Safety focus in Khan Market spruce-up plan
Redevelopment plan looks beyond beautification and parking issues. Stresses on need to create fire exits and relocate services so that evacuation routes are not obstructed Khan Market is set to wear
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New parking policy for Delhi mooted
Aims to discourage parking on roads, use of private vehicles The Capital looks all set to have a new parking policy meant to regulate parking on the roads while placing a restraint on use of public space by private vehicles, thus creating an incentive to use public transport. A series of suggestions made at a meeting called by Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on Thursday to address the city’s parking woes include revision of parking fees to make parking on roads more expensive than parking at street-level, or in underground and multi-storey parking lots.
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Contemptible laxity
We never thought the Supreme Court order would get implemented
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale operation of illegal brick kilns in states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, 07/02/2018
<p>On Feb 7, 2018, the National Green Tribunal issued notices to Union environment ministry and the governments of the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi over illegal operation of brick kilns in these four states. State pollution control board of each of the four states have been directed to inspect the brickfields and examine if they are complying with the environmental norms.</p>
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Take cab to Noida without paying tax
New Delhi: In a move that will make travel between Delhi and national capital region cities like Noida and Ghaziabad a lot simpler and cheaper, taxis and radio cabs plying between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh will not be required to pay any tax at the border from Wednesday.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding 10 years old diesel vehicles plying in NCT, Delhi, 13/04/2015
<p>Considering request of the Delhi government, NGT has stayed for two weeks its order to impound old diesel vehicles plying in the capital city for more than 10 years. The green tribunal also sought suggestions from the state government on providing incentives to those transferring/scrapping old, polluting diesel vehicles and on fixing a cap on the number of vehicles to be registered in the capital. </p>
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding ban on polluting diesel vehicles in Delhi, 07/04/2015
<p>The National Green Tribunal has banned all diesel vehicles which are more than 10 years old and said that they will not be permitted to ply in Delhi. Read text of this 9-page order issued on 07 April 2015.</p>
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Most vehicles don’t have PUC certificate: Only 4L Tested In Month; 26% Compliance
New Delhi: On Tuesday, the transport department started the year’s first pollution checking drive as part of its World Environment Day initiative. With the drive reduced to an annual affair — the last
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Final report on particulate pollution reduction strategy in seven critically polluted cities
On August 14, 2003, the Hon
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Third report on particulate pollution reduction strategy in seven critically polluted cities
This report provides information about progress in implementing the city action plans and the specific directions sought by the Hon
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Investigations relating to fire hazards and safety in CNG buses and supplementary report on converted CNG buses
In response to the reports on fire incidents in CNG buses in Delhi, EPCA had constituted an expert committee on May 2, 2006 to investigate the problem. This report has analysed the root cause of bus fire incidents, identified the manufacturing deficiencies and defects pertaining to the engine and sub-system design/ electric installations and electric wiring/gas piping and joints etc.
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A progress report on audit of PUC centers and networking of PUC centres in Delhi
This report presents the results of the third party auditing of the PUC centers. It recommends periodic audits every six months and corrective actions based on the findings of the third party auditing of the PUC centres. Presents the finding of the decoy operation in which frauds in a PUC centre was detected. Recommends strong penal action against the defaulters.
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More BRT corridors, more buses
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: The public transport initiative in the Capital was reviewed at a meeting between the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority panel head Bhure Lal and member Sunita Narain and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely and senior officials here on Thursday.
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Interim progress report on particulate pollution control strategy in critically polluted cities
In response to the direction issued by the Hon
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Auto permit scam: SC slams Delhi chief secy
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed serious reservation over the Delhi chief secretary’s failure to honour its August 2011 order, asking him to detail the action taken following a CBI report about the
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Consultant to identify MCD parking sites
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will finally appoint a consultant to identify parking along the commercial and mixed land use stretches in three zones
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Free parking could be a thing of the past
AHMEDABAD: Free parking could soon become a thing of past. Infact, it could be banned altogether in some parts of the city. For the first time, city's municipal administration has begun talking of a parking as well as an advertising policy. These moves are aimed at making public transport more likable for the denizens.
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Cars choke city, SC panel for buses
New Delhi: A Supreme Court panel on environment has suggested tax measures and integration of public transport systems of satellite townships to decongest the NCR and reduce vehicular pollution, even as it noted that cars have taken up most of the public space in the Capital.
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Congestion in Delhi: scary future of our cities
Immediate sign of the mobility crisis in our cities is paralyzing congestion, -- crawling traffic and high pollution levels. Mounting global evidence shows that this imposes high costs on urban communities. This can be around 2 - 3 per cent of the GDP. In many cities congestion occurs during the longer
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Learning from practice: examples of fiscal reform in cities to deal with pollution and congestion
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. The key focus of the fiscal measures are clean fuels and technologies including CNG, LPG and zero emissions technologies;