Have Over 15-Year-Old Vehicle In Delhi? You Won’t Get To Do This From April

New Delhi:

Taking an important step to control pollution soon after coming to power in Delhi, the BJP government has ordered that vehicles older than 15 years will not get petrol at pumps. 

Making the announcement on Saturday, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who took charge on Monday, said a team will be formed to identify such vehicles. 

“We are installing gadgets at petrol pumps which will identify vehicles older than 15 years and no fuel will be provided to them,” Mr Sirsa said after holding a meeting with officials to discuss steps to combat air pollution in Delhi. 

Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) have a policy under which diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years are not allowed on the roads. An order in 2021 had also said that such vehicles would be impounded and sent to the scrapyard if they were found operating on the roads after January 1, 2022. 

Mr Sirsa said the government’s initial focus will be on heavy vehicles entering Delhi and teams will check whether the laid-down rules are being followed.