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 National Green Tribunal today cracked the whip on individuals causing noise pollution in the city and announced a fine of Rs 5,000 on those using pressure horns and removing silencers from their vehicles. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Delhi traffic police to strictly …
Pollution is a matter of concern in cities and towns and is caused due to introduction of contaminants into the environment viz. air, water and soil that may cause adverse change in ambient conditions. The Government has taken a series of steps to address issues related to water pollution, air …
Diesel vehicles in the city which are 15 years old should be deregistered first and will not get NOC for plying outside Delhi-NCR, the National Green Tribunal said on Wednesday. Only deregistered diesel vehicles which are less than 15 years old can get No Objection Certificate for plying in select …
About 50 per cent ambulances may go off the capital's roads following the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order for de-registration of diesel vehicles, leading to a crisis in the health system. According to the Delhi Transport Department, there are about 1,600 registered ambulances in the national capital and of these, …
Those more than 15 years old shall be scrapped first, says green court The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday ordered de-registration of diesel vehicles in the Capital in two phases, with those older than 15 years going first. The order comes days after the green court directed the Delhi …
Air pollution levels rose in nearly a third of Chinese cities monitored in the second quarter, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said Wednesday. China's cities are often hit by severe pollution from coal-burning by power stations, heavy industry and vehicle use, and it has become a major source of discontent with …
Brussels will tighten CO2 targets for cars and vans from 2020 as it moves towards a long-term ambition of zero emissions from road vehicles. The European Commission has begun consulting on new targets that will come into force in the next decade, as part of a drive to lower carbon …
Sale Of 10-Yr-Old Vehicles Allowed In Select Areas The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday said all diesel vehicles older than 15 years in DelhiNCR will have to be scrapped and won't be given permis sion to be sold in other parts of the country . Adding to its July 19 …
Patna: In the wake of a survey conducted by the World Health Organization in May last year, in which Patna ranked second after Delhi in the list of the most polluted cities, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has finally agreed to implement a rule prohibiting diesel vehicles that have been operational …
If you look at the carbon footprint that India has made ambitious reduction commitments for, these are based on fuel efficiency of vehicles – the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFÉ) norms) – where diesel is obviously superior to petrol. Apart from the obvious hardship that Delhi’s citizens will face with …
The National Green Tribunal's order to deregister diesel vehicles older than 10 years in Delhi and NCR could take away 70 per cent of the goods carriage fleet of the capital and nearly 90 per cent of its private chartered buses. A day after the ruling, transport department officials were …
Bengaluru: Mavis Fernandes who was drawn to Cubbon Park's serenity has stopped visiting the lung space. "I would meditate and practise yoga almost every day. But I couldn't concentrate, especially during complicated postures, because of the constant honking of cars plying on the road running through the park. It really …
Air quality in China's largest cities continued to improve during the first six months of 2016, the country's environment ministry said on Sunday. China's largest 338 cities enjoyed more clean air days in the first half compared with the same period of 2015, the ministry said on its website. It …
Senior executives at Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) including its former chief executive covered up evidence that the German automaker had cheated on U.S. diesel emissions tests for years, three U.S. states charged on Tuesday in civil lawsuits against the company. New York, Massachusetts and Maryland filed separate, nearly identical lawsuits in …
Scrapping will promote replacement of old vehicles with modern ones with better emission standards NGT seeks details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) order on Monday to de-register diesel vehicles older than 10 years plying in Delhi has again brought to the fore the difficulties …
CHENNAI: More than 35% of the vehicles - 41.5% of cars and 35% of two-wheelers - in the city may go off the roads if the Centre implements a plan to scrap vehicles that are not Bharat Stage (BS) IV compliant or were registered before 2005. Of the 7.2 lakh …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others dated 20/07/2016 regarding deregistration of the diesel vehicles more than 15 years old in Delhi/NCR.
India's top environmental court on Monday ordered authorities to remove all diesel vehicles at least 10 years old off the capital city's streets in a bid to help clean New Delhi's polluted air. The ruling is the latest in a series of court-issued orders targeting the automotive industry's role in …
Follows weak enforcement of order passed last year; cars over 15 years already barred The war on pollution has come to a head with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) once again ordering diesel vehicles older than 10 years off the road, this time with immediate effect. A bench headed by …
The Transport department is creating a network to automatically generate penalty challans for vehicle owners who fail to get their Pollution Under Control (PUC) test done once in six months. At present, the department depends on random manual drives to check 1.6 crore vehicles in the state to know if …
