Air Pollution

No takers for award on reporting about polluting buses

There seem to be no takers for the scheme launched by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) for the public to report about polluting buses and win Rs 1,000.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2015
Smriti Sharma Vasudeva
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Air Pollution, Bangalore (T), Vehicular Pollution, Buses, Statistics
Energy

KSRTC green move grinds to halt

In what seems to be curtains for the much-appreciated green initiative of KSRTC, the State-run corporation is no longer able to run its buses on biofuel, thanks to the Ministry of Petroleum changin

Publication Date: 
27/02/2014
Smriti Sharma Vasudeva
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Biofuel, Subsidies, Ethanol, Diesel, Fuel Pricing, Alternative Fuels, Buses, Energy
Air Pollution

BMTC move to reduce City pollution levels

Taking a serious view of the increasing air pollution levels in City and worried over contribution of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses to it, the Corporation has decided to

Publication Date: 
10/10/2013
Smriti Sharma Vasudeva
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore (T), Air Pollution, Buses, Vehicular Pollution, CNG, Air Pollution Control