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 …
Nagercoil: The district administration has given a warning to all hoteliers and commercial establishments to ensure Kanyakumari, an international tourist spot, is free of pollution, especially plastic. A revenue team led by A.Vijaya Kumar (PA
Vijayawada, Sept. 10: The number of vehicles using compressed natural gas (CNG) is on the rise in the city with several advantages attracting the users of three-wheelers and four-wheelers. But supply of CNG is not in proportion to the demand. "The first advantage is the price. There is a difference …
The massive effort to clear the skies over Beijing for the Summer Olympics paid off, the city's environmental authority said Monday, with the capital seeing its cleanest air in a decade. The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said the improvement in air pollution was mainly the result of special, and …
CHENNAI: Visitors to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, can now enjoy travelling in a battery-operated electric vehicle. The zoo authorities have purchased five such new vehicles from a private company. Each vehicle costs about Rs 5.5 lakh and can accommodate nearly 12 persons including the driver, said the zoo …
Staff Reporter DTC directed to initiate negotiations for the purchase The Cabinet also gave the green signal for re-development of DTC depots and terminals PWD proposal for construction of a road over-bridge and road under-bridge cleared NEW DELHI: The Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its nod for purchase of 1,250 …
NEW DELHI Within the next two years, 10-year-old commercial vehicles will be phased out from the national capital roads, if the Delhi government has its way. The state government has recently issued a draft notification according to which all 10-year-old commercial vehicles plying on Delhi roads as well as those …
BEIJING: Days before the opening ceremony, the Beijing Olympics seemed beset with problems, none potentially more worrisome than air quality. Pollution levels remained high, despite government edicts that had removed two million vehicles from the city's streets and had closed down factories. But as of Sunday, halfway through the Olympics, …
Neha Sinha New Delhi, August 13 Now, DPCC can search, confiscate material from illegal plastic manufacturing and recycling units in city Giving its ruling on arguably the city's biggest choker and polluter, plastics, the Delhi High Court has given more teeth to the normally toothless Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). …
The effluent and emission standards for oil refineries were notified under Environment (Protection) Act in the years 1986 and 1990, respectively. These standards were same for old & new refineries and considered only few parameters. There was need to include additional parameters viz. Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Volatile Organic Compounds …
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. Though still very nascent, this is a unique and a very important step forward to use market based instrument to influence consumer …
Success of popular bike-sharing system spawns new idea Green dreams: Mayor Bertrand Delanoe launches the Velib cycles in Paris in July 2007. PARIS: Paris' ambitious Mayor has a new "green dream' after the spectacular success of his bike-sharing scheme launched a year ago: a version for electric cars. Under Bertrand …
BHUBANESWAR: With increasing clamp down on sponge iron units over pollution issues, the manufacturers in Orissa have pleaded for a little more time for adoption of proper practices and infrastructure. The sponge iron industry in the State is only eight years old and is making gradual improvement in putting in …
Salem AGITATED by the lack of transparency in the functioning of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), 100 people, mostly farmers, on Tuesday sought clarifications under the Right to Information (RTI) Act from the District Environmental Engineer's office. "TNPCB has consistently treated citizens as trouble-makers and enemies, and has …
In the present work, both commercial and R&D; stage biotechnological applications relevant for the pulp and paper industry are reviewed. In general, the application in this module involve the use of enzymes or micro-organisms to improve the process efficiency, product properties or quality or to decrease process energy or chemical …
Robust growth rate in the automobile components sector and pressure on component suppliers to demonstrate environmental performance along with quality, cost and delivery make small and medium scale automobile ancillary component suppliers in the need of addressing their environmental issues and and waste minimisation options in their industry. Environmental Management …
