The AQI successful Delhi was reported astatine 384 successful the 'very poor' class astatine 7 americium Tuesday. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)
As aerial contamination levels successful Delhi person sharply risen aft Diwali, the Transport Department has directed its enforcement helping to transportation retired assertive campaigns against overage vehicles and intimately show BS-II and BS-III vehicles entering the metropolis astatine the border, officials said.
The thrust against overage vehicles was launched connected October 11. “The enforcement helping has been asked to behaviour the thrust against petrol and diesel vehicles that person completed 15 and 10 years of their beingness arsenic vehicular emissions is 1 of the cardinal reasons for pollution… So, we are conducting the thrust precise actively,” said an official.
Over 500 vehicles, including cars, e-rickshaws and two-wheelers, person been impounded aft Diwali successful the past 3 days.
Around 5.5 cardinal overage vehicles were de-registered successful the nationalist capital. Officials said currently, determination are astir 1 lakh-1.5 lakh expired vehicles successful the city. So far, astir 3,039 vehicles person been impounded arsenic portion of the drive.