A recent report has shown not so impressive report on Delhi's air condition. Doing its part as a responsible authority, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has announced a blanket ban on all diesel vehicles aged over 10 years and are plying in Delhi. The World Health Organization report has declared Delhi as the world's most-polluted capital.
The decision shall have no effect on the new car sales, but it shall definitely have an effect on used diesel car sales, especially the ones that are over five or seven year old. The Delhi Police has already reportedly already confiscated about 96 diesel powered vehicles that are over 10 years old. Speaking more on the occasion, Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander, said, “Ninety-six vehicles were impounded in compliance with NGT . Full scale drive will continue till midnight with Town Inspectors, ACPs and DCPs in the field for prosecuting errant vehicles. All entry points of Delhi is being covered.”
Going by numbers, it is believed that that there must be about 70,000 to 1,00,000 diesel cars that are older than 10 years. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said, “A number of countries like Brazil, China, Denmark etc are in the process or have prohibited diesel vehicles or are in the process of doing away with them and imposing stringent taxes on the vehicles. We have already noticed that certain stringent measures need to be taken to ensure that residents of Delhi do not travel closer to ill-health with each breath they take. Thus, we direct all diesel vehicles, heavy or light, which are ten years old will not be permitted on the roads of Delhi and NCR.
Source: T
