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Old petrol, diesel vehicles may be impounded in delhi
With Delhis air quality turning severe on Tuesday, the transport department issued a notice warning that 15yearold petrol and 10yearold diesel vehicles plying on the city roads in violation of Supreme Court and NGT orders will be impounded
New Delhi: With Delhi's air quality turning 'severe' on Tuesday, the transport department issued a notice warning that 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles plying on the city roads in violation of Supreme Court and NGT orders will be impounded.
In its 2015 order, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned the plying of petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years in the national capital region (NCR).
It also banned the parking of 15-year-old vehicles in any public area. The Supreme Court on Monday endorsed the NGT order and directed that such vehicles be impounded.
"All the vehicle owners falling in this category (with petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years) are hereby informed through this public notice that they should not ply such vehicles in Delhi/NCR, failing which such vehicles will be impounded," the transport department said in a public notice on Tuesday.
According to rough estimates, there are 38-40 lakh such vehicles in Delhi alone, an official said. The department has uploaded details of such vehicles on its official website.
Delhi's air quality turned 'severe' for the first time this season on Tuesday with stubble burning intensifying in neighbouring states, authorities said.
The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 3 pm was 401, falling in the 'severe' category, the highest this season, Central Pollution Control Board officials said.
