Curbing Delhi Air Pollution: Highlights of Supreme Court's Order

The New Indian Express , Thursday, December 17, 2015
Correspondent : PTI

NEW DELHI: Following are the highlights of the Supreme Court's order to curb air pollution:

* Diesel-run SUVs, high-end pvt cars with 2000CC and above engine not to be registered in NCR-Delhi till March 31, 2016.

* All taxis like OLA, UBER to move to CNG by Mar 1, 2016.

* Non-Delhi bound vehicles not to enter from NH-8 linking Jaipur to Delhi and NH-1 connecting Punjab, Haryana and other northern states to Delhi via Kundli border.

* 100 per cent hike of Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) to be levied on commercial vehicles entering Delhi.

* Light duty vehicles carrying goods to pay Rs 1400, instead of Rs 700, and three-axle vehicles Rs 2,600, instead of 1,300 as ECC for entering Delhi.

* Passenger vehicles, ambulances and vehicles carrying essential commodities like food stuffs and oil tankers for Delhi exempted from ECC.

* Vehicles bearing registration numbers of year 2005 or earlier not to enter Delhi.

* Advertisements to inform commercial traffic of bypass routes and the imposition of the ECC imposed by the court.

* Delhi govt to immediately repair pavements and procure requisite vacuum cleaning vehicles for use on Delhi roads expeditiously but not later than April 1, next year.

* UP, Haryana and Rajasthan to ensure that commercial traffic for destinations other than Delhi use alternative routes.

* Enforcement agencies to strictly enforce CPCB norms by putting curtains and other devices at construction sites.

* No municipal waste to be burnt.

* SC agrees diesel vehicles most polluting ones in Delhi.

 
SOURCE : http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Curbing-Delhi-Air-Pollution-Highlights-of-Supreme-Courts-Order/2015/12/16/article3180959.ece
 


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