Darkness and pollution enveloped Delhi on the second day of the new year

CNG technology is not proven, says the Delhi government to avoid implementing the Supreme Court order

The Supreme of India ruled on July 28, 1998 that all eight-year-old-buses and pre-1990 three-wheelers and taxis would have to be converted to CNG by March 31,2000. For the rest of the buses, three-wheelers and taxis, the deadline was fixed as March 31, 3001. This order, however, is getting to be the most difficult to implement. Resistance from the diesel lobby and lack of support from the government are out to sabotage the Supreme Court orders to move the buses, auto and taxis to CNG.

The first in the series of independent technical assessments by three CNG experts, this report provides a clear roadmap to help the government design appropriate policies, chart new action plans and re-orient strategies to implement the CNG programme in India's capital. Its release coincided with the introduction of CNG buses in the capital amidst the furore raised about their safety and performance.

Low benzene petrol is good, but the government leaves much to be desired

Environmentalist Anil Agarwal, founder of CSE (Centre for Science and Environment), booming with concern, fighting to strike a balance between environment and development.

"A million Gandhis are not a problem but if you have a million Clintons, it's a big problem"

Are we so incompetent that we cannot even make a CNG engine work?

Down To Earth ranked the performance of the authorities who were responsible for introducing CNG buses in Delhi. On a scale of one to 10, none scored more than five. The ministry of environment and forests, that has been accorded the bottom most rung of t

teri s conjuring act is a part of the automobile lobby s sustained efforts to block the introduction of CNG in the capital

The Government of India announced its decision in 1973 to set up a 6 million tonne per year Petroleum Oil Refinery at Mathura under the Indian Oil Corporation of India.

Pages