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 …
Kolkata: The Clean Air Collective network comprising citizens’ groups, civil society organizations and farmers’ bodies have labelled the draft National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) a paper tiger without time-bound targets. On Thursday, the collective sent recommendations to the ministry of environment forests & climate change, including introduction of sectoral emission …
Various green groups today submitted their recommendations to the environment ministry on the draft National Clean Air Programme, which proposes multiple strategies to combat air pollution, calling for polluting sectors such as industry and coal thermal power plants to be brought under its regulation. The NCAP is only a "paper …
NEW DELHI: Public health experts from different parts of the country have called on the Centre to include a mitigation and prevention strategy for the impacts of air pollution on health in the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) – a national level strategy to reduce air pollution. The union environment …
Chandigarh: Punjab government will soon get Rs 395 crore from the Centre to fund its campaign against stubble burning. It will be the first instalment out of the total Rs 665 crore of financial assistance that the state will receive for straw management over the next two years. The state’s …
Ranchi: SS Memorial College - one of the oldest constituents of Ranchi University - has become the first institution arguably in the whole of Jharkhand to take a concerted decision to observe no-vehicle day twice a month to buffer rising emission levels in the city. The exemplary campaign was launched …
PATNA: All school buses, vans, traveller buses and trucks in Patna will have to undergo fitness and pollution test from May 23. The permits of those commercial vehicles, except auto-rickshaws, will be cancelled if they failed to pass the test, Patna divisional commissioner Anand Kishor said on Tuesday. He has …
Already awaiting funds from the Union government to deal with straw management in the state, the cash-strapped Punjab government has sought help from private companies to solve the problem crop residue burning under their Social Corporate Responsibility (CSR). Interestingly, as many as 15 such companies from the state and outside …
An innovative bicycle scheme will be introduced in the city from June to tackle the persistent pollution problems and congestion. As per this scheme, Smart City Development Corporation will provide the citizens with bicycles on hire. The Corporation has already entered into an agreement with the Tata Group Companies for …
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said electric vehicles will be introduced in road transport corporation buses and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) vehicles in a phased manner. Private vehicles, too, will be encouraged to turn electric to reduce vehicular pollution. The CM inspected the electric vehicles being manufactured by …
PATNA: In a bid to minimise pollution level, the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) on Thursday decided not to allow commercial diesel vehicles more than 15-year-old to ply on city roads from December this year. The action plan envisaged by BSPCB for reducing air pollution in the city will …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Having performed well in NEET the previous day, 17-year-old Oviya was jumping with joy after the mini-satellite she developed and designed from scratch was successfully launched from Mexico. TIRUCHY: Monday was a day of delight for Tiruchy teen K A Villet Oviya. Having performed well in NEET the previous day, …
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 …
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 …
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that BS-VI fuel would be made available in 17 of the 23 districts of the National Capital Region and in Agra from April, 2019, a year before the less polluting fuel is to roll out for the entire country. It, …
The Central government informed the Supreme Court that BS-VI fuel will be made available by April 1, 2019, in 17 out of 23 districts in the National Capital Region. Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated …
Making sense of recent energy trends can seem like a high-stakes Rorschach test. Some experts see the boom in renewable energy and the shift away from coal in many countries as evidence that the world is beginning to turn a corner on global warming. Others see simply a continuing reliance …
