The just out Economic Survey of Pakistan notes that although air quality in many of our cities is bad, studies conducted in Lahore and Karachi show that carbon monoxide, cadmium and lead levels in these cities far exceed the internationally accepted threshold limits. An estimated 60 to 70 percent pollution in our cities is caused by vehicular emissions.

Officers of Kolkata police and a section of the city-based environmentalists feel that the conversion of two-stroke auto rickshaws into four-strokes LPG mode might get delayed as the Opposition parties ~ who had earlier opposed phasing out of two-stroke auto rickshaws from Kolkata ~ would now oppose the drive with more enthusiasm, having put up an unbelievable show in the recently concluded Lok Sa

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KATATEL OUTLETS

The outlet near 8B bus stop
Outlets selling katatel, a toxic mixture of petrol, kerosene and naphtha used to run autorickshaws, continue to thrive in the city with the police looking the other way. Metro spotted three outlets of the killer fuel in south Calcutta.

Where: Near Jadavpur 8B bus stop

Devesh K. Pandey

NEW DELHI: Taking a break from routine car rides and padyatras, the Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha from Chandni Chowk, Kapil Sibal, came up with a novel idea on Monday campaigning on a solar-powered rickshaw in the narrow lanes of the Walled City of Delhi.

To enforce discipline and reduce congestion on roads, the traffic police have initiated steps to ban autorickshaws, registered outside Ranchi, from plying within the municipal area.

Administration forms panel to look into demands; union says will operate till committee takes a decision

After remaining off roads for five days, autorickshaw operators have finally called off their strike against the ban imposed on the entry of non-LPG autos in Chandigarh. The decision was taken after a meeting with UT Home Secretary Ram Niwas on Friday.

The UT administration has decided to seal its borders for petrol/diesel-run auto-rickshaws coming from Mohali and Panchkula from tomorrow.

The administration has also notified that these auto-rickshaws would be impounded from tomorrow onwards if they ply in Chandigarh.

KOLKATA, Mach 31: In a new twist to recent controversies surrounding the phasing out of two-stroke autorickshaws in order to bring down the pollution levels, the public vehicles department (PVD) has found out that 17,000 autorickshaws were being plied in the city without valid documents.

Pune The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) has blamed the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), private bus operators and rickshaw drivers for the traffic chaos in the city. They called on the DCP Traffic Manoj Patil and the CMD of PMPML to take stringent action against errant drivers.

KOLKATA, March 23: The state transport minister, Mr Subhas Chakraborty, admitted today that the state government have delayed a crackdown on the huge number of unregistered auto-rickshaws plying in the city and its outskirts due to anticipated stiff resistance from their operators.

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