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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of K. Manoharan Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/04/2016 regarding growing air pollution in NCT of Delhi caused by vehicles. Questions are raised regarding plying of 2 stroke engine fitted auto rickshaws and introduction of new category vehicle- quadricycle …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Cherub Singla Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/04/2016 regarding fuel adulteration resulting in increased level of air pollution. The Respondents are MoEF, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gases and CPCB. CPCB has yet to resond and has requested …
It's been called the City That Never Sleeps and now it may well also be called the City of Earaches. For as per an observation from the Central Pollution Control Board, Mumbai has been reported to have the maximum violation of safe noise levels for consistently longer periods during 2011-14. …
NEW DELHI: Days before the Supreme Court considers a plea to impose a green cess on the car industry in view of rising pollution levels in Delhi, Maruti Suzuki chairman R C Bhargava has termed the apex court's ban on diesel cars above 2-litre engine capacity as "arbitrary" and said …
The Indian arm of German auto major Volkswagen was questioned by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday about why it had not started the recall of the 3,23,700 vehicles for violation of emission norms as promised in December Meanwhile Volkswagen maintained that it had not installed “cheat device”, a …
According to reports from monitoring stations, they recorded April's highest level of surface-level ozone on Tuesday. Delhi's air quality plunged on Tuesday with monitoring stations recording this month's highest level surface-level ozone and a spike in respirable pollutants. The air quality across the national capital was 'very poor'. According to …
A government plan to tackle air pollution in five major cities in Britain by 2020 will not be enough and more urgent action needs to be taken, lawmakers said on Wednesday. Britain has some of the highest levels in Europe of the pollutant nitrogen dioxide, which is produced by diesel …
Embattled automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. admitted Tuesday that its method of testing fuel efficiency, which does not comply with Japanese standards, has been in use since 1991, much longer than it had previously stated. The Tokyo-based automaker said it is investigating why its testing specialists have used the unapproved method …
Delhi may be the dirtiest city in terms of high air pollution but the dubious distinction of being the noisiest city goes to Mumbai which reported the maximum violation of safe noise levels for consistently longer periods during 2011-14. Delhi, in fact, was at number four as Lucknow and Hyderabad …
Citing an expert committee report on fuels, the State government recently told the Gujarat High Court that CNG would prove to be more harmful to the environment than diesel ‘as CNG engines emit more greenhouse gases than diesel’. In its affidavit filed before the High Court, the State also expressed …
Southern parts of Delhi also recorded high levels on pollution on 23 April. Border areas of the city such as Anand Vihar, southern parts including Chirag Delhi and IIT neighbourhood recorded high level of pollution on April 23, the ninth day of the odd-even car-rationing scheme. PM 2.5 and PM …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Poor air quality in Delhi, 25/04/2016. The Government of NCT of Delhi has formulated short term and long term action plans to control air pollution in Delhi. After the ‘Comprehensive study on Air Pollution in Delhi’ by IIT, Kanpur, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) …
The air we breathe indoors is more harmful: research As the world gets prepared to build smart cities, a new research has highlighted the dangerous effects of indoor pollution on human health and has called for policies to ensure closer monitoring of air quality. According to Prashant Kumar from the …
At a recent meeting of city administrators with representatives from the state and central governments, it was also proposed that all school buses in the city should switch over to CNG. In a bid to curb vehicular pollution in the city, the Pune Mahanagar Parvihan Mahamandal (PMPML) has proposed to …
National Green Tribunal asked the Central Pollution Control Board to monitor and record the data of ambient air quality in Delhi during the ongoing second phase of the odd-even scheme. A bench, headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar, also asked CPCB to record and analyse the data of before and …
Officials of the transport department drew up a four-point explainer on reasons for the increase in traffic jams during the second phase of odd-even. The AAP government Wednesday drew up a list of possible reasons — including registration of new cars and introduction of new e-rickshaws — for the traffic …
New Delhi: The Delhi government's pollution control measures should be geared towards reducing people's exposure to toxic air, said a US expert. Speaking at a clean air conclave organised by CSE recently, Kirk R Smith of University of California at Berkeley cited latest research to indicate that health impacts from …
Delhi is leading the major metropolises of India in controlling air pollution, a study by the think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) suggests. In a study that mapped the 10 most populous cities - Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Jaipur - which comprise 24 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahendra Pandey Vs. Govt. Of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 19/04/2016 regarding ambient air quality during the period of ODD and EVEN vehicles plying scheme from 15th April, 2016 to 30th April, 2016. NGT disposes of this Application with …
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has submitted a report to the Delhi government where it has proposed the implementation of Last Digit Automobile Rationing Scheme (LDARS) to reduce pollution and congestion in the city. In LDARS, if a car’s number plate ends with 1 then it will not be …
