Gurgaon: Police has started a special campaign against them diesel Vehicles older than 10 years and petrol Vehicles older than 15 years in Gurgaon and 13 other NCR districts of Haryana. Police said such vehicles will be confiscated and their owners will be fined up to Rs 5,000.
According to a 2015 National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, the life cycle of petrol vehicles in Delhi-NCR is 15 years, while it is 10 years for those running on diesel. NS NGT The order has been issued in view of the increasing pollution in the area. Since then, 640 vehicles older than the prescribed limit have been seized. Traffic police in Gurgaon.
According to the traffic police, he had 208. is impounded old vehicles so far this year. Police said most of them have been confiscated over the past few weeks as traffic rules were not strictly enforced due to the pandemic and the lockdown as before.
“Now, we have started a special drive which will focus on old vehicles. Vehicles older than 10-15 years will be impounded and the owners will be challaned. DCP (Traffic) Ravinder Singh Tomar told TOI that the seized vehicles cannot be used again and will be cancelled.
He said that all types of vehicles including two wheelers, four wheelers and commercial vehicles will face action irrespective of their registration. “Even vehicles which are not registered in NCR districts and are from other parts of the country will also be confiscated if found plying on city roads,” the DCP said.
Tomar further said that an old vehicle can be identified by its model and its condition. In Gurgaon all confiscated vehicles are taken to a yard near Rajiv Chowk.
Police said if the old vehicle is registered in Delhi-NCR, the owner has only two options: to cancel it or re-register it in other states. As per the rules, after the life cycle of a vehicle is over, its registration terminates automatically.
The traffic police has written to the regional transport office for details of old vehicles. Gurgaon Police has already replaced all their old vehicles.
Some residents said the drive would not help in checking pollution, but would boost sales of new vehicles. Sector 50 resident Satish Yadav said, “The life cycle of a vehicle should not be counted in years, but on its condition and number of kilometres.”
Another resident said the government should instead work on developing public transport.
Archana Jalan, a resident of Sector 84, said, “In a place like Gurgaon, one cannot go without a private vehicle, as there is no reliable public transport.”
According to a 2015 National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, the life cycle of petrol vehicles in Delhi-NCR is 15 years, while it is 10 years for those running on diesel. NS NGT The order has been issued in view of the increasing pollution in the area. Since then, 640 vehicles older than the prescribed limit have been seized. Traffic police in Gurgaon.
According to the traffic police, he had 208. is impounded old vehicles so far this year. Police said most of them have been confiscated over the past few weeks as traffic rules were not strictly enforced due to the pandemic and the lockdown as before.
“Now, we have started a special drive which will focus on old vehicles. Vehicles older than 10-15 years will be impounded and the owners will be challaned. DCP (Traffic) Ravinder Singh Tomar told TOI that the seized vehicles cannot be used again and will be cancelled.
He said that all types of vehicles including two wheelers, four wheelers and commercial vehicles will face action irrespective of their registration. “Even vehicles which are not registered in NCR districts and are from other parts of the country will also be confiscated if found plying on city roads,” the DCP said.
Tomar further said that an old vehicle can be identified by its model and its condition. In Gurgaon all confiscated vehicles are taken to a yard near Rajiv Chowk.
Police said if the old vehicle is registered in Delhi-NCR, the owner has only two options: to cancel it or re-register it in other states. As per the rules, after the life cycle of a vehicle is over, its registration terminates automatically.
The traffic police has written to the regional transport office for details of old vehicles. Gurgaon Police has already replaced all their old vehicles.
Some residents said the drive would not help in checking pollution, but would boost sales of new vehicles. Sector 50 resident Satish Yadav said, “The life cycle of a vehicle should not be counted in years, but on its condition and number of kilometres.”
Another resident said the government should instead work on developing public transport.
Archana Jalan, a resident of Sector 84, said, “In a place like Gurgaon, one cannot go without a private vehicle, as there is no reliable public transport.”
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