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 …
Despite a steady decrease in emissions since 2002, transportation remained the most significant air pollution source in the urban centers throughout 2014, the Environmental Protection Ministry revealed on Wednesday. The ministry published its findings in its 2014 Air Quality Report, drawing data from more than 100 air quality monitoring stations …
Being exposed to air pollution affects children's school performance, according to researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) who studied fourth and fifth graders in the El Paso Independent School District. Those exposed to increased amounts of motor vehicle emissions from cars, trucks and buses on roads …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed Delhi Police to submit within the next two days its plans to create alternative routes for heavy polluting vehicles. Since the eastern and western peripheral expressways will take another two to three years to be completed, trucks destined for Delhi could use these …
Even short term exposure to particulate matter and nitric dioxide (NO2) air pollution, that originate predominantly from the combustion of fossil fuels such as emissions from industrial plants or vehicles increases risk of severe heart attacks, research has found. The study investigated the effect of short term exposure to air …
Observing that the air quality in the capital has gone from "bad to worse", the National Green Tribunal today directed the Environment Ministry and pollution monitoring bodies to submit a report on stricter norms for checking of emissions from heavy vehicles entering the city. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. And Abhimanyu Rathor Vs. State of H.P. & Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding vehicular pollution in the eco-sensitive area of Rohtang Pass. The Tribunal in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs. State of West Bengal and Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding air pollution due to automobiles, West Bengal. Counsel Mr. Pranab Kumar Chatterjee appearing for the West Bengal Petroleum Dealers’ Association submits that affidavit has …
The National Green Tribunal has objected to the Centre's submission that fitness and not age be the sole criterion in phasing out old vehicles and raised questions over the existing system of issuing pollution under control (PUC) certificates. "What are you going to do about mechanism of checking emissions and …
Particulate matter and NO2 air pollution are associated with increased risk of severe heart attacks despite being within European recommended levels, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Jean-Francois Argacha, a cardiologist at University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel), in Belgium.1 "Dramatic health consequences of air …
BEIJING – Local governments in China will no longer be able to restrict or ban vehicles from plying on the road to keep its air clean, according to a new amendment introduced on Saturday to the central law that governs anti-pollution efforts. Governments in major cities like Beijing – notorious …
Young adults living in a polluted city show early signs of cardiovascular risk, according to research presented at ESC Congress today by Dr Krzysztof Bryniarski from Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum in Krakow, Poland. Residing in a polluted city was associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers in otherwise healthy adolescents …
The National Green Tribunal on Thursday warned the Delhi government to “stop making jokes” of its orders, taking strong exception to its casual approach on monitoring vehicles entering the city through different entry points and directed it to produce complete details of inspection. “You were supposed to check three things …
The Centre may be arguing that the traffic share of diesel vehicles nationwide has come down since price deregulation of the fuel in 2014, but the number of registrations in Delhi is on the rise. According to data submitted to National Green Tribunal by Delhi government on Thursday, the transport …
AGRA: All car buyers in Agra will have to furnish proof of owning a garage or a slot in a parking area in order to get their vehicles registered. The decision was take by Taj Trapezium Zone Authority (TTZA) during a meeting last evening to ensure that the air emissions …
The observation came while the Tribunal was hearing arguments on devising alternative routes to ease pressure on Delhi roads. “Stop making jokes of our orders”, the National Green Tribunal warned the Delhi Government on Thursday, taking strong exception to its casual approach on monitoring vehicles entering the city through different …
The National Green Tribunal has slammed the Delhi police for submitting an “outdated” traffic plan to reduce pressure on the overburdened roads in the capital while directing it to devise fresh alternative routes for commercial vehicles passing through Delhi. “The volume of traffic which existed in 2002 is just a …
A French start-up claims to have developed the world's first Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for road freight vehicles. Popularised in Formula 1, a KERS system recovers the kinetic energy usually lost under braking, and uses it to power a small electric motor. French firm Adgero, working with German company …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday asked Delhi's transport department the total number of vehicles registered in 2014 and 2015 and a break-up of diesel and petrol vehicles. Diesel vehicles cause 27 times more pollution than petrol-driven ones, it said. "Issue notice to RTO Delhi to place statement before the …
MUMBAI: The city seems to be getting less livable due to consistent year-on-year increase in air pollutants. Data accessed by TOI from the BMC's yet-to-be-released Environment Status Report (ESR) 2014-15 has quantified the increase since 2012-13. Air pollution levels were monitored at three traffic junctions in the city—Worli, Wadala and …
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) have entered into a partnership that would ensure sustenance of Nigeria's air quality. At the partnership engagement briefing at the NiMET, Dr. Lawrence Anukam, Director General/CEO NESREA, noted that a lot people are dying from …
