as the World Health Day. The aim and objective is to make the people aware about their health. Now different types of new diseases are coming up in the human societies due to growing pollutions; which bring health hazards for which the human beings alone are …
Gurgaon: The city air quality reached ‘Good’ level for the first time this year on Thursday, as the air quality index (AQI) recorded at 50. For the last two days, the city has been witnessing unusually low levels of air pollution. The AQI was recorded at 56 (Satisfactory levels) on …
Only three out of 16 CAAQMS installed in MMR provide data on its website While activists are demanding for more air quality monitoring stations across Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to accurately quantify the magnitude of the air pollution crisis, 13 out of 16 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) …
The Met department said on Wednesday that Delhi-NCR will experience more thunderstorms in the next two days with a 90 per cent probability on Thursday and 60 per cent probability on Friday. In a rare respite for the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), the city's air quality index (AQI) on Wednesday …
AHMEDABAD: The Tuesday dust storm raised the pollution level in the city. The city's PM10 reading of 517 on Tuesday was the highest in the country among the Safar-monitored cities. In Delhi and Mumbai, PM2.5 level was below 200. The AMC officials said that it was expected that the PM10 …
NEW DELHI: A former NHAI chairman has suggested to the Supreme Court-appointed environment watchdog, EPCA, that agencies should collect environmental compensation charge (ECC) from heavy commercial vehicles at junction points of the entry roads to National Capital Region rather than at Delhi borders. Track the pollution level in your city …
War and post-war animosities do not prevent African countries from engaging in collaborative action on global platforms What Africa did yesterday, can South Asia do tomorrow? Will South Asian countries be able to rise above their political differences and come together to fight the likes of toxic air and climate …
Recently, the BBMP Additional Commissioner for public health, D Randeep, launched a network of 40 air quality monitoring devices that have been installed across the city. This has been seen as a positive move in controlling the city’s increasing air pollution when it comes to accountability with facts. With construction …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satya Prakash Pattnayak Vs State of Odisha dated 16/04/2019 regarding illegal sand mining and transportation, which is causing air pollution and damage to River Jambhira and River Muradi at Morad Tahasil, Odisha. NGT directs the District Magistrate, Morad to look …
