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 …
CHINA yesterday unveiled temporary measures to guarantee clean air for a September 3 military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II. Environment Minister Chen Jining told a meeting that clean air was integral to the success of the parade and as a showcase for the capital. China …
Cooking fumes from roadside snack shops and restaurants may impart mouthwatering aromas - but in Mong Kok, they are an even bigger source of some kinds of harmful air pollution than vehicles, a new study has shown. The restaurants are releasing an alarming amount of organic particulate matter (PM), the …
In compliance with the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the district administration has imposed a complete ban on all diesel and petrol vehicles going to the Rohtang Pass for tourism purpose from tomorrow. No vehicles, except CNG or electric, would be allowed to go the Rohtang Pass for …
Bengaluru is a city in which it's hard to breathe. Yet, the pollution control board has only 13 monitors across the 700-odd sqkm of the city. The fact that 10 of these 13 monitors have recorded respirable suspended particulate matter in excess of the permitted levels is testimony to the …
The Government today said it will soon launch a "massive" people-oriented awareness campaign to check air pollution, and asserted that it has adopted a "consultative and cooperative" approach with the states to deal with the menace in and around Delhi. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that three review meetings …
Increasing the number of CNG buses, crackdown on polluting vehicles and industries and tree plantation drives are some of the many steps being taken by the Delhi government to curb rising pollution in the national capital, a statement said on Thursday. As per the report on curbing pollution in the …
Government is considering giving financial incentives of up to Rs 1.5 lakh on surrender of over-ten-year-old vehicles to check pollution and address road safety concerns, transport minister Nitin Gadkari today said. This comes at a time when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned plying of diesel vehicles which are …
To maintain ecological balance in Ooty and Nilgiri hills in Tamil Nadu, a parliamentary panel has recommended a host of measures including banning of plastic bags, pressure horns in automobiles and development of mass rapid transit system in the region. A parliamentary standing committee on science,technology, environment and forest has …
The NGT also said that the Delhi government and concerned authorities would have to decide whether to impose a fine on such vehicles. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday refused to modify its order banning the plying of diesel vehicles, which were more than 10 years old, in Delhi …
An old Chinese saying advises people to “sweep the snow from your own door step” and not to worry about others’ problems. But Beijing has found it could in fact benefit from helping its neighbours clean up their air. The capital, which has hit a wall in reducing its choking …
New policy bans diesel-powered vehicles from certain areas, among other plans aimed at reducing air pollution and environmental hazards in Haifa Bay area. For the first time in Israel, a Clean Air Zone will be enacted, banning polluting diesel-powered vehicles from a specific area. The zone will be in Haifa, …
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 13/08/2015. The Counsel appearing for the State has informed that trial of CNG Buses …
This letter assesses low carbon scenarios for India at the subnational level in the passenger road transport sector. We estimate the future passenger mobility demand and assess the impact of carbon mitigation policies using the Asia–Pacific Integrated Assessment/Enduse models. This letter focuses on the transitions of energy and emissions of …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state government to deposit Rs 25 crore as security for failure to comply with pollution under control (PUC) norms. State was supposed to deposit amount by Monday. Previously, MP government was asked to comply with PUC of all vehicles in the state …
The National Green Tribunal today refused to modify its order banning plying of diesel vehicles which are over 10 years old in Delhi-NCR. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said it was for the Delhi government and the concerned authorities to decide on the issue of challaning …
Dramatic change to the Haifa Bay region’s air quality, Environmental Protection Ministry officials are promoting a plan they say would significantly reduce both industrial and vehicular emissions in and around the city. “Haifa Bay residents have the basic right to breathe clean air,” Environmental Protection Minister Avi Gabbay said. “We …
PARIS – Progress slashing unhealthy ozone in the western United States has largely been undone by pollution wafting across the Pacific from China, according to a study published Monday. Scientists have long suspected this might explain why ozone levels along the U.S. west coast remained constant despite a significant local …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 12/08/2015 regarding rising air pollution in Delhi especially with reference to diesel vehicles. The Order states that there will be no change to its earlier order. However, …
A green body today said diesel technology and fuels in transport sector need drastic transformation to protect public health, while claiming that CSIR has "misrepresented" the findings of a study which states that CNG buses are more harmful than diesel buses. According to the study conducted by Council of Scientific …
LUCKNOW: The city will get a new, advanced centre to check fitness of vehicles. Union ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) wanted to set up the system in bigger states with a high vehicle population and registration rate. Lucknow gets 8 to 10% vehicles registered every year. UP accounts …
