Around two lakh polluting diesel vehicles older than 15 years are set to go off the capital’s roads as the Delhi government has started the process to de-register them and asked the traffic police to launch a crackdown as per the National Green Tribunal’s directions. In the next phase, vehicles between 10 and 15 years will be taken up for deregistration,” explained a government official. The move comes five days after Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung directed the transport department to start the process of deregistering polluting diesel vehicles after Delhi witnessed one of its worst week of toxic air in years. “Our teams that check vehicles for pollution under control (PUC) certificates have been given directions to impound diesel vehicles that are more than 15 years old,” said Garima Bhatnagar, joint commissioner of police (Traffic). She said that the list of vehicles provided by the transport department is being fed into their e-challan software.

Source: Hindustan Times November 12, 2016 18:24 UTC