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 …
The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) suggested measures to check vehicular emission levels in the Capital will soon take concrete shape from New Year’s Eve. As per the NGT order, which had suggested hiking parking rates and a congestion tax to dissuade the usage of personal vehicles, the Traffic Police will …
Almost all of the most polluted cities in India are located in the north with Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan dominating the list, according to a WHO report on the most polluted cities in the world published earlier this year. Incidentally, UP, Punjab and Delhi also lie in the fog …
This inaugural State of Clean Transport Policy report compiles advancements in national and international regulations to reduce energy use, mitigate climate change, and control air pollution from motor vehicles and fuels across eleven major vehicle markets from January 2013 through August 2014. These eleven vehicle markets—China, the United States (US), …
With the rising vehicular pollution across metros becoming a matter of concern, the National Green Tribunal earlier this week asked the Centre to place before it the Dr. Mashelkar Committee Report on auto fuel quality, vehicular emission norms and related issues. An NGT bench headed by Justice P. Jyothimani directed …
THAT Americans drive brash gas-guzzling cars whereas Europeans putter around in fuel-sipping runabouts is as enduring a stereotype as any. Strangely, this divide holds true even for similar models sold on either side of the Atlantic. European cars will apparently go much farther on a tank of fuel and, as …
Delhi has lost the gains it made through environment-friendly reforms in the early 2000s, and air quality is now worse than before, new data shows. For the long-term, vehicular emission standards needed to be upgraded and the use of cars disincentivised, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has recommended. …
The present study reports on the abundance of reactive nitrogen (NH3 and NO2) at two sites, i.e. Okhla (urban site) in Delhi and Mai (rural site), located in the nearby state: Uttar Pradesh. The measurements were carried out during the period from October, 2012 to September, 2013 on a monthly …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 04/12/2014 regarding growing air pollution of Delhi. A team of CPCB, DPCC, a Scientist from MoEF, a Scientist from State Boards of State of Rajasthan, State of Haryana and State of …
It's the end of the road for old vehicles in Delhi.On Monday, all 13 regional transport offices (RTO) in the city were told to stop registering vehicles that are 15 years or more old, in keeping with a National Green Tribunal order of November 26 aimed at checking pollution. In …
NEW DELHI: Inadequate and unreliable data from government agencies has led to individual researchers using battery-operated portable devices that measure one's personal exposure to air pollution. This method reflects not only the alarming fact that exposure to air pollution in Delhi, however brief, could sometimes be 10-20 times the safe …
Dismayed at high levels of pollution, NGT ordered vehicles older than 15 yrs unfit for roads. More than 29 lakh vehicles will go off the capital’s roads following a National Green Tribunal order putting a ban on plying of vehicles older than 15 years, the Delhi government has said. Dismayed …
The aim of this study is to analyse the amount of atmospheric pollution caused by vehicular traffic and the public strike, during which vehicular traffic is highly curtailed, offers an excellent opportunity for our purpose. The present study is carried out through systematic in situ measurements of particulate matter (PM), …
The white marble domes of the Taj Mahal are iconic images of India that attract millions of visitors every year. Over the past several decades the outer marble surfaces of the Taj Mahal have begun to discolor with time and must be painstakingly cleaned every several years. Although it has …
ransportation has become an important part of our day to day life. Due to changing lifestyle, frequent travels whether related to work or leisure has become a common phenomenon. Such lifestyle also demands comfortable transport medium and reasonable availability of fuels. As need of vehicle for transportation is rising, it …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Centre for Environment Protection, Research & Development Vs. State of M.P. & Others. dated 01/12/2014 regarding implementation of Rule 115 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 pertaining to the requirement of PUC certificate for the …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) welcomed the National Green Tribunal's judgement to ban more than 15-year-old vehicles from Delhi roads with some circumspection. In a release, reacting to the NGT's order on Wednesday, CSE said, it "welcomed the 14-point action agenda directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) …
Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar rolls out 14-point action plan to ensure that the capital of India is better managed Prime Minister Narendra Modi may not have had this in mind when he launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or cleanliness drive, but the National Green Tribunal has stepped in to address …
A day after National Green Tribunal gave a detailed order for tackling air pollution in Delhi, the agencies tasked to do so seemed to be in a haze. In fact, some officials claimed they were yet to read the order which has asked for a complete ban on more than …
