Environment

Environment Ministry OKs $2.2B North Galilee Basin Rail Project On 23 Conditions

Environment Minister Greg Hunt approved over the weekend the $2.2 billion North Galilee Basin Rail project.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2014
International Business Times
Tags:
Transport, Rail Transport, Australia, Coal, Mining, Fauna, Environment, Endangered Species
Sanitation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollutants discharged from running passenger train toilets on the railway tracks, 25/09/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kapil Malaiya & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 25/09/2014 regarding pollutants discharged from running passenger train toilets on the railway tracks and also on dealing with the railway tracks in the form of waste left from the eateries and others.

Judgement Date: 
25/09/2014
Tags:
Rail Transport, Sanitation, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Act 1986, Toilets, Waste Disposal, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Air Pollution

Ditching cars for buses, bikes best way to cut city pollution : study

Encouraging people to abandon their cars and use public transport or walk or cycle around cities offers the "least pain, most gain" way to cut air pollution from traffic by 2050, a new internationa

Publication Date: 
17/09/2014
Reuters
Tags:
Air Pollution, Cars, Buses, Vehicular Pollution, Public Transport, Rail Transport, Carbon Dioxide, Developing Countries, Transport
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding cutting down of well grown trees in Bally Railway Station under Howrah Division of Eastern Railway for the purpose of putting corrugated shelter for the passengers, 17/09/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sankar Prasad Hajra & Others Vs General Manager Eastern Railway & Others dated 17/09/2014 regarding cutting down of well grown trees in Bally Railway Station under Howrah Division of Eastern Railway for the purpose of putting corrugated shelter for the passengers.

Judgement Date: 
17/09/2014
Tags:
Rail Transport, Trees, Howrah (D), West Bengal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

Pollution around railway tracks: NGT pulls up Railways Min for

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today pulled up the Ministry of Railways for not filing its reply on the steps to control pollution caused by plastic products and human defecation around railway

Publication Date: 
16/09/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Plastics, Rail Transport, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ecosystems, Environmentalists, Environment
Transport

Canberra's $780m light rail line gets final go ahead, business case to be released

The business case for Canberra's light rail line to Gungahlin has received the government's final approval, the project set to cost up to $783 million.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2014
Sydney Morning Herald
Tags:
Transport, Rail Transport, Australia, Public Transport
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding environmental hazards resulting from plastic and other waste being thrown on the railway track, 15/09/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Saloni Singh & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 15/09/2014 regarding environmental hazards resulting from plastic and other waste being thrown on the railway track and human evacuation.

Previous Orders

Judgement Date: 
15/09/2014
Tags:
Plastics, Waste Disposal, Rail Transport, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court
Wildlife

Use radars to stop jumbo deaths on tracks

Asks MoEF To Map Elephant Migration Route

Publication Date: 
03/09/2014
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Elephant, Supreme Court, Rail Transport, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Wildlife
Wildlife

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding death of elephants because of railway accidents, 02/09/2014

The environment ministry has been pulled by the Supreme Court for not taking steps to stop casualty of elephants in train accidents. The apex court also condemned the decision of West Bengal government to sterilise elephants.

Judgement Date: 
02/09/2014
Tags:
Elephant, Rail Transport, North East, Supreme Court, Endangered Species, Siliguri, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Chapramari SA, Jaldapara SA, Karnataka, Orissa (Odisha), Jharkhand, West Bengal
Energy

East Central Railway to tap solar energy to light up crossings

Concerned over frequent mishaps at unmanned gates under the East Central Railway (ECR), railways has decided to further improve safety measures at both manned and unmanned railway crossing gates un

Publication Date: 
02/09/2014
Kumod Verma
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Patna (T), Solar Energy, Rail Transport, Renewable Energy, Energy

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