ELVs at fuel pumps will get impounded

Crackdown on EoL vehicles

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

NEW DELHI: Beginning July 1, any end-of-life vehicle (ELV) — diesel cars other than 10 years, and petrol older than 15 years — that arrives at Delhi's 382 petrol and diesel stations will be denied fuel, impounded on the spot and sent directly to a scrapping facility, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said on Friday.

The enforcement of the new rule will be carried out by joint teams of the Delhi transport department, Delhi Traffic Police, and municipal bodies, stationed at fuel stations equipped with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras, officials said.

In a joint press conference, CAQM, along with the Delhi transport department and traffic police, said a total of 7.78 million vehicles were screened via ANPR cameras between June 1 and 23. Of these, 136,000 were flagged as EoL, and nearly 800,000 were found without valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates.