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 …
12 mechanical engineering students devise electro hydraulic hybrid vehicle Vehicles of the future already have several of their tasks cut out: high efficiency levels, use of clean fuel and smart combination of basic engine mechanism are among the most important expectations, if the prototype vehicle models being designed as part …
It is not uncommon for Indian companies to encounter situations that require ingenious engineering combined with a uniquely Indian approach to problem solving. Automobile companies around the world have developed some exquisitely advanced diesel engine technologies, but Indian companies had to go one step ahead. More than a decade ago, …
With a top speed of 115 km per hour and weighing 320 kg, the battery operated ‘EVo 1’, India’s first electric race car designed and manufactured by students-cum-automobile enthusiasts from IIT Bombay, was unveiled at the institute on Thursday. It will now participate in the Formula Student competition at Silverstone …
KOLKATA, 15 JUNE: Environmental activist Subhash Dutta met transport minister Madan Mitra to urge him to replace 15-year-old private buses. Mr Dutta said the process of replacing 15-year-old vehicles such as private buses and auto-rickshaws is very slow, and this is exacerbating pollution in the city and its outskirts. He …
The report of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a part of the World Health Organisation, that diesel fumes are as cancer-causing as asbestos, arsenic, mustard gas and tobacco is the most definitive in this regard. Scientists who studied the subject were unanimous in reaching this conclusion, leaving little …
The European Commission is set to propose tighter CO2 emissions standards for vans, as part of a wider legislative push to reduce emissions from road transport and cut fuel bills, a draft regulation showed. Already, a draft text seen by Reuters last week showed the Commission intends to make mandatory …
Diesel fumes cause lung cancer, the World Health Organisation declared Tuesday, and experts said they were more carcinogenic than secondhand cigarette smoke. The WHO decision, the first to elevate diesel to the “known carcinogen” level, may eventually affect some American workers who are heavily exposed to exhaust. It is particularly …
Fumes from diesel engines cause lung cancer, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), based in Lyon, France, issued a notification on Tuesday identifying diesel as a confirmed carcinogen similar to asbestos and arsenic. Experts quoted in the Western media said diesel …
As many as 708 challans were issued and eight vehicles impounded by the Transport Department of the Delhi Government on Monday, the first day of its week-long drive to check compliance with regard to pollution under control (PUC) certificates by all types of vehicles. Stating that the drive would continue …
New Delhi:On the first day of the muchanticipated anti-pollution drive launched by the transport department, 436 vehicle owners were issued 708 challans. The drive will go on for a week and comes almost a year after the last such campaign was conducted. “As many as 436 vehicle owners didn’t have …
URBAN AIR pollution is a complex issue, fuelled by multiple sources. In December 2010, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in New Delhi released measurement-based source contributions for Delhi, Pune, Chennai, Kanpur, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, highlighting road dust and vehicle exhaust as major sources of the growing particulate pollution, followed …
A special eight-day drive will be launched by the Delhi Transport Department beginning this Monday to ensure adherence to pollution control norms by commercial and private vehicles. Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Thursday that 30 mobile teams of the enforcement wing would be deployed at all entry points …
Carmakers will have to slash the carbon emissions of new cars sold in Europe by a third by 2020, according to leaked European Commission documents seen by the Guardian. The EC proposals would be legally binding and the document plans for even stricter emissions targets for 2025 and 2030, which …
Chennai transport sector is fifth largest polluter, says study Chennai ranks fifth in carbon emissions from the transport sector among 54 South Asian cities, according to a study done by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiative. Disclosing the findings of the study during a conference on ‘Creating Carbon Neutral …
LUCKNOW: The 8.68% rise in the number of vehicles during 2011-12 has taken its toll on city's ambient air quality. As a result, there is no let-up either in the air pollution or the noise pollution levels. The increase in the number of vehicles has also led to a rise …
With car ridership set to boom by 106 per cent, Delhi's air pollution and congestion crisis is bound to worsen, warns a survey by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Calling for transport planning that hinges on sustainability, equity, and a people-centric approach, the CSE survey, released on World Environment …
“At this rate, the Capital will be gasping for breath by 2021” Delhi's air quality is worsening and if urgent action is not taken we will have a serious problem at hand, warns Centre for Science and Environment's latest report card. “The summer of 2012 is a grim reminder of …
New Delhi: On Tuesday, the transport department started the year’s first pollution checking drive as part of its World Environment Day initiative. With the drive reduced to an annual affair — the last one was in July 2011 — driving in Delhi without a pollution under control (PUC) certificate carries …
New Delhi: Delhi’s air pollution levels are on an upward spiral with this summer having recorded higher of ozone and particulate matter. Simultaneously, levels of carbon dioxide emitted from vehicles have also shown a steady sharp rise. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says that apart from a rise in …
On World Environment Day, this report card from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) warns that Delhi's air pollution and congestion crisis will worsen this decade if urgent action is not taken and calls for radical improvements in public transport. On this World Environment Day, Centre for Science and Environment …
