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 …
With increasing urbanisation and pressure of vehicles, the tourist destination of Pokhara and its thriving tourism industry are likely to hit hard by air pollution. This was the upshot of tests carried out by a government team at five places in the city to find measures to manage the local …
The city has poor facilities for bicycle users and pedestrians. Besides, use of private vehicles is quite high as compared to public transport, while road safety continues to be a cause of concern. All this have been reflected in the first-of-its-kind citizens’ Transportation Status Report (TSR) brought out by Parisar …
Citizens’ Transportation Status Report 2013 reveals need to increase share of public and non-motorized transport. In a first of its kind, city-based NGOs Parisar and Save Pune Traffic Movement (SPTM) have released a Citizens’ Transportation Status Report (TSR) on the lines of the Environment Status Report (ESR) that is published …
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has slammed the recent hike in CNG prices, a fuel which drives public transport. This has almost destroyed the price advantage that CNG had over diesel, said Sunita Narain, director general, CSE. This makes the price differential between a greener and a polluting fuel …
As China's smog levels crept past record highs in early December, the phone lines at pollution-busting kit maker Broad Group lit up with Chinese customers worried about hazardous pollution levels that have gripped China this year. China's government is struggling to meet pollution reduction targets and has pledged to spend …
Lead content in the dust, if not checked every day, can turn hazardous. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has written to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to clean the pavements and construct better roads to check air pollution levels in the City. According to KSPCB officials, dust …
Efforts to manage Canadian cities through smart growth policies emphasize the importance of integrated public transit system and bicycle-transit integration. The goal of this paper is to review the impact of planning policies that promote utilitarian cycling on the provision of bicycle facilities (pathways, bikeways and parking) in Calgary. The …
New Delhi: The new environment minister, Saurabh Bhardwaj, has slammed the latest price hike in CNG, saying competitive pricing of diesel and CNG will be detrimental to the environment. He also suggested that “vested interests” in the diesel lobby may be behind the sudden hike. In an exclusive interview with …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and IGL on a petition filed by an association of bus operators challenging the recent CNG price hike in the capital. Simultaneously, the newly formed AAP government too moved court, to get ‘impleaded’ as a party to …
A recent study undertaken by students of CEPT University, that monitored the ambient air quality of Ahmedabad at 32 locations, shows that at least 15 areas in the city, including its own campus, have suspended particulate matter beyond permissible limits. Other areas - Nava Vadaj, Kankaria Zoo, Viratnagar, Odhav GIDC, …
December 27, 2013 (9.00 am – 4.00 pm) Kumari Hall, Hotel Annapurna, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organised a Stakeholder Workshop on Air quality and transportation challenges in Kathmandu on December 27 in collaboration with Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Government of Nepal. This workshop …
Plans to run public transport buses on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the City may not materialise in the near future as the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) says the option is not economically viable. The Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), which has already laid 73 km of gas …
In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 31 of the Punjab Environmental Protection Act, 1997 (XXXIV of 1997), Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make the following Rules: These Rules may be cited as the Punjab Environmental Protection (Motor Vehicles) Rules 2013.
The Metropolitan Traffic Police Division today said it has taken action against 3,114 vehicles in the past six months for honking horns in core areas of the capital city. Traffic police had launched a special initiative against pressure horns on July 2 in the wake of growing complaints from road …
Air pollution went off the charts as a thick gray smog enveloped the city of Shenyang in northeast China's Liaoning Province on Sunday, according to local environmental authorities. Fine particulate matter known as PM2.5, which is considered particularly hazardous, exceeded the maximum reading of 500 micrograms per cubic meter in …
The citizens of Sadiqabad have demanded a ban on the two-stroke rickshaws which emit smoke and are causing rapid spread of various diseases in the city. They were of the view that the rickshaws are run on petrol mixed with oil which cause spread of Asthma, Tuberculosis, cancer and other …
Automobile Engineer Lal Alawatta has urged the government to rationalize controls on poisonous vehicle emissions threat. Alawatta emphasizes that emissions breathed in by over 5 million children comprising Sri Lanka's student population in five major cities, are invisible killers. Besides sulfuric acid fumes, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, which form …
China's northern city of Tianjin will restrict issuance of new car licences, the latest city to clamp down on car ownership in a bid to ease traffic congestion and combat air pollution. The city government will issue new plates via auction and lottery from Monday, it said in a notice …
China's capital Beijing, regularly shrouded in hazardous air pollution, plans to replace its oil-burning buses with greener models by 2017 to help clear the smog, state news agency Xinhua said. Nearly 14,000 new buses powered by electricity or natural gas will be bought to replace two-thirds of Beijing's bus fleet …
The Hague: The effect of long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with increased mortality even when the pollution is below European Union limits, shows new research. The research was conducted by the Utrecht University. The researchers, led by Utrecht professor Rob Beelen, used data from the European Study of …
