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 …
Strict emission standard but lenient enforcement is what marks the city's approach to pollution control. More than 75% of vehicles you see at any given time have ducked the mandatory pollution control test. "If vehicles are not maintained and tuned, they are bound to pollute, however higher emission standard they …
The way the graph moves tells the story of a public health disaster that has been allowed to happen: over the last 15 years, the fall and rise of the lethal, fine dust that clogs your lungs every day in the nation’s capital. After the historic Supreme Court judgement in …
BEIJING: Beijing has introduced measures to limit the number of motorists on heavily polluted days, the latest move by authorities in the Chinese capital to battle the choking smog that has blanketed the city in recent years. Lung cancer rates are rising among the 21 million residents of China's capital, …
Climate change, we can emphatically say, is a wicked problem This is a real-life story of three wicked problems, one opportunity - and a new way to confront global challenges. Climate change, we can emphatically say, is a wicked problem. It was in 1992 that the world started its formal …
Air pollution has reportedly been linked to irregular heart beat and blood clots, and now new research suggests that it may lead to an increased risk of stroke and anxiety as well, especially in developing countries. Usually factors like obesity, smoking and high blood pressure put people at a great …
With Kochi city increasingly depending on work force commuting from suburbs and neighbouring districts, there is crying need to discourage private vehicles, while making available adequate number of commuter-friendly public transport systems. The dependence on workers from outside city limits is because the city area has almost reached its residential …
Police asked to act against those using the high-decibel horns Considering a letter sent by an octogenarian on noise pollution as a petition, the National Green Tribunal — Southern Bench — directed the State Transport Department to ensure that air horns are not used in any vehicle. The Tribunal took …
Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that the proposed coastal road would decongest other roads in Mumbai, reducing air pollution. “The agenda of growth and environment protection on the other is our motto. The coastal road is good and will come up in …
The Delhi Dialogue Commission, an advisory body of the AAP government, today stressed the need for an integrated public transport system to address transport -related problems being faced by the residents of the national capital. In the meeting, led by Transport Minister Gopal Rai and DDC vice-chairman Ashish Khetan, it …
The Delhi Dialogue Commission on Monday held a meeting with the Centre for Science and Environment and transport officials to come up with a roadmap for checking vehicular emission. Advocacy organisation CSE asked the Delhi government to write to the Centre to advance the roadmap for emissions standards. The Delhi …
Emergency measures introduced in Paris to halve the number of vehicles on the roads after a noxious smog descended on the French capital have been hailed as a success. Police said the measures had reduced traffic jams in and around Paris by up to 40% and that 2,800 drivers had …
A meeting on transport-related issues facing the Capital’s citizens was organised by the Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) chaired by Transport Minister Gopal Rai, and co-chaired by DDC vice-chairman Ashish Khetan, the Government said in a statement. There was focus on the need for integrated public transport systems in addition to …
The industrial sector has been taking the flak for emitting high levels of hazardous gases over the years but it might ultimately be our homes that are responsible for the highest emission of greenhouse gases. A recently published study conducted by the Centre for Ecological Sciences of the Indian Institute …
The city has not seen any policy intervention with the power of producing "overnight" improvements in air quality for more than 25 years, according to a think tank researcher. But an upcoming mandate ordering ships to use cleaner fuel while stopping by in Hong Kong was likely to be the …
BEIJING -- Beijing mayor said Beijing will map out a long-term planning to tackle smog and curb air pollution with neighboring Tianjin municipality and Hebei province. The mayor Wang Anshun addressed the China Development Forum 2015 which opened on Saturday, saying that Beijing failed to achieve last year's target of …
Paris authorities have requested emergency traffic-limiting measures to be put in place on Friday, as the city of light and much of northern France suffers from a choking smog. City mayor Anne Hidalgo asked national authorities to stop one in every two cars entering the capital and make all public …
A study in this week’s Scientific Report by researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) and in China add more fuel to the already hot debate about whether electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly than conventional vehicles by uncovering two hidden benefits. They show that the cool factor is real – …
The UK government issued health warnings on Thursday as a dangerous cloud of smog continued to drift across much of Europe. The smog alert level was moderate for most parts of the UK, with some pockets of denser smog around Doncaster and the north east of England attracting a high …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Shafi Mohammed Meer Vs State of Maharashtra &Ors dated 20/03/2015 regarding vehicular pollution caused by auto-rickshaws in Mumbai and Thane region. The advocate appearing for the MPCB, states that inspite of correspondence with the concerned authorities, …
MUMBAI: The main sources of air and noise pollution in the state, especially in Mumbai, are vehicles while domestic sewage has been found majorly responsible for water pollution in rivers. Noise pollution levels have exceeded during working and non-working days in areas like Shivaji Park and Antop Hill, while the …
