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 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's proposal to hike parking charges as a step towards further reform. Stating that the city needs high parking charges to control traffic chaos and dampen parking demand and car usage and that the higher revenue from …
Delhiites may soon need to pay for driving into a congested area in the city during peak-hour traffic with the city Government seriously considering introduction of such fee to discourage people from using private vehicles. “It is under consideration,” Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said when asked about the long-debated proposal. …
The West Bengal government, in partnership with Essar Oil and Indian Oil, may soon run India’s first buses on coal-bed methane, a natural gas extracted from coal beds and, like other gases, considered a better alternative to petrol or diesel. “We were approached by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board …
Tokyo:Japanese small car major Suzuki Motor Corp is considering plans to launch electric vehicles in India, although it sees infrastructure as a big challenge. With the demand of diesel cars very high in India, the company said it is also lining up more diesel engine cars for the country. "It’s …
The air was monitored for two consecutive periods, in the dry and the rainy seasons (2009-2010) at 40 petroleum-filling stations in the Indian capital, Delhi, to assess variations in carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, PM10, PM2.5, benzene, toluene and xylene content. PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations exceeded the national ambient air quality …
The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has found that the Indira Gandhi Airport (IGI) has much higher level of pollution as compared to the Mandir Marg area in central Delhi and RK Puram in South Delhi. A combination of winter fog and calm weather conditions is leading to the perpetual …
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking deregulation of petrol prices, restoration of Administered Pricing Mechanism and rationalisation of taxation of petroleum products. A bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia while rejecting the petition filed by All India Youth Federation (AIYF) said that “pricing is …
The city is fast becoming a concrete jungle of chaos and cacophony An endless stream of private vehicles, honking buses and heavy vehicles and mushrooming two-wheelers. All leading to traffic snarls and adding to the load of air and noise pollution. Like most metros, Hyderabad, once known for its salubrious …
Every time petrol prices rise, people start buying diesel-powered vehicles, which add to toxic pollution in our cities Consider this. Every time petrol prices rise, oil companies end up losing more money. How? The price differential between petrol and diesel increases further; people start buying diesel-powered vehicles so oil firms …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has informed the Bombay High Court that Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland are not providing them with quotations for vehicles containing Bharat Stage (BS) IV emission norms. The BMC has sought permission to continue using 211 vehicles like compactors and fire engines with BS III …
Former Presient A P J Abdul Kalam believes it might be possible to run all vehicles in India using biofuel in ten years. "In a decade's time, it may be possible that all the vehicles on the road will be be run on 100 per cent biofuel", the eminent technocrat …
New Delhi: After the early 2000s, when Delhi’s air became dramatically clean after the introduction of CNG in public transport, it has once again turned into a deadly cocktail of various pollutants. High levels of particulate matter (PM) that fired the original ‘clean air’ campaign 15 years ago, are no …
NEW DELHI: A thick haze over Delhi on Friday has set the alarm bells ringing over growing air pollution in the city. While pollution normally rises during winter, Friday's level at places was more than 10 times the prescribed limits. For instance, levels of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), the prescribed …
Visibility plummets but air and rail traffic unaffected, people complain of breathing problems The coming of winter was announced in the capital Friday afternoon with the sudden onset of smog, which left people complaining of breathing difficulties and a worsening of respiratory ailments. The gloom, caused by high concentration of …
New Delhi, Nov. 2: A government agency has drafted guidelines that may allow car makers to achieve lower levels of improvements in fuel consumption over the next 10 years than they have over the past five years, an environmental group has claimed. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said …
Air pollution in Beijing reached 'hazardous' levels on Monday, the US embassy said, as thick smog blanketed the city for the third day running, forcing the closure of highways and cancellation of flights. The Chinese capital is one of the most polluted cities in the world, mainly due to its …
New Delhi: The high level of pollution that the city has been witnessing lately made itself clear in the brown haze that enveloped Delhi on Monday. Met officials say the haze and smoggy conditions will last at least for another couple of days. “The temperature has come down because of …
As part of the System of Air quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) project developed for air quality forecasting during the Commonwealth Games (CWG) – 2010, a high resolution Emission Inventory (EI) of PM10 and PM2.5 has been developed for the metropolitan city Delhi for the year 2010. The comprehensive inventory …
This paper reports the atmospheric concentrations of PM2.5 and PM1 mass, water soluble inorganic components and their seasonal variations measured between the period of July 2009 and June 2010 in Durg city (20°23' to 22°02'N and 80°46' to 81°58'E), India.
Jaipur: Pollution due to firecrackers during the Diwali festivities has created a serious problem for asthma patients in the past two days. The asthma patients who got exposed to firecrackers’ smoke landed in hospitals to get immediate relief for breathlessness. Doctors had warned asthma patients to avoid firecrackers and moreover …
