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 …
MANALI: Acting on National Green Tribunal (NGT) orders, Himachal Pradesh government has started imposing a penalty of Rs 2,000 on vehicles older than 10 years if found plying Manali-Rohtang highway. "Vehicles older than 10 years are not being allowed to go beyond Vashisht check post. Any violation on this would …
Pollution has soared to hazardous levels in Beijing, reaching 20 times the limit recommended by the World Health Organisation. Since Saturday visibility has been low and many people were seen wearing masks. Experts say car emissions and construction in cities are to blame. Parts of China experience heavy smog periodically. …
BEIJING -- The Chinese government met several air and water pollution control targets for 2014, said the Ministry of Environmental Protection on Thursday. In 2014, about 7 million vehicles were banned from the road nationwide because they failed to meet exhaust emission standards, said Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian …
The lack of coordination between the Pollution Control Board (PCB) and traffic police has led to delay in action against highly polluting vehicles in the city. Air pollution continues to remain as the biggest cause of respiratory diseases among city residents. Vehicles have to comply with the emission norms set …
With diesel vehicles being biggest source of air pollution in Delhi, noted environmentalist Sunita Narain Wednesday said there was a need to heavily tax such vehicles in the national capital. With crude oil prices fallen below USD 50 per barrel, now is the right time for the government to implement …
Up to 35 public sector organisations are being given the chance to bid for funding from a £5m scheme to support ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV), as part of a drive to get electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles into the fleets of central government. The first phase of the scheme, announced …
With diesel vehicles being biggest source of air pollution in Delhi, noted environmentalist Sunita Narain today said there was a need to heavily tax such vehicles in the national capital. With crude oil prices fallen below USD 50 per barrel, now is the right time for the government to implement …
The variability of the levels of atmospheric particulate matter PM10 and its composition is assessed in the rural and urban zones of Mexicali during fall and winter 2008-2009, using a low level volume Minivol sampler, with quartz and Teflon filters. During fall the Mexican norm was exceeded (120 μg/m3 in …
Agra: Concerned over reports of 'yellowing' of the Taj Mahal, a parliamentary standing committee (PSC) on environment has given the local administration two months to find ways to reduce pollution level in the city. A recent joint study conducted by IIT Kanpur in collaboration with two American universities - the …
Amid concerns over Taj Mahal turning yellow due to increasing pollution, the district administration has banned burning of cow dung cakes in the city while use of coal by small units will also be prohibited soon. “A recent study published in an American journal says that due to brown and …
Concerned over reports of 'yellowing' of the Taj Mahal, a parliamentary standing committee (PSC) on environment has given the local administration two months to find ways to reduce pollution level in the city. A recent joint study conducted by IIT Kanpur in collaboration with two American universities - the Georgia …
Scotland's streets continue to break European air quality standards as the country wrestles with an invisible "public health crisis" costing thousands of lives and billions of pounds. Analysis by environmental group Friends of Earth Scotland found dangerous levels of pollutants nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter in several of Scotland's …
The government's submission before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the major source of pollution in the capital was dust particles, and not vehicular emissions was dismissed on Thursday by environmental activists as ridiculous, with some even questioning the intent behind the environment ministry's stand. The ministry of environment and …
दिल्ली दुनिया के सबसे प्रदूषित शहरों में शुमार है। वह दिन दूर नहीं, जब यह जगह रहने लायक ही न बचे। हमें इसे रोकना है। एनबीटी आज से शुरू कर रहा है नई पहल जिसमें कोशिश होगी कि पॉल्यूशन से निबटने के उपायों की जानकारी हम आप तक पहुंचाएं : …
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that instead fixing 15-year-old limit to identify polluting vehicles, fitness testing of such a vehicle will prove whether it has "reached the end of its life or not." Giving a ray of hope to persons, owning private vehicles which are more than 15 …
An IIT-Bombay professor has debunked the myth that industrial effluents are the chief cause of air pollution. Environment science professor Virendra Sethi, in his paper 'Air Quality: Status and Management' cites pollution generated from homes and vehicles as an equally worrisome factor. What the research reveals Citing his research work …
The government has told the Supreme Court that banning private vehicles older than 15 years from plying on roads would not help reduce air pollution. Instead of banishing such vehicles, the emission norms should be upgraded to combat pollution, the Centre said in an affidavit. It also suggested that fitness …
SHANGHAI’S overall air quality improved in 2014 from 2013 thanks to the absence of extreme weather and the city’s anti-air pollution measures that include promoting the use of cleaner energy sources, the environment authority said today. Despite the improvement, the air quality doesn’t meet the World Health Organizations standards. According …
REDUCING pollution caused by heavy trucks and ships will be a priority for Shanghai this year, an environment official said yesterday. Although the city has far fewer vehicles than Beijing, the amount of pollution they create is much higher, said Luo Hailin, an official with the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau. …
SC Told Vehicles Contribute Just 6.6%, Dust's Share Is 52% The major source of pollution in the capital is dust particles and not vehicular emissions, the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) submitted before Supreme Court on Wednesday . While dust contributed 52% of particulate matter in the air, pollutions …
