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 …
With 'polluting' diesel cars becoming a concern leading to a ban on registration of big diesel cars and SUVs in the National Capital Region (NCR) till March 31, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the government's fuel policy was the major culprit …
Mumbai: Two years ago, the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for Research on Cancer, for the first time, classified air pollution as one of the causes for cancer. "PM 2.5 (solid dust-like particles, or 'particulate matter' less than 2.5 millionth of a metre) can cause cancer," said the …
PATNA: Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) chairman Subhash Prasad Singh on Wednesday asked Patnaites to lend their support in controlling the noise pollution levels in the state capital. While launching the first phase of an extensive awareness campaign against noise pollution, Singh stuck stickers reading 'Don't Honk - Noise …
PUNE: Assailed with traffic problems and pollution levels similar to Delhi's, there is an outside chance that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) may implement the odd and even vehicle on the road formula here. A proposal about such a scheme on an experimental basis was tabled on Monday before the City …
CSE has analysed air quality data from real-time monitoring of Delhi Pollution Control Board for the entire winter – November 2015 to January 2016 – to assess the benefits of the odd and even scheme and the loss of air quality gains after the completion of the scheme. It has …
Noise levels in Mumbai are reducing every year due to increasing public awareness about noise pollution and peak noise levels. Hopefully, 2016 will see a dramatic fall. Committed citizens like 9 to 12-year-old children from the BDD chawls who measured noise during festivals in 2015, gynaecologist Dr Mahesh Bedekar, who …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to restart eight air monitoring stations that were closed down after 2011. The pollution watchdog will also have to monitor air quality at its nine existing manual monitoring stations on all days …
New Delhi: While car owners grumpily awaited their alternate day on Delhi roads during the recent 15-day driving experiment, there was one group that grinned happily every day. They were owners of cars that had a bright sticker saying 'CNG' stuck on their windshields. Cars running on compressed natural gas, …
The Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) has carried out an exercise to monitor noise pollution in Mysuru. Mahesh Kashyap, who worked with KSCST as an environmental consultant, told The Hindu that the exercise was carried out at 16 locations across Mysuru over a period of 40-45 days …
The Aam Aadmi Party government’s recently-concluded odd-even policy will be back in March, Transport Minister Gopal Rai has said. The AAP government is understood to be mulling the implementation of the second phase of the scheme after the CBSE board exam, scheduled for March, end. Speaking in the wake of …
PUNE: The cacophony of cars in congested business hubs of the city could be over soon. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has proposed vehicle-free zones in busy shopping areas of the city to curb traffic congestion and air pollution. The draft parking policy published by PMC states, "Vehicle-free zones may …
A new study has claimed that the volume of respirable pollutants in the air were reduced by up to 18 per cent during 15-day trial of the odd-even scheme that regulated the plying of four-wheelers on the national capital’s roads. A US-based study said that while absolute pollution levels increased …
Panaji: December, peak tourism season, may present stakeholders with enough reasons to smile, but this is the period during which the ambient air quality of the capital city of Panaji suffers due to influx of a large number of vehicles. Data gathered from ambient air quality monitoring stations installed by …
Motor vehicle, air pollution, Bharat Stage The Delhi government had earlier claimed that the vehicular restrictions had managed to arrest the rise in peak pollution levels and that the overall reduction was no less than 25 per cent. Alleging “misinformation” campaign over the efficacy of the ‘odd-even’ scheme, Delhi government …
Patna: The Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED), which on Sunday released its report 'Towards Healthy Air for Patna', claimed that vehicles contributed to about 12% of air pollution in Patna and government should provide effective public transport to curb this alarming situation. CEED's programme manager Ankiya Jyoti said …
The first Monday after odd-even expectedly saw a rise in PM2.5 levels. System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) data till 6 pm pegged the average PM2.5 levels for Monday at 153 mg/m3. During the days when the odd-even scheme was in force, the daily average level was …
South Korea plans to file a criminal complaint against the head of Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) and Audi AG's (NSUG.DE) local unit later on Tuesday, saying that a recall plan for emissions-cheating cars fell short of legal requirements. The complaint, to be filed by the environment ministry against Johannes Thammer, managing …
French carmaker Renault on Monday promised to come up with a “technical plan” over coming weeks to bring down harmful emissions of its vehicles. On Thursday, a government-appointed commission said that Renault’s diesel cars failed pollution tests and investigators raided its facilities, raising fears the French carmaker could be caught …
Gurgaon: Air pollution increased slightly on Saturday in the city, even though the concentration of smog was less as compared to the past three days. The PM2.5 has been recorded at 115.25 g/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre), while it was 109.50 g/m³ on Friday. Besides, the level of carbon monoxide …
People in Patna are forced to inhale air containing Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) much above the permissible limit, an environment body has said, urging the Bihar government to take immediate action to check the pollution. A report titled "Toward Healthy Air for Patna", released on Sunday by the Centre …
