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 …
Germany has enlisted French carmakers' support for a last-ditch bid to delay new EU vehicle emissions limits by four years as it battles to win more time for its luxury auto industry, government officials and diplomats said. Berlin wants to re-open and water down draft carbon dioxide goals agreed in …
Nearly three-fourths of Indian cities have particulate pollution (PM) levels exceeding permissible standards affecting the health of lakhs of people across the country, according to an analysis released Thursday. The analysis is part of a book 'Good News Bad News: Clearing the air in Indian cities' by the Centre for …
Bus ridership in Delhi has dropped from 60% in 2000 to 41% now. Every year, Delhi needs an area the size of 310 football fields for parking its vehicles. And Delhi has one of the highest particulate matter (PM10) levels in South Asia. These are some of the findings of …
Measuring air quality: Learning health impacts - a presentation by Anumita Roychowdhury at STEPPING TOGETHER: A Conclave of Changemakers for Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility held in New Delhi from September 26-27, 2013.
Conclave of change makers for clean air and sustainable mobility - a presentation by Dr. B. Nagappa at STEPPING TOGETHER: A Conclave of Changemakers for Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility held in New Delhi from September 26-27, 2013.
As if the City’s shameful traffic jams were not enough to worsen the living conditions, the ceaseless sounding of horn by motorists, especially near hospitals, has begun to badly affect the recovery of patients. Doctors at hospitals say the rate of patient recovery has been going down, thanks to the …
Reducing coal consumption, utilizing low-sulfur fuel at heart of program Hebei and Shandong provinces and the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin will cut their combined coal consumption by 83 million metric tons by the end of 2017, according to a new air-pollution control plan. The plan, released by the Environmental …
ALLAHABAD: Expressing concern over the deteriorating state of the environment and increasing pollution in the city, the Allahabad high court on Monday directed the formation of an 'Urban Environmental Protection Agency' headed by the divisional commissioner. The new committee, the court said, would supervise the environmental plan and issue necessary …
France is to raise the maximum levy on purchases of cars with high emissions to 8,000 euros from 6,000, a measure that could bring in 100 million euros ($133.53 million) in tax receipts next year, newspaper Les Echos reported. The new measure is also expected to include a curb on …
Air pollution in the Chinese capital Beijing and its neighbors Tianjin and Hebei was heavier than other parts of the country in August, the environmental watchdog announced on Tuesday. The 13 monitored cities in the region had on average 65.4 percent, or about 20, of the 31 days in August …
China unveiled comprehensive new measures to tackle air pollution on Thursday, with plans to close old polluting steel mills, cement factories and aluminium smelters, as well as slash coal consumption and boost nuclear power and natural gas use. China has been under heavy pressure to address the causes of air …
Now Chennaiites can dial the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to bring a mobile air sampler to measure the quality of air. The city's air pollution status was based on samples collected from a four or five places in Chennai. But with mobile monitors, all neighbourhoods can know their …
The use of zero-emission buses on Hong Kong roads is the city government's long-term goal to ease roadside air pollution and improve overall air quality, said Secretary for the Environment KS Wong Monday. "We launched our Clean Air Plan in March to set the target and also the timeline to …
Government has identified the 11-km Shastri Park-Trilokpuri sector for the first line Delhi is likely to get it first monorail by 2017, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said on Tuesday. She said the city needs a transport system that is not only efficient and accessible, but also that will allow people …
The Chinese capital Beijing should take the lead and make breakthroughs to prevent and treat air pollution by prioritizing environmental protection, Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli said on Tuesday. The vice-premier made the remarks during an inspection tour on air pollution prevention and treatment in the city, which is often subject …
Minister Environment Col (r) Shuja Khanzada on Monday stressed the need of collective efforts to check ever increasing vehicular pollution in Punjab. Secretary Environment Anwar Rasheed, DG EPA Punjab Farooq Hameed Sh, Director EIA Naseem ur Rehman Shah and Senior officials of Excise and Taxation, Transport and Pakistan Standards and …
Beijing unveiled yet another slew of measures on Monday to curb a choking pollution problem, including limiting the number of new vehicles on the roads and closing or upgrading the facilities of 1,200 companies. China's smoggy capital has tried everything from shutting factories to a massive subway building program as …
Despite the completion of a number of mega infrastructure projects within the ward such as the Eastern Freeway and the Suman Nagar flyover and near completion of the Monorail, pollution and traffic congestion woes of the residents of the M-West ward — comprising Chembur, Deonar, Tilak Nagar and Pestom Sagar …
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has moved the Bombay High Court for permission to allow parking inside Shivaji Park on Ganpati immersion days, pleading its inability to make alternate arrangements. But Wecom Trust, on whose petition the HC on May 5, 2010, declared Shivaji Park a silence zone and …
New Delhi: In another proof that worsening air quality in Indian cities is affecting people’s health, a study has found that Indians have 30% lower lung function as compared to Europeans. Things could get worse if immediate steps are not taken to curb vehicular emission, doctors warned. The study was …
