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 …
This comes a day after Mercedes-Benz India moved the Supreme Court to overthrow the order to ban the registration of all the diesel cars in the national capital and NCR region. Tata Motors has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) challenging a ban on the registration of diesel commercial vehicles …
BHOPAL: The accident involving Carmel Convent School bus with a Delhi registration number once again re-affirmed that the state capital has turned into a dumping ground of old diesel vehicles from Delhi and suburbs. Talking to TOI, assistant regional transport officer (ARTO) Sanjay Tiwari said though bus was fit to …
Mumbai: If relentless honking was not bad enough, now use of banned horns is on the rise. Just stand at a busy signal, like the one near Capitol Cinema opposite CST. As soon as motorists expect the green light to come on, they start blaring their enhanced horns. They are …
"Department of Heavy Industries has instituted a study on the emission levels by various diesel vehicles as compared to the source of air pollution," said Minister of State for Mansukh Lal Mandaviya. Government will make any decision on phasing out older diesel cars only after conducting a scientific study on …
Toyota said on Monday that it has lost business worth around Rs 1,700 crore due to the ban on diesel vehicles in the Delhi-NCR region. The statement comes on a day when the company drove in a petrol version of its best-seller ' Innova+ ' MPV in the market, priced …
Earlier, Mercedes had said that it would launch petrol versions of all its models sold in India by September this year. German car-maker Mercedes on August 8 moved the Supreme Court seeking lifting on diesel ban, saying it is ready to pay one percent environment cess on sale of diesel …
#HawaBadlo is a social awareness campaign urging citizens to switch to environment-friendly habits in order to battle the pollution crisis Delhi was recently labeled as the most polluted city in the world by the WHO, setting off the alarm amongst netizens to take productive measures to battle against air pollution. …
A German court will adopt a rarely used class-action style procedure to more efficiently process claims by investors seeking damages from Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) over a diesel emissions cheating scandal, according to a ruling. The regional court in Braunschweig near Volkswagen's (VW) Wolfsburg headquarters said on Monday it will pick one …
Italy's anti-trust agency said on Monday it had fined German carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) 5 million euros (4 million pounds) for allegedly misinforming car buyers about diesel emissions results. The Italian watchdog said it would impose the highest fine in its power on Volkswagen, which it said had marketed diesel-powered cars …
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) ordered the state archaeology department to test impact of the light and sound show and vehicular traffic in surrounding areas on Rajwada. These two factors contribute to noise pollution which ASI suspects is a major cause of deterioration of the historical site. It presumes …
Modi has asked road transport ministry to seek details about the possibility of having such elevated buses on Indian roads. As several Indian metro cities struggle to cope with increasing traffic congestion and air pollution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking at neighbouring China to help solve the country’s traffic …
Mercedes India boss has said that the Court order has made the carmaker reconsider its India investments. German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has moved the Supreme Court over the ban on the registration of new diesel vehicles over the capacity of 2,000cc. Mercedes has moved the SC to seek lifting the ban …
Londoners will soon be able to get air quality reports when they check whether their bus is about to arrive. Mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered that 2,500 bus stop information signs display air quality alerts on high pollution days. Some 140 dot-matrix message boards on roads leading to London will …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dileep B. Nevatia Vs Union of India & Others dated 08/08/2016 regarding violation of the provisions of the Air (Prevention Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, caused due to the poor quality …
Ola, India's most popular mobile app for transportation, with the introduction of a first-of-its kind "#DoYourShare" campaign, has taken shared mobility to a new level. Ola plans to install a unique 'Billboard' at prominent junctions in the three cities to display and track carbon emission levels saved in real-time by …
It is clear that the exercise is no walk in the park Authorities in China and India have singled out vehicular emissions as a major cause of choking cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Delhi. This dire situation, partly caused by conventional vehicles’ emissions as well as heavy smog, has prompted …
The understanding of rapidly evolving concentrations of particulate matter (PMC) at signalised traffic intersections (TIs) is limited, but it is important for accurate exposure assessment. We performed “mobile” and “fixed-site” monitoring of size-resolved PMCs in the 0.25–34 μm range at TIs. On-road mobile measurements were made inside a car under …
The ride-sharing app will install billboards displaying the amount of CO2 emissions reduced when users share rides India’s largest taxi aggregator Ola is not one to shy away from publicity, spending millions on advertising its low-cost rides to millions. This time around the company is changing things up, by motivating …
Diesel vehicles older than 15 years will face the action first, as per the tribunal’s order on July 20. More than 1.5 lakh diesel vehicles older than 15 years plying in Delhi-NCR could be deregistered “in a week’s time”, said a senior government official after a meeting held Wednesday to …
To be registered by Delhi RTO on production of certificate of condemning of old diesel vehicles The Delhi Fire Service got a green signal from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for registration of 10 new diesel vehicles conforming to BS-IV emission norms. “We permit the 10 vehicles of the Fire …
