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 …
Nabanna: The state government is working on ways to regulate the entry of non-BS IV vehicles into Howrah and Calcutta after being pulled up by the National Green Tribunal for its failure to do so. The transport department has called a meeting on Thursday with the director general of police, …
Nagpur: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has sounded the death knell to 94 cities in the country where pollution levels are not meeting the set standards. Topping the chart are Maharashtra with 17 cities and Uttar Pradesh with 15 cities. The board has pinned the blame on civic bodies …
Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court directed the state pollution control board on Wednesday to ensure that stringent steps are taken to check rising pollution levels in the state and send its officials to conduct on-the-spot verifications of illegal mining units before filing a detailed report. The directive was issued to Jharkhand …
To be jointly developed by the U.S. and Finland to forecast pollution levels India is tying up with the United States and Finland to develop a pollution-forecast system that will help anticipate particulate matter (PM) levels at least two days in advance and at a greater resolution than what is …
Stuggling to contain stubble-burning, Punjab features among the top four states with maximum cities that have failed to meet the national air quality standards in India. The recent report in this regard submitted by Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Environment, on April 6 in Lok Sabha states that Punjab …
KOCHI: With mounting complaints about the use of pirated software by pollution control testing centres in the district to issue Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates to vehicles, the Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) has decided to initiate action against those centres. As a part of this, the department also kick-started a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 24/04/2018 regarding Environmental Compensation Charges (ECC) for violation of air pollution norms, Delhi.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order March 23, 2018 has directed EPCA to examine the new parameters that can be introduced in Pollution under Control (PUC) centres. EPCA has reviewed the global practices to assess the potential of adopting testing of additional parameters including nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate …
The tribunal, however, said that it wanted to verify the statement and asked the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to file an affidavit within a week NGT seeks details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro No incident of crop burning has been reported in Delhi and there is no requirement for …
PVR ‘Audit-Air-Iums' will be installed across Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. With the aim to combat indoor air pollution, cinema exhibition company PVR Ltd on Monday rolled out its “clean air theatre” concept by launching the “Audit-Air-Ium” theatre here. The company will revamp and retrofit the central air purification …
Dalhousie: The National Green Tribunal has pulled up the state government for its failure to bring down the city's vehicular pollution level by restricting BS III vehicles and phasing out 15-year-old ones. The eastern zonal bench of the tribunal has also observed that the government has tabled an unsatisfactory report …
Low- and middle-income groups are the worst affected by pollution; 92% of deaths due to pollution occurred in that income group Every third city that failed to meet national air quality standards in India–where most people die of air pollution than any other nation–was in two of the country’s biggest …
The NCAP draft, however, notes that many international studies often report data on mortality due to air pollution exposure, and "these studies use extrapolation techniques for air quality and health/disease related data, which probably may not be realistic”. The WHO says that 3 million people die each year due to …
GURUGRAM: Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki launched the ‘Healthy Lung, Healthy Haryana’ initiative in the city on Saturday, which aims to reduce respiratory diseases in the state. Under the initiative, around 200 respiratory physicians from across the state formed Haryana Chest Forum to create awareness about respiratory diseases. Haryana ranks fourth …
Taking a cue from the pillar-based vertical gardens in Singapore and Mexico city, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Ministry of Environment to develop vertical gardens across the city to curb air pollution. In India, the Kochi Metro was the …
JAGATSINGHPUR: A good number of illegal brick kilns have come up in the district and environmentalists have opined that these brick kilns are responsible for rise in temperature in the region as well as land degradation and air pollution.Sources said thousands of brick kilns are operating in Kujang, Erasama, Tirtol, …
GURUGRAM: Almost a year after National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the department of urban local bodies (ULB) to come up with a “green” plan for the city, MCG has started work on it. MCG commissioner Yashpal Yadav told TOI Gurugram Green Plan will be ready by next week. “We’ll be …
TRICHY: A light-weight satellite built by a 17-year-old aspiring medical student from Trichy will study the effects of air pollution and global warming in various regions including major cities in Tamil Nadu. Named after Anitha, the student who committed suicide last year after she failed to clear NEET exams to …
Calcutta: The National Green Tribunal ordered the Bengal government on Thursday to allow the supply of the environment-friendly compressed natural gas to major parts of the Calcutta Metropolitan Area (CMA) and not just the area under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. CMA comprises the area under the Calcutta civic body as …
NEW DELHI: Amid green organisations voicing concern over the absence of pollution reduction targets, the Union Environment Ministry on Thursday called for time-bound implementation of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). The NCAP calls for a long-term time-bound national-level plan to control air pollution. Under this, the ministry aims to …
