<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M C Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/11/2024.</p> <p>The petition was listed to find out how the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)
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<p>Between 2001 and 2003, public transport vehicles in New Delhi were required to switch their fuel to natural gas in an attempt to reduce their air pollution impacts. This study examines the climatic impacts of New Delhi’s fuel switching policy, and outlines implications for such efforts in rapidly industrializing countries.
Himanshi Dhawan | TNN With child malnutrition levels stagnant at 46% for the past 10 years, the government has been forced to restructure its programme for nutritional intervention for children between 0-6 years. If approved by the Union cabinet, the government will spend an average Rs 4.21 per beneficiary per day, up from Rs 2 per day. The restructured Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) will be implemented in mission mode under a National ICDS Mission Directorate and increase financial powers at the grassroots level.
When a fundamental rights petition in respect of air pollution and city traffic congestion came up before the Supreme Court today, the Court directed the relevant parties to modify the silencers of the private buses and also regulate the introduction of uniforms for the private bus drivers and conductors and make the use of ticket machines mandatory.
Sahara raised unauthorised constructions, it says High Court pulls up LDA for carrying out late night demolitions Illegal acts of company deprived public of free access along area: plea The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday moved the Supreme Court questioning the interim relief granted by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, restraining the authorities from demolishing Sahara Shahar, a property belonging to the Sahara India Commercial Corporation in Lucknow.
Those opposing it are anti-Tamil, says Union Minister Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T.R. Baalu (second from left) releasing a book on Sethusamudram project, written by Congress leader A. Gopanna (left) in Chennai on Friday. Also in the picture are Union Minister G.K. Vasan, Congress leader S.R. Balasubramoniyan and D. Sudarssanam, Congress Legislature Party leader. CHENNAI: The Centre will cross all hurdles in implementing the Sethusamudram project, a 150-year-old dream of Tamil Nadu, Union Minister for Shipping and Road Transport T.R. Baalu said on Friday.
Kannal Achuthan Corporation had to go for tender again A view of a closed public convenience on the Konnur High Road at Ayanavaram in Chennai. The Chennai Corporation's plan to construct new public toilets and allow advertisements on their outer walls is yet to take off. The civic body had chalked out rules stating that fines would be imposed on people who urinate or defecate in public beginning April 1 but had deferred the decision by two months to meet the demand for more public toilets. The rules are in force since June 1 but the toilets are yet to be built.
<img src="../files/images/20080615/60.jpg" align="left"> The Right to Environment was not initially guaranteed by the Constitution as a fundamental right. Indira Gandhi's otherwise infamous 42 nd Amendment made it a constitutional expectation (Article 48-A). After the emergency, the Supreme Court of India converted this expectation into a guaranteed "collective' right for all people in India as part of their
coastal clearances: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests issued the second draft of the Coastal Zone Management (CZM) notification, which allows green-field airports on coasts.
Responding to the crisis, Ajjinanda Poovaiah, an activist of the NGO, Wildlife first, filed a well-researched complaint before the Karnataka Lokayukta (state ombudsman) in February 2003, alleging official corruption and mismanagement under the project.
