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 26/02/2016 regarding regarding growing air pollution in NCT of Delhi caused by vehicles, 26/02/2016. The Ministry of Environment & Forest, & CC and Central Pollution Control Board shall constitute appropriate teams …
All European Union nations except for France and Italy have replied to the European Commission's request for information from member states in connection with Volkswagen's emissions scandal, an EU source said on Tuesday. The European Commission, the EU executive, has asked all 28 EU countries to investigate breaches of vehicle …
Amidst concerns that growth of a country is accompanied by damage to its environment, President Pranab Mukherjee today said that both economic development and environmental protection can "co-exist". Noting that the government has played a "proactive" role in addressing the issue of climate change by launching the International Solar Alliance …
Toxins from air pollution are contributing to the deaths of around 40,000 people a year in the UK, a landmark study has found. The report by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warns that the health impact of Britain's air pollution is …
India's air pollution levels official overtook China's in 2015, with the average particulate matter exposure exceeding Beijing for the first time in the 21st century. The information was revealed by Greenpeace on 22 February, who conducted an analysis of Nasa satellite data to reach their conclusion. Greenpeace research noted that …
The report starkly sets out the dangerous impact air pollution is currently having on our nation’s health. Each year in the UK, around 40,000 deaths are attributable to exposure to outdoor air pollution which plays a role in many of the major health challenges of our day. It has been …
The tribunal was informed that though the Maharashtra government has issued a notification on July 31, 2014, prescribing standards for horns, it was not being implemented. The NATIONAL Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed government authorities to participate in a consultative process next month on the issue of setting standards for …
Euro VI compliant fuel may be introduced in metros much ahead of the April 1, 2020 deadline, ensuring that Delhi is accorded topmost priority in the rollout plan, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The step would help curb vehicular pollution in the national capital and other metros, he said. India …
Despite studies indicating that the Golden Temple was getting damaged due to pollution by coal hearths, among other things, a part of the langar is still being cooked from firewood. A study of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) had stated that one of the reasons of damage to the …
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has amended the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to implement Bharat Stage-IV (BS-IV) mass emission standards for four wheeled vehicles since the year 2010 onwards in select cities in a phase-wise manner. Bharat Stage-IV mass emission standards for two wheeled, three wheeled and …
CHENNAI: With low-cost sensors and pollution monitoring equipment in their backpacks, students of IIT Madras are venturing out to research on pollution triggers in specific locations across the city. Taking a hyper-local approach to study rising levels of air pollution, the students hope to identify areas in the city that …
New Delhi: Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) asked the Delhi government on Thursday how it plans to utilise over Rs 100 crore collected as environment compensation charge since November 2015. "The money collected through ECC should be utilised for improving public transport and the toll points for effective collection," said …
New Delhi: The transport department issued a public notice on Thursday against diesel trucks entering the city. The notice comes after a Supreme Court order banning entry of polluting vehicles not destined for Delhi. However, officials admit that enforcing the rule may prove to be difficult. "Non-destined trucks have been …
Buses to be replaced by March 2021; buses with seating capacity of 37 and above to be eligible for replacement scheme subsidy PANJIM: The State government on Thursday ordered the scrapping of all private and government (KTCL) owned buses older than 15 years in a phased manner starting from March …
New Delhi may be the world’s most polluted city, but it’s making an effort to relinquish that title. With pollution from particulate matter at potentially lethal levels early last December, city officials took a drastic step: they announced that they would temporarily restrict the use of private vehicles by allowing …
Students in schools located in a traffic dense area have a higher chance of contracting respiratory disorders, reveals a recent study conducted by the Institute of Community Medicine, Madras Medical College. The cross-sectional study was done across two schools one in a traffic-heavy area (T Nagar) and the other being …
The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has canvassed for government to support complete ban on passenger diesel vehicles in Delhi. EPCA member Sunita Narain met road transport ministry officials to convince them, barely two days before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Delhi's air pollution case - on Thursday. …
POLICING TRAFFIC BMC options include ban on new car & bike registrations, ceiling on new registrations per year and congestion tax in certain zones The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India's biggest civic body , has proposed a radical overhaul of Mumbai's vehicle usage to combat rising pollution in the Maximum …
Even as the directives issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to ban plying of 15-year-old petrol and diesel vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR) are yet to be enforced, Punjab is contemplating drafting a policy to thwart ‘dumping’ of such vehicles in the state. In November 2014, the …
NEW DELHI: An appeal filed in the Supreme Court has sought a modification to its recent order banning registrations of diesel SUVs of more than 2000cc engines. Dr Sanjay Kulshrestha, a paediatric surgeon who impleaded himself in the MC Mehta vs Union of India case against high air pollution levels …
