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 World Bank has approved a $500 million loan to China to support financing of projects to help control air pollution in and around Beijing. The money is part of a broader program expected to reach $1.4 billion for "green financing" over the next six years that includes another half …
The Delhi government will monitor air quality across NCR in the next odd-even fortnight that starts on April 15. This is being done to compare changes in the pollution level, if any, during the period when traffic on Delhi's roads is expected to reduce substantially. "We will set up monitoring …
‘In last one year, RTO has no record of inspections carried out at the centres by its officials despite it being mandatory by state transport department’ EVEN AS the Regional Transport Office (RTO) fines motorists for failing to carry their Polllution Under Control (PUC) certificates, it seems to be failing …
The central government is looking at lowering the age for scrapping old trucks and buses to 10 years from 15 years. A paper prepared by the road transport and highways ministry proposes scrapping commercial vehicles older than 10 years. The government could provide some incentive to owners to encourage them …
Having pushed the auto makers to advance Bharat Stage (BS)-VI norms by four years, the government intends to relax fuel specifications for oil refineries, majority of which are in the public sector, to enable them achieve a higher output. A draft notification issued last month lists standards for BS-VI diesel …
Not much was learned about the way pollution behaved during the trial phase of odd-even in January except that the air quality monitoring plan will have to change. Learning from mistakes made in the first round of odd-even, the Delhi government will be expanding its air quality monitoring during round …
This time, the government will engage private CNG carriers as ‘Paryavaran Bus Seva’, but school buses will be kept out, said the minister. In the second phase of the odd-even scheme that will start on April 15, the Delhi government will monitor air quality in the capital as well as …
Data from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee’s (DPCC’s) monitoring stations showed that at Punjabi Bagh, in the last 24 hours, a peak of 291 micrograms per cubic metre of particulate matter (PM) 10 was observed. Air quality in Delhi — often called the most polluted city in the world — …
Nagpur: Peeved over non-compliance of its directives and cases of violation regarding noise pollution in city, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the commissioner of police (CP) to start a helpline for citizens to report violation, especially at night. A division bench comprising Justice Bhushan Gavai …
Automobile industry body Society of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has criticised the BS VI fuel standards announced in the draft notification by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, terming them as 'highly diluted', which will take India back by 16 years to the Bharat Stage (BS) II level. …
Hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and fines over unintended acceleration in Toyotas and faulty ignition switches in General Motors' vehicles provide a glimpse of what consumers and the government might get from Volkswagen for cheating on diesel emissions, legal scholars say. But the Volkswagen case comes with a …
Mumbai, Pune among cities with high air, noise pollution, says survey. Major cities in Maharashtra such as Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur have registered high air pollution levels in 2015, as per the economic survey released this week. The levels of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and respirable suspended particulate matter …
Not much was learned about the way pollution behaved during the trial phase of odd-even in January except that the air quality monitoring plan will have to change. Learning from mistakes made in the first round of odd-even, the Delhi government will be expanding its air quality monitoring during round …
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, in a written reply in Lok Sabha, said a comprehensive set of actions following an integrated approach is required to make substantial improvement in air quality. With the odd-even scheme set to return from April 15, the government on Tuesday played down its impact on air …
Sunita Narain, one of the country's leading writers and activists on environment and sustainability, plans to engage with the state government post the election to thrash out an action plan on improving the city's foul air. "Political leaders and administrators in Kolkata must wake up and smell the air. It …
With the odd-even scheme of Delhi government set to return from April 15, the Centre on Tuesday played down its impact on air pollution, saying a single factor or action cannot substantially reduce pollution levels in the national capital. In response to a Parliament question, the Union environment minister Prakash …
Experts say Ozone levels go up with the rise in temperatures, as the gas is formed from a photochemical reaction which needs high sunlight. “Ozone does not have any source of its own. As the Delhi government prepares for the next phase of the odd-even scheme in April, analysis by …
Carbon emissions rise since 1990. Hyderabad: Environmentalists have blamed traffic cops for not looking into vehicular pollution that affects the health of all —motorists and non- motorists — as they have been focussing on helmetless driving. They feel the police is neglecting the pollution aspect. Expressing concern over the rising …
Various requisites to conduct the test would leave the organisers with slim margin. Visakhapatnam: Despite the mechanism to check pollution-level, the wrong use of it is adding to the woes of the increasing pollution in the city. The mobile vehicle pollution check centres which should conduct emission test and ensure …
MUMBAI: The number of two-wheelers in Mumbai has more than doubled in the past decade. Transport experts are a worried lot as they feel that these vehicles are not only "extremely unsafe and involved in several mishaps" but also add to the city's noise and air pollution. RTO statistics reveal …
