'Poaching figure for this year is alarming'
Over 100 tigers have died in 2014 and 2015. Shekhar Kumar Niraj, head of wildlife trade monitoring agency Traffic, talks about the problems of …
Road traffic injuries the second leading cause of death among children aged 5-14 years: WHO
Poverty increased risk of injury, violence; almost 90% of injury-related deaths in low & middle-income countries
Delhi not ready for post-lockdown traffic rebound: CSE
Respite from traffic congestion and air pollution during COVID-19 lockdown could not be sustained
Brasilia Declaration: Countries commit to prioritise road safety
The declaration was finalised at the Second Global High Level conference on Road Safety held in Brazil
Utter chaos
Faulty and ad hoc urban planning has plunged Indian cities into a vicious transport mess. CSE explains the problem with its study on Alaknanda in …
Highway projects mow down ecolaws
India's road networking plan, one of the few projects that are progressing ahead of schedule, is flouting a number of environmental guidelines
Delhi's odd-even number plate experiment: will it succeed?
The government needs to develop a robust mechanism to discourage those who will inevitably try to get around the rules by buying a second …
Reaching for the Skies
New Delhi has become the hub of the burgeoning air traffic in Asia. But does it have the mathematical precision to avoid traffic snarls in the air?
Emergency call
Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents in 2013, more than the death toll from many communicable diseases. But the country does not …
UN Africa panel flags vulnerability to road deaths
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says Zimbabwe is the most unsafe, with highest road accident deaths at 34.7 per 100,000 people
Beijing imposes traffic measures to curb air pollution
Measures include prohibiting certain categories of vehicles from plying on roads depending on pollution levels and restricting traffic based on …
Beat that heat
Municipalities and citizens in the US could significantly contribute to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Odd-even scheme: Before Delhi starts third leg, let’s see how the last two went
While the scheme made impact beyond private vehicular emissions, it saw some counter-intuitive trends too
A day in the life of a car park
We spent eight hours on a building's terrace at Connaught Place in Delhi, shooting a car parking lot. Cars kept whizzing in and out of the camera'…
Night curfew re-imposed in all 30 districts of Odisha
The total number of positive cases in Odisha now stands at 358,342, while 1,935 people have died
Walking and good roads a fundamental right: Bombay HC
In most Indian cities, pedestrians outnumber vehicle users. Yet, they remain invisible in policy action
Environment funds lying unused
Only 17 per cent of the funds created by the Supreme Court have been utilised in Delhi over last 15 years
World Cities Day: How humans and robots can co-exist in cities
Robots are taking on more tasks in the world’s cities but create more challenges for policymakers
Bridge gap between planning and engineering to shift to sustainable mobility
Countries’ policies for sustainable transport have the right intentions, but are incomplete and selective
Accidents cause maximum deaths among young population, says WHO
Road accidents and non-communicable diseases emerge as major killers according to the World Health Statistics 2017 report
Africa’s Tanzania loses 60 per cent elephants to poaching
Neighbour Mozambique had recently revealed that it lost nearly half of its elephant population in five years
Why car-free days in Gurgaon must gather momentum
The vehicle ownership in the city is among the highest in the country, leading to air pollution
Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve
Karnataka High Court had banned traffic in the area from 9 pm to 6 am following deaths of tigers and elephants in vehicular accidents
'Resurgence of smuggling in Myanmar threat to wild Asian elephants'
Smugglers resort to torture to capture and train elephant calves, says report by wildlife monitoring network
Eight reasons why Delhi is a commuter’s nightmare
The capital's roads are filled with more private vehicles than they can manage, diminishing the air quality for Delhi's citizens