The ban was imposed as the air quality of Delhi had turned bad and since the night of November 8 the entry of heavy vehicles barring those carrying essential commodities was banned considering the poor air quality.
Truckers and manufacturers in Jaipur heaved a sigh of relief after the trucks carrying goods, which were stopped at Delhi border, started moving inside the national capital from Tuesday.
"The trucks were stopped from entering Delhi till November 12 and have started moving now," said a Jaipur based trucker while speaking to DNA.
The ban was imposed as the air quality of Delhi had turned bad and since the night of November 8 the entry of heavy vehicles barring those carrying essential commodities was banned considering the poor air quality. Vehicles carrying vegetables, fruits, grains, milk, eggs, ice etc and tankers carrying petroleum products were exempted from the ban.
The truckers have now started accepting the bookings for Delhi after the ban ended.
"We had stopped accepting bookings for Delhi as there was no use making the trucks stand at Rajasthan Delhi border," said the transporter in Jaipur. A lot of raw material and finished goods related to automobile parts and auto ancillary are transported from Jaipur and nearby areas to Delhi.
Not only the trucks from Jaipur but from other parts of the state and also neighbouring Gujarat had stopped at Rajasthan-Delhi border after the authorities in Delhi banned the entry of heavy vehicles into Delhi from November 8 till November 11 initially. After that it was extended for one more day and the ban ended at 7 am on Tuesday. Thereafter, the trucks started moving into Delhi. The ban on entry had made the manufacturers and traders worried as their cargo was not reaching the buyer and the delay in transporting the material also delayed the payment process. Moreover, such a ban also affects the inventory circle of the production houses.
For the transporters a standing vehicle with cargo laden on it is economically unhealthy. Once laden they want to offload it at the destination on time so that they can book another cargo.
A similar ban was imposed last year too during the same duration.
It may be recalled that the ban on the entry of heavy vehicles into Delhi was imposed from November 8 till November 11, but was later extended by a day by the Supreme Court-appointed agency on the recommendations of a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) led task force, which reviews the national capital's air quality.
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Acting on recommendations of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Supreme Court-empowered Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority banned entry of trucks traffic into Delhi from November 8 to November 11 initially after increasing it till November 12. Therefore, since November 8 night, the entry of heavy vehicles barring essential commodities was banned considering the severe air quality. Discussions were also being held to allow the entry doing daytime, however, the Delhi Traffic Police stated that the congestion would increase during daytime and traffic would be thrown out of gear.
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