Drive against polluting vehicles intensifies

The Hindu , Thursday, February 03, 2005
Correspondent : Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI, FEB. 2. After teething troubles on the first day, the Delhi Government today intensified its drive against polluting vehicles entering the Capital.

Stating that the drive could not yield the desired results yesterday because of problem of logistics as the teams had not been provided sufficient number of personnel and the involvement of police was also not adequate, the Delhi Transport Minister, Haroon Yusuf, said today it got underway in a planned way and vehicles were checked across the city.

Noting that of the 545 vehicles checked yesterday, 362 did not possess the Pollution Under Control certificate and as many as 411 were issued challans, the Minister said a total of 107 vehicles were also returned from the borders. Of the vehicles that were checked, 179 were also found to be emitting visible smoke against which the Delhi Government had promised to come down hard. Under the drive, the fitness certificates of four polluting commercial vehicles were cancelled while two vehicles were impounded by the checking squads comprising men of the Transport Department and Delhi Transport Corporation.

Stating that the drive was intensified today with 100 teams -- having about 500 personnel in all -- checking vehicles in various parts of the Capital, Mr Yusuf said it would go on till February 15 and would seek to curb the entry and plying of polluting vehicles in the Capital.

The Minister had earlier stated on the eve of the drive that it was meant to ensure that the benefits of the conversion of the public transport fleet to compressed natural gas for reducing air pollution levels in the Capital were not eroded by polluting vehicles coming into the city from other States.

Stating that reduction in pollution was essential for the citizens to lead a healthy life, he said, the Government would take all necessary measures to safeguard this basic right of the denizens.

For the anti-pollution drive, the Delhi Government would also be roping in police personnel so that the enforcement becomes more stringent. Though the drive was almost a non-starter yesterday still it managed to elicit the desired impact as a large number of vehicles were seen queued up outside pollution checking centres for obtaining the PUC certificates.

 
SOURCE : The Hindu,Thursday, February 03, 2005
 


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