Rule Change: The government has taken a big step to control air pollution in Delhi. From April 1, those vehicles will not be allowed to run on the roads which do not have proof that they are not polluting the environment. Not only this, if such vehicles reach the petrol pump to fill fuel, they will not even be given fuel.
PUC Certificate Mandatory
At present, there are government-authorized testing cabins at some petrol pumps in Delhi, which issue Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates. Vehicle owners are required to get their vehicles tested every year and renew their PUC certificates. Now, to make this system more stringent, a special device is being installed at all petrol pumps in Delhi. This device will identify vehicles whose PUC certificate has expired. Such vehicles will be refused fuel.
There are about 500 petrol pumps in Delhi where this system is being implemented. When a vehicle that does not comply with the emission standards arrives to fill fuel, the system will declare it a “defaulter” and the petrol pump staff will refuse to give fuel to that vehicle.
How will it be identified?
This new system is connected to a central database, which will check the status of the vehicle based on the vehicle’s registration number. If the vehicle’s PUC certificate has expired, the petrol pump workers will be informed about it.
At present this system has been implemented at the following petrol pumps:
- Veejay Service Station , Kalidas Marg
- Angra HP Centre , Vinay Marg, Opposite Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri
- Anup Service Station , Plot No. 10, DDA Community Centre, Alaknanda
- Ugra Sain and Sons , Opposite Welcome Metro Station, Shahdara
- Qutab Service Station , Mehrauli Road
- Intimate Service Station , Panchsheel Park
Special focus on 15 year old vehicles
The Delhi government had recently announced that vehicles older than 15 years will not be given fuel. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that a special team will be formed to identify such vehicles. He said, “We are installing such equipment at petrol pumps, which will identify vehicles older than 15 years and they will be denied fuel.” It is worth noting that a policy is already in force in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), under which diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years cannot run on the roads.
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