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 …
NGO Centre for Science and Environment has critically analyzed a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research study, jointly carried out by Indian Institute of Petroleum and the University of Alberta, on presence of pollution-causing nanoparticles in CNG and diesel bus exhausts. This was in response to claims made by M …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Clean Fuel Norms, 11/08/2015. Government of India approved the National Mission on Electric Mobility in 2011 and subsequently National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 was unveiledby the then Hon’ble Prime Minister. As part of the mission, DHI has notified a scheme namely FAME – …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Use of Clean Fuel, 11/08/2015. The universalisation of Bharat Stage (BS) -IV norms will reduce sulphur content of the fuel to 50 ppm and the implementation of BS-V / BS-VI emission norms will further reduce the sulphur content to 10 ppm and will improve …
Kolkata will shortly be included in the prestigious C40 group of megacities, which is committed to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. On July 22, the mayor of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, who is also the chair of C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, wrote a …
AHMEDABAD: The compressed natural gas (CNG)-run buses are harmful for humans as they emit "nanocarbon" particles which can cause cancer, according to a study conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Though the study was conducted on a very limited sample size in Delhi, CSIR took the findings …
The Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association recently moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) voicing its anguish over the increasing levels of pollution in Delhi due to trucks passing through the city despite a 2001 Supreme Court order banning those. The association of women lawyers practising in the Supreme Court and …
The total number of households covered in the survey was 1,452 and the findings represent the overall situation of slum conditions in Mumbai, says the paper. A huge 89.6 per cent of people living in slums die of respiratory diseases followed by digestive problems (41.6 per cent) and aches and …
Wearing breathing masks and waving placards, the Ecologists and Greens of Alsace held a demonstration here late on Thursday in order to raise awareness about the deadly cost of air pollution in France. Their mouths covered, the protestors walked down the center island of the busy and highly polluted Boulevard …
Swedish researchers have uncovered a direct link between polluted air and dementia. People who live in homes exposed more heavily to pollution run a 40 percent greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia than those who live in areas with cleaner air, a study at Umea University says. …
The National Green Tribunal on Monday asked the Centre to respond on whether or not the pollution-under-control (PUC) testing system can be expanded to include various parameters such as PM2.5 (fine, respirable particulate matter) and hydrocarbons. As of now, PUC testing consists only of checking the opacity of emissions from …
Beijing will limit the number of vehicles on the streets and shut factories to ensure clean air during a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, the government and media said on Monday. The heavily polluted capital, often cloaked in a choking gray haze, will …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Ors. Vs. Department of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 04/08/2015 regarding environment in or around the Shri Girirajji Parvat and Parikrama Marg, Goverdhan, District Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Learned Counsel appearing …
If a recent survey is to go by, the quality of air in Coimbatore has improved in the last two years, despite the rapid growth and development. The survey conducted by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate that includes the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), says that …
I do not know how best to respond to the question that, these days, many parents ask me. Concerned about the toxic air of Delhi, they - particularly those with children who have asthma - ask me if they should leave the city. Many times, I am also told that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development & Others Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 03/08/2015 regarding pollution caused by vehicles in the city of Indore. The Tribunal in its order noted that the …
Exposure to ambient air pollution is suspected to cause cognitive effects, but a prospective cohort is needed to study exposure to air pollution at the home address and the incidence of dementia. The researchers aimed to assess the association between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and dementia incidence in …
It is a pleasant surprise that while the cotton city is growing at a fast pace, with development projects sprouting up across the city, the national ambient air quality survey (NAAQS) shows that Coimbatore's ambience has been improving in the past two years. The survey conducted by the Union ministry …
A WHO report says Amritsar is the ninth most polluted city in the country | PPCB to install monitoring device soon Burgeoning population, increasing vehicular traffic, mushrooming hotels and industrial pollution continue to pose a serious threat to the Golden Temple which was earlier too robbed off its sheen due …
Areas in South Central Mumbai are the noisiest in the Mumbai city, as per the latest figures released by the traffic police department. Stretches of Sion and Dadar along with the areas of Wadala and Dharavi have been earmarked as being the most noisy. The high decibel levels have been …
Increased vehicles meant more sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide in air; noise pollution rose. The already congested city roads had to accommodate one-and-a-half lakh more two-wheelers and 36,000 new cars in 2014-15. The environment status report (ESR) for 2014-15, tabled by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) during its general body …
