A feasible new action plan with both short and long term goals to tackle the complex challenges of air pollution has been suggested by the Delhi Government as a means of tackling this issue.

At a workshop on Air Pollution Control Strategies organised by the State Department of Environment, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit exhorted the participants to work out the action plan for achieving the desired objectives.

Handling auto waste is emerging as a big issue and the automotive industry should create a ‘disposal chain', similar to supply chain, so that vehicles that ultimately turn into scrap bundles can be effectively disposed of, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, R. Chidambaram, said on Monday.

Delivering the inaugural address at the fourth edition of ‘Automotive R&D trends 2015: automotive technology – mobility as a system', organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), he said that the issue could not be ignored any longer.

Verge of extinction

The dwindling numbers of blackbucks in the State’s only blackbuck sanctuary in the protected forest at Maidanahalli village of Madhugiri taluk in the district has caused concern among wildlife enthusiasts. The report of the blackbuck census conducted by the Forest department in association with the city-based Wildlife Awareness Institute (WAI), which was released on Monday, has revealed shocking figures.

A three-level underground parking, constructed at a cost of Rs.31.4 crore and with a capacity to park 360 cars, was inaugurated in the E-Block Market of Hauz Khas here on Sunday by Leader of the Op

GUWAHATI: Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) termed the parking fees as illegal. From now onwards no parking fees would be collected from the vehicle owners by the leasee.

According to sources, GMC has abolished the parking fees and if any leasee collects parking fees from the vehicle owners then it will be considered illegal and would be termed as Gunda tax.

Forty per cent of the cars sold in the country are now powered by diesel. The fact that it is 40 per cent cheaper than petrol is the obvious reason.

Automobile companies based in India, both homegrown and foreign brands now based here, are opposing the provisions on their sector in the proposed India-European Union free trade agreement (FTA).

A multi-level underground parking was inaugurated by Delhi Mayor Rajni Abbi at the Parade Ground on Subhas Marg on Wednesday.

Under pressure from various quarters for not being able to ease traffic flow on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, especially at Delhi border toll and Kherki Dhaula, DS Constructions has come out with a

New Delhi: A panel of the highways ministry has recommended a uniform one-time road tax — 6% of the price of the vehicle — across all states.