Old vehicles will not be confiscated in Delhi, CAQM gives relief; Action will be taken in NCR after this date

The fuel ban on 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the capital has been lifted for now. Accepting the request of the Delhi government, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has currently postponed this campaign for about four months.

The action against old vehicles in the national capital will now be implemented from November 1. Then the ban on these vehicles will not be limited to Delhi only but will also be applicable in five NCR districts along with Delhi.

CAQM has also amended directive number 89. Fueling old vehicles in the national capital was banned from July 1. Along with this, the process of seizing such vehicles and sending them for scrap was also started. This action was being criticized as well as politicized.

The Aam Aadmi Party was constantly attacking the Rekha Gupta government of Delhi. In view of the politics and problems of the common people on this, the Delhi government had also written a letter to the CAQM to stop this action.

Keeping in mind the letter and request of the Delhi government, a high-level review meeting was held on Tuesday under the leadership of CAQM Chairman Rajesh Verma. It was decided in the meeting that this action on old vehicles in Delhi will now be implemented from November 1.

The scope of action will increase from November 1

CAQM has also decided that the scope of action on such vehicles will also increase from November 1. This action will be implemented in five NCR districts along with Delhi.

The Commission unanimously decided that it would be appropriate to implement oil ban simultaneously in Delhi and NCR districts. Now, from November 1, restrictions will also be implemented in Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad and Sonipat.

Delhi government had requested in the letter

Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa had written a letter to the Commission asking to stop the decision of oil ban for old vehicles. On the basis of operational, infrastructural and technical constraints, he had urged that the order be stopped with immediate effect until the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system is integrated across the NCR.

LG wrote a letter to CM

LG VK Saxena had also written a letter to CM Rekha Gupta on this issue. Expressing serious objection to the plan of not giving fuel to old vehicles, he had said that the national capital Delhi is not ready for such a ban yet.

This decision will cause huge loss to the common people, especially the middle class. This decision does not seem appropriate both from social and economic point of view.

CM has talked about going to the Supreme Court

CM Rekha Gupta’s statement had also come out. She had said that her government would approach the Supreme Court in this matter. The Delhi government will inform the apex court about the steps taken to prevent pollution.

It will also request that it allow the same rules to be implemented on old vehicles in the national capital like the rest of the NCR.