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IGL show cause notice
The Hon
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Status of implementation of the Honble SC order for bypassing trucks to the city of Delhi to control vehicular air polllution
This is a report on the status of the implementation of the Supreme Court orders on preventing truck traffic from entering Delhi that are not destined for loading or offloading in the city. The Hon
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Delhi, UP sign pact for a smooth bus ride after 23 yrs
The bus commuters plying between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh can now look forward to an easy journey. The Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Governments signed an agreement on Monday, which would facilitate free movement of vehicles in each other's territory. "Better connectivity between NCR in UP and Delhi and free movement of commercial vehicles of the NCR States like Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh will now be possible. This is a historic agreement signed after 23 years," said Delhi Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf.
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Green fuel crisis makes city see red
As more vehicles turn to CNG, the number of filling stations is proving to be inadequate Spiralling prices of crude oil are ringing alarm bells for the green fuel policy in the Capital. As more and more private vehicle owners switch to CNG and the government makes CNG mandatory for different categories of vehicles, the city is falling way short of the demand. Long queues at CNG filling stations mean one thing: the city needs an immediate augmentation of capacity. And it needs it fast.
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the context of BS-IV compliant vehicles, 13/04/2017
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/04/2017 in the context of BS-IV compliant vehicles. Apex Court declares that the "<strong>automobile
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'Report doesn't pertain to Delhi which has serious pollution'
Mashelkar Committee's interim report seems like an aberration in the clear path which the Supreme Court had taken as advised by the Environment Protection Control Authority (EPCA). It leaves things
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CNG cylinders to be placed atop bus
Environment Protection and Control Authority (EPCA) has directed CNG bus manufacturers to place the CNG kit including the cylinder on the vehicle's roof instead of keeping it below the floor as it is
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Carbon cylinders mooted for storing CNG
The Society for Alternative Fuels After-market Conversion Companies (SAFAC) has urged the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA), popularly known as the Bhure Lal Committee,
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Conversion firms discuss CNG safety
Conversion companies today met the Chairman of the Environment Pollution (Protection) Control Authority (EPCA), Bhure Lal, to discuss the safety aspects of the buses which have converted to CNG.
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Report on the increase in the number of three-wheelers in Delhi
The three-wheeled scooter rickshaw (TSR) plays a very important role as intermediate public transport in the country. Delhi has around 53,262 registered three-wheelers as of August 31, 2004 running on compressed natural gas (CNG). The Hon
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Report calls for better designed CNG vehicles
The Environment Pollution Control Authority headed by Mr Bhure Lal has suggested "improvements" in the design of new CNG vehicles. A group of foreign experts had also assisted EPCA report. The report
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Proposals for emission controls on petrol two-stroke engine driven two- and three-wheelers and other issue
The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, had made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the next set of standards be announced early.
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Proposal for emission controls on petrol two-stroke engine driven two and three wheelers and other issue
The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, has made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the next set of standards announced early.
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Clearing the air: How Delhi broke the logjam on air quality reforms
Role of the Supreme Court in Delhi
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CNG drama: Ministry turns heat on IGL
When the oil companies came to give a representation to the Environment Protection Control Authority (EPCA) on the viability of CNG, they were accompanied by officials of the Ministry of Oil,
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Green panel whip on MCD: Build parking lots by Aug
Civic Body Will Have To Return Rs 811Cr Taken From Traders If It Fails To Meet Deadline New Delhi: The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has put the MCD on notice. It has asked the civic body to provide parking on 3,000-odd commercial and mixed-land-use streets by August.
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India to run on Euro III fuel from October
Rajeev Jayaswal NEW DELHI INDIA will switch over to Euro-III petrol and diesel on October 1, with the petroleum ministry issuing a fresh deadline for oil companies to sell cleaner fuels. Consumers across the country will pay about Rs 0.20-0.40 a litre more for Euro-III fuel. The petroleum ministry was acting on a dictat from the country
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EPCA pulls up govt agencies for failure to reply to notice
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board (DJB), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Central Public Works Department (CPWD) are in trouble for supplying untreated sewage water to Lodhi Garden for horticulture purposes.
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Report of high powered committee on how to decongest Delhi
<p>The primary solution to decongesting Delhi is prioritization and promotion of public transport and inducing people to shift towards it, from their private vehicles says the High Powered Inter-Ministerial Committee in this ‘Action Plan to Decongest Delhi’.</p>