Green Games: Delhi has lots of cleaning to do
Pollution levels rising, could hit athletes
Pollution levels rising, could hit athletes
New Delhi: Delhi government so far has been pinning all its hopes for clean air during the Commonwealth Games in October on people switching over to mass transport systems.
The Delhi govern ment is planning to levy congestion charges on motorists for driving in congested areas of the capital before the Commonwealth Games.
A congestion charge on cars that crowd the Capital is one of the options the government is considering to clean the air in the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
Delhi needs a combination of long lasting reforms as well as a contingent plan to clean up its air before the 2010 Commonwealth Games, says this latest analysis by Centre for Science and Environment.
RAWALPINDI, May 8: Noise and air pollution is on the rise in the congested Rawalpindi city posing serious health hazards to the people, as the local environment authorities are virtually oblivious to the issue and even lack basic data.
Dasuya (Hoshiarpur) : An industrial unit located on the Chandigarh-Hoshiarpur-Jammu highway in Randhawa village, near here, has been openly polluting the environment for the past many years.Owned by a known liquor baron of the region, Chadha Estate is not only causing air pollution but the underground water has also been polluted to a great extent.
Dhanbad, May 6: Though residents in the coal belt of Jharia and Raniganj take pride in the presence of vast coal reserves under their land little do they know about the health hazards connected with the same.
Zahid Rafiq Automobile experts think negligence on the part of the car owners, use of sub-standard parts in CNG kits and jammed central locking system are the main reasons for fatalities during car fires. The NCR region witnessed many such car fires over the past month, resulting in the deaths of at least three drivers.
VARUN SONI As Bharat Stage IV norms for fuels and vehicles came into force from April 1, 2010 in 13 cities in India, the automobile industry is trying its best to delay the implementation of Bharat Stage III norms for vehicles in the rest of India.
Surajeet Das Gupta & Yogima Seth Sharma / New Delhi May 6, 2010, 0:15 IST Promises better mileage than Tata
Stone crusher units instructed to provide telescopic chute at the product unloading conveyor PERAMBALUR: The Collector, M. Vijayakumar has urged the stone crusher units to comply with the air pollution control measures.
To control emissions, countries must first account accurately for their carbon. That will take considerable effort, reports Jeff Tollefson.
Surajeet Das Gupta & Yogima Seth Sharma / New Delhi May 5, 2010, 0:44 IST The government extended the deadline for implementing cleaner emission norms for two-wheelers across the country, a move that has come as a big relief for auto manufacturers, especially the country
The commissioning of country
Pune Pune city will get its share of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) with Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) putting up its first main station at the PMPML bus depot at Shivajinagar.
At last, all the major emitters of greenhouse gases (GHGs) have agreed under the Copenhagen Accord that global average temperature increase should be kept below 2
Air quality management in cities have been traditionally evaluated using the good versus bad list analysis
A recent evaluation of relative environmental impact of countries published in PLoS ONE. Finds that 10 countries with the worst global footprint are Brazil, US, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Australia & Peru.
Mumbai: Apart from the malaria menace, you can also blame the rising burden of another disease, asthma, on the incessant construction activity in the city. In fact, the Asthma and Bronchitis Association of Mumbai has dashed off a letter to the civic body and to the ministry of housing, urging them to formulate guidelines for contractors and engineers to control