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) decision to ban vehicles older than 15 years from plying in the Capital, which aims at reining in emission levels in the city, is expected to affect over two million vehicles, according to official estimates. Various government departments, including transport and the police, began gathering …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/11/2014 regarding growing air pollution in Delhi. The Tribunal noted that despite orders of the highest court of the land there is hardly any improvement in the ambient air quality of …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday held that all vehicles more than 15 years old would not be permitted to ply on the roads here. A Bench, headed by chairperson and judge Swatanter Kumar, also directed that wherever such vehicles were noticed, the authorities should take steps, including the seizure …
NEW DELHI: Environmental activists and experts have welcomed National Green Tribunal's directions to deal with air pollution in the city but said the efforts of the government should be more focused on "visibly polluting" private vehicles and also upgrading of public transport infrastructure in the city so that people are …
American scientist Joshua Apte travels in an autorickshaw to present alarming findings for anyone who spends time on or near the roads in this city of 25 million. The autorickshaw lurched through New Delhi’s commuter-clogged streets with an American scientist and several air pollution monitors in the back seat. Car …
BHAGALPUR: With a view to checking air-pollution vis-a-vis vehicle emission, the district transport office (DTO) has launched a 'Go green campaign' in Bhagalpur district. The transport department's endeavor is to ensure that all the vehicles running on the roads adhere to pollution norms and do not add to air pollution. …
The ice mass on high Himalayan mountain pass Rohtang, overlooking this tourist resort in Himachal Pradesh, is reducing rapidly due to air pollution and in the next 20 to 25 years it may vanish altogether, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has said. This would create serious repercussions on ecology and …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed tighter limits on emissions of smog-producing ozone, rules designed to reduce asthma and heart disease that critics said they may be among the costliest ever issued by the agency. The EPA published a proposal today for ground-level ozone, offering to tighten the levels to …
BRUSSELS – Air pollution, chiefly from coal-fired power plants, cost society up to €189 billion ($235 billion) in 2012 — equal to the gross domestic product of Finland — the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in a report published on Tuesday. The agency provides research to guide EU policymakers, who …
Delhi has the dubious distinction of being ranked the most polluted city in the world by WHO. A random check of Delhi’s pollution last week showed particulate matter (PM) 2.5 levels at 441 mcgm3. At the same time, Toronto’s PM 2.5 level was 4, New York was at 8, London …
Our city has become so polluted that even a morning walk can make you very ill. Urgent steps like moving to Euro 5 norms and making diesel less attractive are needed but government is in no hurry Your early morning routine of a walk and workout out doors this winter …
Our city has become so polluted that even a morning walk can make you very ill. Urgent steps like moving to Euro 5 norms and making diesel less attractive are needed but government is in no hurry Your early morning routine of a walk and workout out doors this winter …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has passed the order that all the petrol and diesel vehicles older than 15 years would not be permitted to ply on the national capital's road. Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of …
While the strengthening of the enforcement of existing PUC norms has been much needed for decades in Delhi, experts said it addresses only half the problem. While PUC norms are concerned with pollution levels of in-use vehicles, emission norms for newly manufactured vehicles continue to be at least nine years …
As Delhi debates the benefits of making PUC certificates mandatory for getting fuel, a surgeon is working to persuade the judiciary to put a cap on the sale of cars and prohibit the sale of fuel-guzzling environmentally-unfriendly vehicles in the city. The reason--adverse effect of vehicular emissions, especially on the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of S.K. Goyal Vs. Sh. Ajay Tyagi, Chairperson, CPCB & Others dated 24/11/2014 regarding pollution from the Railway locomotive engines. The Tribunal in its order disposed of this Application with a direction to Respondent No. 3, Secretary …
The UK government will come under renewed pressure to cut pollution from diesel vehicles following the latest ruling in a battle over clean air. Nitrogen dioxide in cities is illegally high and the European Court of Justice ruled judges must force ministers to clean up the air as soon as …
