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 …
LG Panel Recommends It As Only Way Forward On Reducing Air Pollution Implementing bus rapid transit across the city has been one of the key recommendations of the lieutenant governor’s committee on air pollution. Allaying fears of congestion and traffic mess, a committee member has said that it will be …
KATHMANDU: If things go as per the government’s plan, commuters will be able to ride on bigger and wider green or environment friendly electric vehicles from this year. The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT) is doing final preparations to introduce a policy which aims to promote the operation …
(Don't) take a deep breath, brace yourself. The air we breathe is becoming more and more polluted and that too quite fast given the rising number of construction projects and vehicles on roads. The latest Environment Status Report of Greater Mumbai 2012-13 observes that with widespread construction activities and increasing …
London's Oxford Street has higher levels of Nitrogen Dioxide than anywhere in Europe and even Beijing China is often considered the pinnacle of air pollution in the world, but research suggests that certain streets in London may have higher levels than Beijing. With most traffic in London being run on …
It has been more than a week since the last heavy pollution, with occasional rainstorms keeping the smog at bay, and it is easy to forget the pollution on days like this. China is the world’s largest car market, both as a producer and a consumer, and is also the …
The Beijing Municipal Environmental Bureau revealed late on Friday that 12,599 formal complaints about smog were lodged by members of the public from January to May, 124 percent higher than the same period of last year. Beijing, routinely shrouded in hazardous smog, has been on the front line of a …
Carbon Monoxide content in the air is more than permissible limit A study conducted by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSBCB) has revealed that the air at the three bus depots of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) in the city has more than the permissible limit of Carbon Monoxide (CO). …
Rush hour gridlocks, haphazard parking of vehicles on the roadsides, ever-increasing levels of hazardous air pollution and traffic bottlenecks. All this and more are a mundane sight for any commuter, who struggles to make way through the roads of Chandigarh, a city that spreads over an area of 114 sq …
Rules proposed by the White House June 2 would push U.S. power plants away from coal-fired generation. Coal runs along a conveyor belt after being scraped off the wall by a shearer during longwall mining operations at the Consol Energy Bailey Mine in Wind Ridge, Penn., in May 2013. The …
Beijing is working with its surrounding areas to forge stronger cooperation to clean up the air in the region, which is notorious for choking smog. China's capital city and neighboring Tianjin and Hebei, along with Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and Shandong, plan to establish an expert committee to analyze root causes …
More than 2.4 million vehicles will be taken off roads in the municipalities of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province, along with another four municipalities and provinces along the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, according to the ministry. An action plan, issued by the General Office of the State …
PUNE: Ambulances, police vans and other vehicles operating during an emergency will not be allowed to make use of their sirens or multi-tone horns between 10pm and 6am, barring exceptional circumstances. The state government has issued these directives in response to a judgment from the National Green Tribunal (NGT), west …
"There is a link between rising pollution levels and hotter days," said Dr Gufran Beig, Program Director at System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). Temperature recorded at the Palam observatory on Sunday broke all records since the establishment of the centre in 1952. Mercury touched 47.8 degrees …
ALLAHABAD: Vehicles zooming past city roads including silence zones like hospitals, schools, colleges and residential areas producing high decibel sound with their horns might be routine scenes for passersby but many are unaware that increasing noise pollution might be a major cause factor of high blood pressure, stress and anxiety …
Panjim’s ambient air quality data shows PM10 to be 43.50 mpmc for the year 2013-14 The data of Panjim city also reveals that the air pollution has decreased in last three years l Margao, Vasco, Ponda and Mapusa too have recorded low air pollution levels GSPCB says the pollution conditions …
Gradual adoption of greener fuels for transport vehicles over the last one decade is showing a prospect of reducing air pollution in the city, according to an expert, reports UNB. Addressing a seminar, titled ‘Air and Water Pollution Aspects of Bangladesh’, they suggested that steps should be taken to accelerate …
Global companies that specialise in making vehicle emissions cleaner are rushing to take advantage of Beijing's war on pollution, as Chinese automakers look to comply with tougher regulations in the world's biggest auto market. Firms from Bill Gates-backed start-up EcoMotors Inc to Faurecia SA, a parts supplier controlled by French …
Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone finds this analysis by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Read this CSE analysis and find more in this package. Summer pollution curve takes an ugly turn as ground-level ozone, a highly reactive …
KOLHAPUR: In a bid to bring down pollution in the urban areas, the Kolhapur Road Transport Authority has decided to ban autorickshaws running on diesel in the jurisdictions of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation and Ichalkaranji Municipal Council. Only autorickshaws running on petrol and LPG will be allowed to ply on the …
JAIPUR: The number of vehicles has increased considerably in the city in the past five years, which is one of the sources of pollution. In the recently released World Health Organization (WHO) report on pollution, the situation of the city is not so encouraging in terms of pollution in the …
