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 …
In order to ensure that the pollution levels in the city go down to acceptable levels during the Commonwealth Games, the government is likely to ask the operators of commercial vehicles to go for alternative routes to ferry consignments across the states. The earlier date fixed to restrict the entry …
Bharat Bundh on Monday could have brought the City to a standstill inflicting major blow to trade and business but it gave a welcome breather to the residents of the City as the level of pollution dropped to a pleasant low. The deserted road, less vehicular movement, children playing on …
Atmadip Ray & Writankar Mukherjee KOLKATA PICKING a positive from the ravages of a bandh is never easy. A bandh sets the country back by up to Rs 8,000 crore, says Aditya Birla Group chief economist Ajit Ranade. Inconvenience to the public is immeasurable with lives lost, utility services disrupted …
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG will cocoon passengers of a battery-powered city car in the same lightweight material used to protect Formula One drivers. Marking the auto industry
The effects of various factors of the real environment of the toll station such as wind speed and direction, vehicle flow and buildings on the diffusion of vehicular emission pollutants were explored. The CFD simulation model was set up to simulate the 3D airflow. By using the wind direction frequency …
Richard Black The notoriously gas-guzzling sport of Formula One is on track to curb its carbon footprint. The Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) is unveiling an analysis that projects emissions cut of 15 per cent in three years. Fota says the sport is the first to have a comprehensive and …
There are several methods to communicate the use of different environmental quality parameters. This research communication discusses the use of Air Quality Index (AQI) describing air pollution in Choudwar area. AQI is computed for ten air quality sampling stations in the Choudwar area within the radius 10 kms from the …
A large number of people in Guwahati city use the public transport system everyday to get to work etc. This paper aims at studying the characteristics of the existing public transport system in Guwahati city and identifying the problems and issues in the system.
The major contributor of pollution in the environment is road transport vehicle. The population of vehicles is increasing multi-fold. This leads to increase of pollutants in the environment. Road transport produces significant amounts of CO2 by using crude oil as primary source. A reduction of CO2 emissions can be achieved …
Read this in-depth citizen’s report on the city of Kanpur released by CSE as part of its ongoing initiative to build city action on clean air and mobility. It captures air quality & mobility challenges in the city and details agenda for a livable city. The Centre for Science and …
As the key development partner in Asia, ADB needs to explore opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (or carbon emissions) and attract eligible funds for low carbon initiatives. This evaluation knowledge brief provides new tools to measure how different transport projects funded by ADB affect carbon emissions and offers …
The government will import 300 CNG-run buses to operate them on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway with a view to reducing air pollution, State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud said at a workshop in the city yesterday. He said the government has emphasised mass transportation system to reduce traffic …
It is not sheer happenstance that Challenge Bibendum, Michelin Tyre's signature event, was held in Brazil this time. With fossil fuels meeting a small portion of its energy needs, Brazil harnesses renewable energy sources in a significant manner and the country has come to be regarded as a benchmark of …
Amity Shlaes What do screaming protesters at the G-8 and G-20 summits in Canada this week have to do with a battery service start-up that has received $700 million in investment capital from Morgan Stanley and Lazard? And what do they have to do with this month
FUTURE GREEN cars would run by just putting a tree in the gas tank, at least that's what researchers mean as they look at forest biomass as raw materials for the development of green biofuels and chemicals. Dr In-Gyu Choi, associate professor in the department of forest science at Seoul …
The Division Bench of Mr Mohit S Shah, Chief Justice and Mr Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta of Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to take people from other departments to monitor the checking of automobile pollution level during night hours. The action taken report …
Global warming will cast its calamitous effect on India too. The Himalayan glaciers would melt leading to massive flood in rivers, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman A S Sadashivaiah has said. for secure earth Karnataka State Pollution Control Board chairman A S Sadashivaiah watering a plant to inaugurate World …
There is an urgent need for an improved understanding of the sources, distributions and properties of atmospheric aerosol in order to control the atmospheric pollution over northeastern Himalayas where rising anthropogenic interferences from rapid urbanization and development is becoming an increasing concern.
