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 intention was good, the implementation poor. The Ranchi district administration did win brownie points with Jharkhand High Court by grounding more than 5,000 smoke-belching and ageing auto-rickshaws in the capital from August 1, but at the cost of commuter ordeal. The 55 city buses and less than 6,000 auto-rickshaws …
This study investigated effect of vehicular emission on heavy metals levels along selected roads of different traffic densities in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Roadside dusts were randomly collected from both sides of the roads and digested. The digested sample solutions were then analyzed using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) for the determination of …
Connie Hedegaard, the EU Climate Action commissioner, argues that tougher standards for automotive carbon emissions are good Europe’s long-term economic and environmental health. "Do we really need more rules from the EU?" some might have thought when I presented the Commission's proposals for further reducing CO2 emissions from cars and …
Fertiliser, power sectors likely to resist shifting additional allocation for city vehicles The Gujarat High Court’s order regarding natural gas allocation for compulsory usage in all vehicles in the State has been hailed by environmental activists and the State government alike, but the fact still remains that India simply does …
AHMEDABAD: In an order which would impact lakhs of people owning cars, the Gujarat high court on Wednesday directed the state government to pass necessary laws to make it compulsory for all four-wheelers registered in Gujarat to convert to natural gas within one year. Further, the court gave two months …
‘Dump Diesel, Petrol To Curb Pollution’ Ahmedabad: In an order which would impact lakhs of people owning cars, the Gujarat high court on Wednesday directed the state government to pass laws to make it compulsory for all four-wheelers registered in Gujarat to convert to natural gas within one year. Further, …
KOLKATA, 24 JULY: The city police will soon use battery-operated cars to patrol the recently renovated Hooghly riverfront. The city police will get two environment-friendly cars costing around Rs 3.5 lakh each from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Officers of the city police will use the cars to patrol the …
The umpteenth efforts taken up by the Delhi Government in making the city pollution free have come to a nought as the air in national Capital is fast becoming poisonous with the increasing level of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) and Nitrogen Oxide. This is due to rapid growth of diesel-run …
Polluted air, mainly due to vehicular smoke, burning of garbage and very low tree plantation, is increasing respiratory diseases in Karachi, therefore, urgent steps are needed to check the worsening situation. Vehicular smoke is the number one cause of the growing air pollution in Karachi, causing serious environmental loss to …
POLLUTION is giving otherwise healthy children asthma-like symptoms, potentially affecting their lung growth and function and casting doubt on whether national air quality standards are strong enough. A national study of 2860 primary school children found nitrogen dioxide, contained in motor vehicle exhaust, was present in the lungs of two-thirds …
MUMBAI: Unable to procure fire vehicles as per norms prescribed by the centre, the state government has requested the Centre to consider relaxation in norms. Norms make it mandatory for all new vehicles (ones procured after April 1, 2010) to comply with the Bharat IV- emission standards. While the central …
Physical inactivity accounts for more than 3 million deaths per year, most from non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. We used reviews of physical activity interventions and a simulation model to examine how megatrends in information and communication technology and transportation directly and indirectly affect levels of physical activity …
Calcutta High Court on Thursday stoked the dying embers of the campaign against vehicle pollution by asking the Mamata Banerjee government to explain the continued presence of banned commercial transport on the streets and say how it intends banishing them. “Pollution caused by emission is causing serious health problems. The …
Acting on a Jharkhand High Court order, the government has decided to phase out 25,000 old and smoke-belching commercial vehicles from the first day of next month. The district transport department has already compiled a list of vehicles that will have to go off roads after the high court’s July …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Ministries of Environment & Forests, Petroleum & Natural Gas and Finance and the Central Pollution Control Board on a public interest litigation submitting that the sudden rise in the use of diesel cars due to the huge subsidy on …
DURGAPUR, 18 JULY: The Durgapur police has asked freight services operators to intensify use of Global Positioning Satellite(GPS) technology across the Asansol – Durgapur industrial hub. This, the police believe, “would help to detect hijacked vehicles and improve freight flow and contribute to reduced congestion and pollution.” The police also …
New Delhi: Diesel’s gain is CNG’s loss in the capital, spelling bad news for the city’s air. Dealers are reporting a 60%-80% drop in sales of CNG kits for private vehicles since the beginning of 2012. They say many car owners who had got these kits retrofitted in their cars …
Olympic runners, cyclists, swimmers and even sailors arriving in London on Monday could be taken ill or see their performances impaired by air pollution, health experts have warned. According to Keith Prowse, respiratory consultant and medical adviser to the British Lung Foundation, a summer smog like any of the five …
Clean Air and Sustainable Environment project’s six new air-quality monitoring stations are yet to start functioning to provide and keep the records of the pollution levels, officials. The project officials in the Department of Environment said that the new stations were scheduled to start functioning in January to disseminate information …
New cars and vans in the European Union will produce one-third less carbon dioxide within eight years, under proposed new rules set out on Wednesday (11 July) in Brussels. By 2020, the average emissions from new cars will have to be no more than 95g of carbon dioxide per kilometre …
