Diesel-run Vehicles

In a bid to reduce vehicular pollution, the West Bengal government is focusing on adding 2,000 electric buses to its fleet and also converting at least 3,000 diesel-run buses into CNG-powered vehicles in the next few years, state Transport Minister Firhad Hakim said on Sunday.

British mining company reveals prototype heavy mining truck capable of carrying up to 290 tonnes of payload.

Adding one diesel SUV to the city fleet in Delhi-NCR is equal to adding 25 to 65 small petrol cars in terms of nitrogen oxide, a very harmful gas that also forms deadly ozone.

Delhi government has ordered registration of diesel-run ambulance cars with engine capacity of 2000 cc in the capital on payment of one per cent of the ex-showroom price of such vehicles as green cess.

Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on petitions seeking modification in order banning registration of diesel-run SUVs and high-end cars with engine capacity of 2000CC and above in Delhi and NCR. The auto makers asked for such vehicles to be allowed again on payment of one per cent of ex-showroom price as green cess.

In a good news for aspiring owners of diesel-run SUVs and cars with engine capacity of 2000 CC and above, Supreme Court today said it was open to lifting the ban on their registration in Delhi and NCR subject to a levy of one-time environment compensation cess.

Delhi Police today booked over a hundred diesel-run taxi drivers for running their vehicles in the city violating the Supreme Court ban, even as cab drivers protesting against the crackdown by police threw traffic out-of-gear by blocking National Highway 8 and the Ring Road.

The Supreme Court today allowed Delhi Police and Delhi Jal Board to register their new diesel-run vehicles of 2000 cc engine capacity and above for transportation of undertrial prisoners, arms and ammunition and supply of water.

The National Green Tribunal today refused to vacate its order banning registration of new diesel-run vehicles, saying it won't interfere with the Supreme Court order which has taken a similar stand.

The National Green Tribunal today agreed to hear a plea seeking modification of its order which said that diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi in the wake of alarming pollution levels in the city.

In a tough decision to help battle alarming pollution levels, the National Green Tribunal on Friday directed that diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi with immediate effect and asked the central and state government departments not to purchase diesel vehicles.

Delhi government has decided to conduct random inspection in Delhi of diesel-run vehicles older than 10 years and 5 years, to monitor the actual status of their emission levels.

Delhi Traffic Police yesterday impounded over 250 vehicles as they continued with efforts to enforce the National Green Tribunal's ban on the plying in the national capital of diesel-run vehicles more than 10-years old.

Delhi Police, today, impounded around 100 vehicles in compliance with the National Green Tribunal's order putting a ban on plying of diesel-run vehicles of more than 10 years old in the national capital.

An overall decline in car sales and a skew towards diesel-run vehicles on the back of rising petrol prices has led to plum discounts on petrol cars. Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest passenger car maker, is offering discounts of up to Rs 50,000 on its best-selling models—the Alto and the WagonR. The Alto has seen an 18 per cent fall in sales compa...

In a bid to reduce vehicular pollution, the West Bengal government is focusing on adding 2,000 electric buses to its fleet and also converting at least 3,000 diesel-run buses into CNG-powered vehicles in the next few years, state Transport Minister Firhad Hakim said on Sunday.

British mining company reveals prototype heavy mining truck capable of carrying up to 290 tonnes of payload.

Adding one diesel SUV to the city fleet in Delhi-NCR is equal to adding 25 to 65 small petrol cars in terms of nitrogen oxide, a very harmful gas that also forms deadly ozone.

Delhi government has ordered registration of diesel-run ambulance cars with engine capacity of 2000 cc in the capital on payment of one per cent of the ex-showroom price of such vehicles as green cess.

Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on petitions seeking modification in order banning registration of diesel-run SUVs and high-end cars with engine capacity of 2000CC and above in Delhi and NCR. The auto makers asked for such vehicles to be allowed again on payment of one per cent of ex-showroom price as green cess.

In a good news for aspiring owners of diesel-run SUVs and cars with engine capacity of 2000 CC and above, Supreme Court today said it was open to lifting the ban on their registration in Delhi and NCR subject to a levy of one-time environment compensation cess.

Delhi Police today booked over a hundred diesel-run taxi drivers for running their vehicles in the city violating the Supreme Court ban, even as cab drivers protesting against the crackdown by police threw traffic out-of-gear by blocking National Highway 8 and the Ring Road.

The Supreme Court today allowed Delhi Police and Delhi Jal Board to register their new diesel-run vehicles of 2000 cc engine capacity and above for transportation of undertrial prisoners, arms and ammunition and supply of water.

The National Green Tribunal today refused to vacate its order banning registration of new diesel-run vehicles, saying it won't interfere with the Supreme Court order which has taken a similar stand.

The National Green Tribunal today agreed to hear a plea seeking modification of its order which said that diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi in the wake of alarming pollution levels in the city.

In a tough decision to help battle alarming pollution levels, the National Green Tribunal on Friday directed that diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi with immediate effect and asked the central and state government departments not to purchase diesel vehicles.

Delhi government has decided to conduct random inspection in Delhi of diesel-run vehicles older than 10 years and 5 years, to monitor the actual status of their emission levels.

Delhi Traffic Police yesterday impounded over 250 vehicles as they continued with efforts to enforce the National Green Tribunal's ban on the plying in the national capital of diesel-run vehicles more than 10-years old.

Delhi Police, today, impounded around 100 vehicles in compliance with the National Green Tribunal's order putting a ban on plying of diesel-run vehicles of more than 10 years old in the national capital.

An overall decline in car sales and a skew towards diesel-run vehicles on the back of rising petrol prices has led to plum discounts on petrol cars. Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest passenger car maker, is offering discounts of up to Rs 50,000 on its best-selling models—the Alto and the WagonR. The Alto has seen an 18 per cent fall in sales compa...