On safe disposal: K. Murugesan from School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, addressing students of Periyar University in Salem on Tuesday.

Chennai,

THE Coalition of Chennaiites for Cycling (CCC), an initiative of INODA (Indian Organization for Development Action), an NGO working for public interest issues, has chalked out various plans to make the city bicycle friendly.

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 of Rs 16 in the price between diesel and CNG. But the mileage is the same in both cases. This was the reason I have converted my autorickshaw to CNG," said Raju, an autodriver in Patamata.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday claimed to have launched

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.

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 authorities. At present the zoo has about four road rails and four battery-operated vans. While the road rails were used for going around the zoo, the vans were used mainly for lion safari visits.

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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 low-floor air-conditioned and 1,875 low-floor non-air-conditioned Compressed Natural Gas-run buses for the city.

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 going in and out of the NCR region will be banned.