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 …
Comprehensive action plan to be notified in its entirety within 4 weeks, says Additional Solicitor General The Supreme Court asked the government on Thursday to consider implementing the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in Delhi first as the people here are “struggling” due to pollution. A Bench comprising Justices Madan …
In compliance to the direction of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Dated: November 17, 2017 (in the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others vide OA No. 44/2018 (Earlier OA No. 21/2014), the ambient air quality data monitored by Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring …
While the government is in talks with several firms to get electric vehicles on lease, representatives from Chinese firm BYD (Build Your Dreams) Auto Industries Company Limited, which makes electric vehicles, met Rao on Wednesday In order to curb pollution, the Telangana government announced that it will soon introduce electric …
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday differed from the recent report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that ranked Patna the fifth most polluted city in the world. The situation in Patna is not so bad as it has been mentioned in the WHO report, he said. …
Fund utilisation from ECC to buy e-buses The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) to examine the Delhi government’s proposal for using part of the ₹999.25 crore collected from environment compensation charge (ECC) to buy semi-low floor fully electric buses. A Bench of Justices Madan …
Patna: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who also holds the forest and environment portfolio, hinted at banning plying of vehicles that are over 15 years old. "At present we cannot ban their plying because it comes under the Motor Vehicle Act, which is a central law," Sushil said at …
JAIPUR: When the city woke up on Tuesday morning, the Particle Matter (PM) 10 (particles smaller than 10 microns) and PM 2.5(particles smaller than 2.5 microns) level was as high as 313 µg/m³(micrograms per cubic meter air), which was categorised as very poor by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board …
Patna: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board has written a letter to the district administrations for restricting the use of firecrackers and disc jockeys during weddings to curb pollution. The letter issued to the district magistrates, senior superintendents of police, and superintendents of police says air pollution "increases tremendously with …
The country’s current Clean Air Programme proposal needs to urgently take cognisance of the concerns raised by WHO’s urban air quality index, writes TV Jayan Much to the embarrassment of the Indian government, the latest edition of urban air quality database for over 4,300 cities from 108 counties released by …
WHO ranked city at 14 on its list of most polluted cities The constant rise in air pollution suggests the government’s failure in curtailing emissions. A rough estimate suggests that about nine lakh vehicles are registered with the RTO. The holy city is among the top tourist destinations in the …
Panaji: The state transport department has launched surprise checks on centres that test vehicle emissions and issue pollution under control (PUC) certificate without actually inspecting the vehicle. Recently the department received a tip-off that such centres, generally called PUC centres, are operating without adhering to the norms, like issuing a …
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NOIDA: A two-day conference on curbing air pollution will be organised by National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) from May 8 to 9 in Noida. The conference will be inaugurated by R K Singh, Union minister of state (independent charge, power and new and renewable energy). According to sources at …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India dated 08/05/2018 regarding garbage being set on fire leading to air pollution, Janakpuri, Delhi, 08/05/2018. Abmber Sachdvea the Applicant has been permitted to file the photographs in the Registry and such filing the Registry …
Deposition and accumulation of light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosol on glacier surfaces can alter the energy balance of glaciers. In this study, 2 years (December 2014 to December 2016) of continuous observations of carbonaceous aerosols in the glacierized region of the Mt. Yulong and Ganhaizi (GHZ) basin are analyzed. The average elemental …
The far-reaching efforts were simultaneously directed to prevent pollutants coming from vehicular sources, construction activities, burning crop residue and biomass. RAIPUR:Three years after Chhattisgarh capital Raipur earned the dubious distinction of being the seventh most polluted city in the world — pushing the national capital to 11th spot — the …
Patna: Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) plans to expedite the process of introducing compressed natural gas (CNG) in the city to address air pollution after a World Health Organization (WHO) report noted that Patna is the fifth most polluted city in the world in terms of PM 2.5 concentration …
Air pollution is not only injurious to human health, but also to plant life. Scientists from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have found that most wheat cultivars developed after the year 2000 are more sensitive to damage due to ozone, a byproduct of air pollution. This can affect wheat productivity under …
Despite a 2016 study carried out by the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) indicating that the share of pollutants from burning the biofuels and suspended dust was almost 48.25 per cent to the PM 2.5 levels in Mumbai, environmentalists blame the authourities and say that they …
Meerut: A team of three engineering students of Moradabad Institute of Technology has innovated a device that keeps owners of two-wheelers informed about vehicular emission through an android app called BRHMAS (Bike and Rider Health Monitoring with Anti-Theft System). The device also gives a warning about increase in harmful vehicular …
