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 …
Environmental lawyers’ group says unlawful Environment Agency permits have dropped important requirements Scores of Britain’s coal-fired power stations, steel plants and iron works will no longer have to maintain a plan to show they will meet air pollution standards under the latest permits issued by the government. ClientEarth, a group …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Air pollution in Delhi, 14/03/2016. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken note of the deteriorating Air Quality in Delhi in Original Application No. 21 of 2014 in the matter of “Vardhaman Kaushik versus Union of India and Others” and has issued directions to …
Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday flagged off a pollution free electric bus here. "It is the first such bus in India which is 100 percent pollution free and operates completely on electricity. It is a pilot project. The bus will run on trial basis for six months in …
Vehicle excise duty (VED) should be raised for new diesel cars in an attempt to improve air quality, a think-tank has said. Policy Exchange claimed VED for diesel vehicles should be increased by up to £800 to reflect the higher level of air pollution they cause, compared with petrol cars. …
China, often hit by choking smog that blankets the populous east and north, is doing a better job at controlling pollution than developed countries at similar stages of development, the environment minister said on Friday. China has been under increasing pressure to halt pollution of its air, soil and water …
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) took an initiative to check the overall benefits of introducing electric buses as a suitable replacement for the diesel buses to tackle the burgeoning pollution in the city of Bengaluru, India. For a trial run of three months, an electric bus was procured from …
Ghaziabad: Volunteers of civil defence in Ghaziabad will join hands with residents for the second car-free day scheduled to be held on Thursday. The event will be observed only in Kavi Nagar zone of Ghaziabad. However, much like its previous version held on February 10, the event is expected to …
MPCB laid down standards on July 31, 2014 on the use of horns, sirens and multi-toned horns for vehicles THE NATIONAL Green Tribunal rapped the director general of police and the motor transport department of the police for their failure to show compliance details on a 2014 notification issued laying …
In São Paulo, Brazil, citizens are enjoying less air and noise pollution – at least on one day a week. On Sundays, during what is called Paulista Aberta, motor traffic is restricted on the popular Paulista Avenue and the street is dedicated to cyclists and pedestrians. Grassroots group Minha Sampa …
Building constructions, unpaved roads, and emissions from motor vehicles have made pollution worse in Metro Manila. According to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje, around 80 percent of air pollution in the country comes from mobile sources, while about 20-30 percent of pollutants come from area …
Irish motorists could help cut transport carbon emissions in Ireland by 70 per cent over 10 years by choosing one of more than 300 models of car, according to a leading climate scientist. Prof Kevin Anderson, of the University of Manchester, also said retrofitting the State’s housing stock over 15 …
Awaaz Foundation and the national Indian Medical Association (IMA) have launched a countrywide campaign to tackle a health nuisance: honking. Dubbed the Horn Flu campaign, it will aim to create awareness among people on the ill-effects of blowing their vehicle's horn. "Indian horns are the loudest in the world. We …
Kolkata: The transport department promised stringent action against polluting vehicles but for more than a year, but the department allowed a large number of vehicles to evade from undergoing emission tests as it has failed to implement tail-pipe emission tests for Bharat Stage - IV compliant vehicles. The non-implementation of …
NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: Despite NGT's order on Ghaziabad transport department has issued fitness certificates of 1990 and 2002 make models. TOI has copies of fitness certificate of these vehicles which are issued by Ghaziabad transport department with the provision of motor vehicle act 1988. UP transport commissioner has promised to take stringent …
Jaipur: In order to demoralize the older vehicles plying on the roads that add to the pollution of their respective hamlets, villages and cities, chief minister Vasundhara Raje in her Budget for 2016-17 on Tuesday proposed for green tax classification based on the age of the vehicles. However, Raje has …
Another initiative includes a campaign called ‘Tell the Driver’ in partnership with traffic policemen in the city since they are the enforcement body, Abdulali added. A nationwide campaign against noise pollution has been initiated by the Indian Medical Association along with the launch of an initiative, ‘Horn Flu’, with Awaaz …
To understand the impact of the odd-even policy in Delhi researchers will need to take into account prevailing weather conditions of not just Delhi, but also its outskirts and neighbouring states.
The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has ordered the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), the nodal agency for toll tax collection, to instruct its contractor DEP Toll LLP to continue levying environment compensation charge (ECC) until further notice. The Supreme Court, in October 2015, imposed the ECC on an experimental …
JAIPUR: The phenomenal growth of vehicles in Pink city in the last few years has forced the civic bodies to take concrete measures to tackle the ever increasing traffic chaos. The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has proposed to revise its 'comprehensive traffic and transportation study' for Jaipur region prepared in …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has called for replies from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and the state government to petitions objecting to the grant of new permits for auto rickshaws in Mumbai, citing environmental pollution. The authorities have to file their replies in two weeks, a bench of …
