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 transport department in coordination with Pollution Control Board and traffic police will jointly implement the project. Hyderabad: The Telangana government has given a green signal to the transport department to replace the existing road-side pollution-checking mobile testing units with latest equipment. Officials said that they will call for tenders …
In the 1950s, Hazratganj attracted college-goers for a relaxing walk. Times changed and cars replaced cycles and two-wheelers in the 1990s. Circa 2016, more cars than people are seen on city roads and honking is the order of the day. Better pay and higher disposable income is adding more than …
Just a three minute halt at the dusty, noisy and congested Teen Hath Nath junction could possibly reduce three hours of your lifetime, say experts considering the toxic cloud created by hundreds of vehicles spewing smoke here. Data collected by the Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station (CAAQM) of the …
The government will explore all legal steps to overcome the situation arising out of the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Kochi special circuit bench’s curbs on diesel vehicles, Minister for Transport A.K. Saseendran has said. Presiding over a meeting of owners of stage carriers, lorries, trucks, tankers and other vehicles here …
Patna: The Patna Junction area now has the dubious distinction of being the most polluted part of the state capital, followed by Patna City and Gandhi Maidan. That said, it is not all doom and gloom for the city residents. The air is cleaner and has lesser noxious pollutants in …
MUMBAI: Taxi aggregator Ola today claimed that it has helped in bringing down carbon dioxide emissions in the city by offering shared rides on its platform to people in the city. As a part of its social ride-sharing platform, Ola has helped keep 3,75,090 vehicles off the road in MUMBAI …
If you can spot a BMTC or KSRTC bus that is causing a lot of pollution, you can not only have it removed from service, but also earn a reward of `1,000. As part of an initiative by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation …
Carbon emissions from cars in the Chinese city of Chengdu could be underestimated by more than half under conventional testing methods, according to the preliminary results of a study released on Wednesday. The findings from the study in the central city were supported by a research arm of China's top …
Ahmedabad: A new study has started ringing alarm bells for Gujarat cities. The uncontrolled exploitation of the air we breathe and lost green cover is reducing life expectancy in the state by between 2.9 and 3.2 years, the study 'Premature mortality in India due to PM2.5 and ozone exposure' has …
THANE: A week-long awareness campaign against air poluution will be held at the traffic intersection of Teen Haath Naka junction by the city traffic police and the civic body from Wednesday. Vehicles will be checked for violations to pollution norms and the mandatory Pollution Under Check (PUC). Offials said the …
KOLKATA: Ola, India's most popular mobile app for transportation, today shared details on how its shared mobility solutions are making a significant contribution towards reducing vehicular pollution and addressing traffic congestion in cities across India. As per the latest statistics put together by the Company, Ola Share, India's first social …
Days after taxi aggregator Uber announced that 25% of its business came from UberPool, their ride sharing facility, rival Ola on Tuesday released an in-house study showing that it has managed to keep 9 lakh cars off Delhi's streets through OlaShare. The feature was introduced five months ago. Interestingly, Ola …
Germany on Tuesday demanded tougher rules on controlling diesel car pollution in Europe as it blamed auto manufacturers other than Volkswagen of using defeat devices to pass emission tests. German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt told a meeting of his EU counterparts that a study of 50 diesel cars released in …
MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government on Tuesday published a new regulation seeking to reduce air pollution in the Valley of Mexico by establishing “stricter” emission levels for public and private vehicles, as well as better control systems. New vehicles will be exempt from the rule “for up a maximum …
Ahmedabad: A comprehensive air action plan is being formulated by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, district collectorate and Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) with the focus exclusively on reducing particulate matter pollution. The action plan actually follows the guidelines issued by the Union ministry of forest and environment (MoEF) in December …
Consumers will have to shell out more for power, fuel and cars in a few years as these industries begin to pass on the burden of technology upgrades being put in place for meeting increasingly stringent environmental and emission norms. The new environmental norms for coal-fired power plants, for example, …
Germany wants stricter European Union rules on emissions from motor vehicles, the transport ministry said on Monday, confirming a report by the financial daily Handelsblatt. The proposal came after a German investigative committee last month listed 30 car models that showed suspiciously high levels of CO2 emissions and would require …
Lucknow: The rising level of air pollution in the city has a new target-traffic cops. The effect of reducing air quality is presenting a worrying picture because of its effect on the health of the traffic police. Though it is not known whether the situation changed suddenly, in the past …
KOCHI: For diesel, the game seems to be almost over. In search of a ‘tidier’ and greener fuel India seems set to zoom in on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). At least for now, it seems that in the run with diesel, CNG might well have the last laugh. And the …
Government's proposed policy to push 28 million decade-old polluting vehicles off the road would generate steel scrap worth Rs 11,500 crore annually, reducing import burden. The government is eyeing a huge quantity of steel scrap from its proposed Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme (V-VMP) that offers incentives worth 8-12 per …
