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SC bans registration of diesel-run SUVs and cars till March 31, 2016
New Delhi, Dec 16: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec 16, banned the registration of diesel-run SUVs and cars having engines beyond 2000 cc in Delhi and NCR from March 31, 2016.
To curb the alarming rise in pollution levels in the city, the apex court unveiled a slew of measuresraised 100 per cent of the Green cess being levied on commercial vehicles entering Delhi. Commercial vehicles, which are not Delhi bound, will not be allowed to enter national capital through entry points NH-8 and NH-1.
SC ordered that Commercial vehicles registered before 2005 cannot enter Delhi, while adding that only CNG-run taxis will be allowed to ply in Delhi and NCR.
Restricting the entry of commercial vehicles which are not Delhi bound, a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur also ordered 100 per cent hike of the Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) being levied on light and heavy trucks using Delhi roads.
The bench also comprising justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi made it clear that commercial vehicles registered prior to 2005 will not be allowed to enter Delhi.
The court had on October 9 ordered that light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 to enter Delhi in addition to the toll tax from November 1 as ECC in a bid to check high pollution levels in the city.
Now, light duty vehicles will have to pay Rs 1400 and three-axle vehicles Rs 2,600 as ECC for entering Delhi. It also said that for the time being commercial vehicles, which are not Delhi bound shall not be allowed to enter Delhi through National Highway No. VIII and I.
The bench, in one of its directions also made it clear that only CNG-run taxis would be permitted to ply in Delhi and NCR. It clarified that the order banning registration of diesel-run vehicles, which will be operational from January 1, 2016 to March 31, will not include passenger cars whose engine capacity is below 2000 cc.
The bench agreed with the submissions of senior advocate Harish Salve, who is assisting it in a 1984 PIL, filed by environmentalist M C Mehta, that diesel vehicles are the bigger culprit in polluting Delhi air. It also asked authorities to strictly impose restrictions on burning of municipal waste and construction activities.
OneIndia News
(With PTI inputs)
