Crackdown on old vehicles in public parking spots in Delhi to return

“We volition commencement the thrust aft Diwali but if the contamination level deteriorates earlier this, the enforcement squad volition commencement the thrust and impound overage vehicles parked successful nationalist places,” said an official. On Tuesday, the transport section issued a nationalist notice, on with guidelines, appealing to the nationalist to parkland their overage vehicles successful the idiosyncratic parking area. Failure to bash truthful could spot the vehicles being lifted by the transport authorities.

“The Delhi authorities has de-registered 5.5 cardinal overage vehicles that person completed much than 10 years (diesel) and 15 years (petrol)… There is simply a implicit prohibition connected parking overage vehicles, including successful areas extracurricular the residences that are considered nationalist places,” the announcement stated, citing figures till October 1.
The deregistered vehicles see cars, two-wheelers, e-rickshaws, autorickshaws, trucks and tempos, among others.

Transport section officials person advised owners of overage vehicles to parkland their vehicles successful idiosyncratic backstage parking; adjacent if it’s portion of a residential complex, he/she should parkland lone successful the abstraction allotted to them to debar lifting and scrapping.

Besides, owners besides person options to get a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to determination the conveyance retired of Delhi wrong a twelvemonth of it crossing the ‘age limit’ oregon get it scrapped from a registered scrapper. “No NOC for vehicles volition beryllium issued aft 1 twelvemonth of them crossing the property limit,” said the department.

Further, if the conveyance has not been moved retired of Delhi wrong a period of NOC issuance, it volition beryllium impounded and sent to a scrapping unit, officials said. “Offenders whitethorn besides beryllium prosecuted according to the ELV (end-of-life vehicles) guidelines 2024,” said officials.

The assertive run follows the directions of the Commission for Air Quality Management and Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.

The MCD has been moving a thrust against ELVs since March past year. “The corp is lifting vehicles parked successful nationalist spaces and getting them scrapped done the RVSFs (Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities),” said different official.

Officials added that the Special Commissioner (Traffic) held a gathering with each the enforcement agencies a mates of weeks ago. The postulation constabulary person besides asked each the RVSFs and departments acrophobic to taxable a database of vehicles scrapped past twelvemonth and until October 8 this twelvemonth with their make, exemplary and registration numbers. Further, the postulation constabulary besides has plans to intensify its crackdown connected amerciable e-rickshaws.