Improving Environment - Issue #2

Initiatives

One person's disgusting vehicle exhaust is a clever entrepreneur's treasure.

In the face of air pollution and power cuts, one woman is taking a stand and going solar. 

Lithium, with an all-electric fleet, currently offers employee transportation services in Bengaluru to firms including Tesco, Unisys, Accenture and Adobe.

Panasonic plans to install air purifiers in its entire range of air-conditioners without any hike in cost to consumer.

Asian Paints has come out with an Air Purifying Paint - Royale Atmos - which reduces pollution levels within the home.

Government Actions this week

Just like in Beijing, the Haryana government will install smog-eating towers in the NCR to fight the smoggy winters. Rampant planting of trees and reducing crop burning are also part of this move to reduce air pollution.

Now, government to invite global bidders for road sweeping - At present, the Public Works Department (PWD) operates four vacuum-cleaning road machines, taken on rent. It now wants to buy these machines for a permanent solution to dusty roads.

Rajiv Bajaj says automakers are deliberately misinterpreting the rules about the deadline.

After several laboratories across the country said they did not have facilities to test impurities in petrol and diesel, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to spell out the methodology followed to check adulteration.

London will introduce a charge on the oldest and most polluting vehicles from October in a new effort to improve air quality, Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday.