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: Delhi government will procure 1,000 electric buses, apart from inducting 2,000 CNG ones. Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia announced this on Thursday in his budget speech. According to the government’s own estimate, Delhi needs at least 11,000 buses. But it has only 5,784. DTC’s share in this is …
A one-time subsidy of Rs 30,000 to e-rickshaw owners was also announced. NEW DELHI: The AAP government on Thursday presented a “green Budget” which is aimed at controlling pollution and monitoring its impact on the environment. The city government announced 26 separate programmes under four different departments of environment, transport, …
A meeting held in the Environment Ministry reviewed the mitigation measures to combat air pollution in Delhi-NCR. The meeting decided that all agencies will be held accountable for implementation of the decisions taken. Following detailed discussions, the following decisions were taken: 1.Government agencies like PWD, DDA, DMRC and NHAI have …
NEW DELHI: As pollution choked Delhi in recent years, a total of 140 air purifiers were purchased for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's offices and at least six other government agencies, according to previously unpublished government data. The purchases came as Modi faced criticism for not taking effective steps to improve …
NEW DELHI: Environmental activists across the capital held a protest outside Badarpur thermal power plant on Tuesday morning asking the ministry of environment, forest and climate change to enforce the National Clean Air Programme at the earliest. The protesters, supported by Greenpeace India, also sought a sector-wise breakup of how …
Penalty of ₹2 lakh imposed on State government The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday rapped the Delhi government for not filing an action plan pertaining to pollution as a result of crop burning in Delhi-NCR and imposed a fine of ₹2 lakh on the State government. Affidavit declined Coming …
Air pollution protesters say they are prepared to go to prison as they step up their campaign against the poisonous air that kills tens of thousands of people in the UK each year. A group of campaigners including pensioners and young parents, were arrested on Monday after targeting the offices …
Societal risks increase as Earth warms, and increase further for emissions trajectories accepting relatively high levels of near-term emissions while assuming future negative emissions will compensate, even if they lead to identical warming as trajectories with reduced near-term emissions. Accelerating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reductions, including as a substitute for …
A Hindu outfit, Shri Ayutchandi Mahayagna Samiti, is organising the event during which one crore offerings to fire will be made by priests, who have come from Varanasi and Vrindavan. Flames rose from 108 heart-shaped hawan-kunds at Meerut’s Bhaisali Ground on Sunday as more than 350 priests performed a mahayagna …
Patna: Patna could soon see CNG (compressed natural gas) filling stations to cater to people who want to opt for cleaner, environment-friendly fuel to run their automobiles. A high-level meeting chaired by the chief secretary on March 23 will decide on providing space at two locations to Gas Authority of …
NEW DELHI: The environment ministry’s strong pitch for funds to fight air pollution and save rivers has found an unusual backing from the parliamentary standing committee examining budget allocations for 2018-19. The parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests has recommended an increase of about 50% in …
Addressing the CII Delhi State Annual Session and Business Conference, Lt Governor Anil Baijal said traffic congestion was one of the biggest issues being faced by the city apart from pollution. Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal Wednesday said the government will soon make it mandatory for cooperative housing societies to …
NEW DELHI: The union environment ministry’s draft concept note on National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) is silent on how it will tackle major sources of air pollution such as industry, transport, thermal power plants and others. The programme however has an ambitious target of reducing air pollution levels by 30% …
NAIROBI, March 14 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official on Wednesday called on African governments to put policies and finances in place to start adopting electric vehicles to cut air pollution. Erik Solheim, Executive Director of the UN Environment, told a conference in Nairobi that the rate of rapid urbanization …
China’s top steelmaking city of Tangshan will order some steel mills to cut production by as much as half to improve air quality, after curbs put in place during winter expire in March, the government said on Tuesday. Some steel mills that have been slow in tackling environmental pollution will …
NEW DELHI: Giving legal sanctity to its plan to tackle air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), the Centre has finally notified a comprehensive action plan (CAP) and asked governments in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan and their agencies to ensure “strict implementation” and time-lines. Though …
NEW DELHI: The government's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to tackle air pollution is a "good" start, but it needs public participation from the planning level and transparency in terms of information, a green body said on Monday. Greenpeace India, which accessed the NCAP's concept document through an RTI, said …
NEW DELHI: As part of its dedicated air pollution abatement programme for 100 polluting cities, the Centre has formulated a National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to fight the menace through a long-term strategy. The programme focuses on target oriented approach with specific time-lines to reduce various pollutants in cities including …
The environment ministry today told the Supreme Court that a National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to comprehensively deal with the rising air pollution levels across the country would be finalised within four weeks. NCAP is a medium term national level strategy to tackle the increasing air pollution problem in India …
GURUGRAM: Policymakers and politicians love the word ‘green’ when they are describing technology: in pollution-scarred NCR, the word has permeated into daily diction so much that it could mean anything from a certain kind of building to public transport to a way of life. resi Inside homes, the currency of …
