Crackdown on diesel vehicles

Cracking down on old diesel vehicles in the capital after receiving a rap from National Green Tribunal(NGT), the Delhi government has directed Delhi Police to initiate action against 1.91 lakh vehicles older than 15 years plying on NCR roads. The move comes five days after Lt Governor Najeeb Jung directed the transport department to start a process of de-registering such polluting diesel vehicles in the city even as the capital struggles to breathe under heavy smog.

In a written communique sent by K K Dahiya, Special Commissioner (Transport) to his counterpart in Delhi Traffic Police, has asked him to comply with the NGT order which would not allow these vehicles to run on the city’s roads.”The transport department has sent a CD of diesel vehicles which are older than 15 years to Delhi Police and asked them to start impounding them with immediate effect. These vehicles won’t be allowed to either ply or be parked in public places as per the NGT order ,” according to official sources.

Sources also claimed that the traffic police have also shortlisted 21 sites across the city where these vehicles will be kept after impounding.According to the NGT orders, the Delhi administration has to de-register diesel vehicles which are older than 10 years while directing the authority to phase out vehicles first which are older than 15 years.