Chandigarh: UT Administration replies to PIL seeking CNG, LPG be made mandatory for public vehicles

In response to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to make mandatory use of CNG or LPG for public vehicles in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, the Chandigarh Administration has said that there is no vehicular or industrial pollution in the city.

Traffic Pollution Causes Genetic Changes In Fetus, Predisposing Kids To Disease

Washington: Children born in heavy traffic areas could be at greater risk of developing asthma due to genetic changes brought on by pollution and acquired in the womb, researchers said.

The Calcutta High Court will now monitor implementation of phasing out two-stroke autorickshaws in the city. It has asked the state government to submit action taken reports every 15 days to the court.

After four days of having commenced Piped Natural Gas Supply in the city of Noida, Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), the sole supplier of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in the national Capital on Thursday commenced online dispensing of CNG in Noida. The CNG station of IGL, which is located in DTC Depot in Sector 16 Noida, started commercial operations.

A major fire engulfed a scrap yard located in a residential locality at Colva last night, destroying plastic and other waste

Agitated residents of Balli took to the streets by blocking bauxite transporting trucks on the main Balli-Cananguinim road in protest against dust pollution.

The residents stopped over a dozen trucks from plying on the road while transporting the ore from Naqueri to the Mormugao Port Trust.

WASHINGTON - Two oil refiners in Wyoming and Kansas have agreed to pay a total of $141 million to settle air pollution violations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday.

Frontier Oil Corp is set to pay a $1.23 million civil penalty and spend about $127 million on pollution control upgrades for alleged violations at its refineries in Cheyenne, Wyoming and El Dorado, Kansas.

Jamshedpur, Feb. 10: The industrial hubs of Seraikela and Chaibasa can look forward to a less-polluted environment. For, the regional office of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) is setting up two ambient air quality monitoring stations there.

Senior officials of the JSPCB said that they have already received the go-ahead from higher authorities.

Chief minister Sheila Dikshit has said that more than 40 CNG stations will be opened in the capital to cut down long queues for the green fuel. The chief minister on Tuesday met the Union petroleum minister Murli Deora, who also said that the supply of the green fuel in Faridabad, Noida and Gurgaon will be streamlined by opening new stations and enhancing capacity of the stations.

MOVE TO ENCOURAGE VEHICLES WITH BETTER FUEL ECONOMY & ALLOW WIDER CHOICE TO BUYERS, FEELS DHI
Sushmi Dey & Dheeraj Tiwari NEW DELHI