The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
As Nepal reels under devastating earthquake, experts today warned that Indian cities like Delhi could suffer heavy casualties even in case of moderate tremors while pointing out the lapses in the building regulations of the country. Noting that the condition and quality of Indian building stock is "poor", Centre for …
Poor condition and quality of buildings in India contribute to the large number of deaths and destruction during earthquakes, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has pointed out. “Lack of regulations for construction and monitoring of buildings makes a huge proportion of them unsafe. The large number of deaths …
Houses collapsed in Kyirong county. In this picture, volunteers help with rescue work at the site of a building that collapsed after the earthquake hit Kathmandu. AP Houses collapsed in Kyirong county. In this picture, volunteers help with rescue work at the site of a building that collapsed after the …
Delhi's environment department has collected about Rs 190 crore from the pollution cess of 25 paise per litre of diesel imposed in 2008, officials told TOI. The money was to be used to create an "air ambience" fund and promote clean air policies but a major chunk of it lies …
If a ban on polluting diesel vehicles is to be implemented, the transport department wants it to be based on fitness and not age. While this could be a sensible proposition, most experts who attended the department's meeting on Tuesday are worried that lax pollution-under-control certification standards and manipulation of …
NEW DELHI: The government has consulted states in the National Capital Region and prepared an action plan to check worsening of air quality in Delhi and around, which includes installation of ambient air quality monitoring stations and conversion of coal-based industrial estates into green-based units. "The government has consulted the …
Technological advancements in the automotive industry and the switchover from two-stroke engines to four-stroke ones may have been touted as vehicles 'going green', but new challenges have now emerged in the battle against ever-increasing air pollution. It has been found that fuel-efficient vehicles, which may be performing better on dated …
High air pollution levels in Delhi have been generally associated with winters, when atmospheric inversion traps pollutants close to the ground and causes smog. It's time to revise that view. Of late, the air quality continues to be poor even when temperatures are high, indicating that bad air in the …
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), which analyses environmental performance and energy efficiency of all modes of transportation to better public health, has recommended a colour-coding system of vehicles to effectively implement the NGT ban on diesel vehicles more than 10 years old. "Enforcing such a ban continuously will be …
If the National Green Tribunal’s pollution commissioners want to know where some of the 80,000 diesel-belching trucks that enter Delhi every night go, all they need to do is reach the heart of South Delhi at 10 pm. That’s when the first of around 1,500 trucks starts revving up outside …
In Its Action Plan, CSE Suggests State Govt Need Not Wait For Centre To Act Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has recently prepared an action plan to counter high air pollution levels, and an implementation strategy for the new government with special emphasis on clean fuel and scaling up …
A recent directive from the Centre to ensure that construction and demolition waste is recycled hasn't shaken the civic body yet to crackdown on the massive dumping of this waste on river beds and nullahs. In a meeting with state environment and forest ministers in New Delhi recently, the central …
The Centre's three-month action plan to curb air pollution in Delhi has nothing new, experts said. They, however, welcomed it because for the first time, the action plan considered NCR, and not only Delhi, for interventions. On Monday, the Centre in coordination with Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, came …
The Centre's three-month action plan to curb air pollution in Delhi has nothing new, experts said. They , however, welcomed it because for the first time, the action plan considered NCR, and not only Delhi, for interventions. On Monday , the Centre in coordination with Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and …
Banning old diesel vehicles may not be enough to address severe air pollution in Delhi. Other countries have been imposing higher taxes, excise duties and registration costs to discourage people from buying diesel vehicles. They have also introduced low-sulphur diesel to clean up vehicle emissions. Experts say National Green Tribunal's …
NEW DELHI: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has put on hold its order of April 7 banning more than 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the capital. The bench, headed by chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, on Monday considered Delhi government's contention that the order posed practical difficulties and may impact essential services, such …
NEW DELHI: The decision to ban diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old from Delhi has been welcomed by environmentalists though they have voiced their concern about how the order will be implemented and its fallout. Former Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) member-secretary Dr B Sengupta pointed out, supply …
NGT bans 10-yr-old diesel and 15-yr-old petrol vehicles All 10-year-old diesel vehicles and 15-year-old petrol ones will be taken off the roads in the National Capital Region, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered on Tuesday. Experts, however, warned that part of the public health benefit that would arise from the …
BHOPAL: Be watchful before you quench your thirst by drinking packaged drinking water or consuming sweets. These two are from a list of many food products that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found adulterated in state capital. Approximately, every sixth food sample was found of substandard quality in Bhopal in …
Contamination of food is a "serious" problem in India as use of antibiotics "compromises" food safety while junk food adds to the problem, a green body today said and advocated for a disease surveillance and alert system and better enforcement of food safety act. "Scientific evidence has shown that contamination …
