Diesel vehicles over 15 years old to be scrapped in Delhi-NCR

In-line with their earlier jurisdiction of cancelling registrations of all diesel vehicles over 10 years old in Delhi-NCR, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has now issued an order to first de-register all more than 15 year old vehicles, and those that comply with BS-1 and BS-2 standards. The NGT has further decided to ban sales of Delhi registered diesel vehicles that are more than 15 year old, anywhere in India.

NGT has asked the Delhi RTO to not issue NOCs for any of these vehicles, thus denying permission to sell them anywhere in India. As a result, owners have been left with no other option but to scrap their Delhi-NCR registered vehicles that are over 15 year old. Vehicles that are 10-15 year old can be sold outside Delhi-NCR, in designated places where vehicle density and pollution levels are low.

The NGT still stands on its decision to de-register all diesel vehicles over 10 years old in Delhi-NCR. But the authorities have been asked to carry out this deregistration process in a phased manner, starting with vehicles that are more than 15 years old.

Source: Times of India