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 …
The tribunal had also rapped the Delhi government and the neighbouring states over their action plan on ways to deal with severe air pollution in the city and directed them to file a detailed document to tackle the problem. The National Green Tribunal Wednesday directed Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and …
Directs four States to submit data within two weeks The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan to submit data on the ambient air quality within two weeks. A Bench headed by NGT acting chairperson Jawad Rahim directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) …
The UK government has spent more than half a million pounds on failed legal battles against clean air campaigners, according to newly released documents that underline the cost of weak action on pollution. The figures – obtained under a freedom of information request by the Labour party – show repeated …
Speeding up progress on reducing carbon emissions would save millions of lives, mostly in metropolitan areas of Africa and Asia. To keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, the world would need to cut the majority of fossil-fuel related carbon emissions this century – and because this would also reduce …
The US EPA is pursuing a rollback of earlier plans (implemented under Obama’s presidency) to raise the new-vehicle fuel-efficiency standard to nearly 50 miles per gallon by 2025 (that would be a fleet-level requirement, not model level). In response to that, 11 US states have now revealed an intention to …
During the post-monsoon season, the air in northern India is particularly stagnant, meaning smoke particles do not vent into the atmosphere as they would during other times of the year. Agricultural fires are to blame for about half of the pollution experienced in Delhi in October and November, a peak …
INDORE: Comparatively cleaner roads, proper disposal of construction waste and advanced cleaning mechanism for streets have made Indore's air more breathable and livable. Air pollutants in Indore city have dropped by over 15 per cent in 2017 as against a year ago, thanks to cleanliness drive initiated as part of …
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has slapped Rs 2 lakh as costs on the Delhi government for not filing action plan for providing incentives and infrastructural assistance to farmers to stop them from burning crop residue to prevent air pollution. A bench headed by acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad …
Air pollution and waste management continue to be areas of concern and in 2016, over 68 per cent of air quality monitoring sites exceeded the annual ambient concentration level of PM2.5, according to a report by TERI. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) today launched its yearly data directory TERI …
“I appeal to the auto manufacturing industries to take the retrofitting route. Auto manufacturers in India are already making BS VI compatible engines and selling these cars abroad. So, major changes are not necessary for the shift," Pradhan said at the launch of BS VI grade fuel. New Delhi: Oil …
CHENNAI: A PIL petition has been filed in the Madras High Court to take steps on a war-footing to control air and water pollution in all slum areas in the City.The first bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice A Selvam, before which the PIL from Global Warming Environment …
NEW DELHI: Noting the increase in air pollution due to industrial units in many cities across the country, the Union environment ministry has expanded the ambit of emission standard norms of sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) for five industries - ceramic, foundry industries (furnaces based on fuel), glass, …
Just because the city is not covered in smog does not mean pollution levels are down. On the contrary, alarm bells should be ringing and ringing loud. Each time visibility drops in the city and a thick blanket of smog engulfs the National Capital Region (NCR), alarm bells blare and …
The Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that we decided to proactively advance the roll-out of BS-VI fuel in Delhi from April 2018, instead of April 2020 after taking stock of the alarming pollution situation in Delhi in winters. BS-VI fuel will bring down sulphur by 5 times …
Chandrapur: To counter the ever-increasing air pollution menace, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) started a Star Rating Programme in some villages of Chandrapur district recently. Under the scheme, rural people can take initiative and engage with the industry and administration at various levels. Urban centres in Maharashtra see a lot …
This move makes New Delhi the first city in the country to switch from BS-IV grade fuels to BS-VI (equivalent to fuel meeting Euro-VI emission norms). With an aim to combat the rising levels of air pollution in Delhi-NCR region, petrol pumps in the capital from Sunday started supplying ultra-clean …
According to the IIT-Kanpur pollution apportionment study of 2015, the plant contributes to around 11% of PM 2.5 in the capital’s air. Blamed for contributing to 11% of PM 2.5 levels in Delhi’s air, the Badarpur thermal power plant is expected to shut permanently by the end of this month …
Worlds cleanest petrol and diesel are now being supplied in Delhi after state-owned oil firms advanced rollout of Euro-VI grade fuel by two years in a bid to combat alarming levels of air pollution. Since yesterday, Delhi has become the first city in the country to leapfrog from Euro-IV grade …
Household air pollution (HAP) is the eighth leading risk factor for global disease burden, contributing to 2.9 million yearly premature deaths. Nearly 80% of the sub-Saharan population and about 90 million households in Nigeria use biomass as their primary fuel for cooking and energy needs, which can adversely impact their …
A very unusual dust plume generated from dust-storm activities over the Arabian Peninsula and Southwest Asia affected the north-west region of India between March 20 and 23, 2012, causing significant reductions in air quality and consequently changes in meteorological parameters. Ground based measurements of aerosol optical depth at 500 nm …
