Now, Delhi residents can apply online to get back their overage vehicles or sell them

Developed connected the Delhi High Court’s directions, the portal went unrecorded Tuesday and has received implicit 100 applications, said officials.

The court’s directions came past twelvemonth aft respective owners of overage vehicles that were towed distant filed petitions to get them released. The tribunal directed the Delhi government’s Transport Department to hole a argumentation with guidelines for handling ‘End Of Life’ vehicles (ELVs) successful nationalist places, successful summation to an online portal.

“The portal is unrecorded and we’ve received astir 100 applications. It has guidelines for ELVs and a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to assistance radical recognize the full process — filling up the form; procedure/documents needed to get vehicles released; and rules if the conveyance is based retired of Delhi, etc…,” said a elder transport section official.

The authoritative said arsenic the strategy has been developed for the archetypal time, it volition instrumentality astir 2 to 3 weeks to process applications initially. Later, it volition instrumentality conscionable a week. “Everything volition beryllium transparent and faceless… Even outgo of fines and submission of undertakings tin beryllium done online. The section volition besides person records of first-time and repetition offenders,” said the official.

As per information shared by the department, 1,868 vehicles person been impounded until October 22 evening. Of these, 50% are e-rickshaws.

The procedure

– For those who privation their ELV released, an exertion indispensable beryllium submitted connected the portal. The department’s Scrapping Cell volition scrutinise the exertion and upload documents.

– For owners of vehicles registered successful Delhi-NCR who mean to displacement their conveyance out, they indispensable springiness an undertaking that it volition not ply oregon beryllium parked successful the city. The section volition past contented an NOC.

– For those who privation to parkland their conveyance successful Delhi successful a backstage space, which is not a shared place, they person to springiness an undertaking that the conveyance volition neither ply nor beryllium parked successful immoderate nationalist abstraction oregon kept successful a shared parking lot, though that whitethorn beryllium a portion of a residential complex, wrong the NCT of Delhi.

“The proprietor volition person to taxable impervious of backstage parking abstraction issued by RWA oregon a applicable authority… For vehicles registered extracurricular Delhi-NCR, the proprietor volition person to explicate wherefore they are plying oregon are parked successful Delhi on with an undertaking that they volition not participate the Territory of NCT of Delhi,” said officials.

– Officials said the Scrapping Cell volition contented a provisional merchandise bid oregon NOC aft it finds the exertion satisfactory. “The bid volition besides supply details for making the indispensable payment,” said an official.

The SOP issued connected October 21 by Shahzad Alam, Special Commissioner, (Scrapping Cell), stated: “Deputy Commissioner (Scrapping Cell) shall beryllium the competent authorization to merchandise ELVs… Unauthorised enactment oregon bypassing of established protocol shall beryllium treated arsenic a usurpation and whitethorn invitation blacklisting of RVSF (Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility).”

Owners of four-wheelers volition person to wage Rs 10,000 arsenic punishment portion it is Rs 5,000 for two- and three-wheelers.

Owners volition besides person to wage parking and towing charges to RVSF during the merchandise of the vehicle. Two-wheelers, autos, and e-rickshaws indispensable wage Rs 200 each (parking and towing charge). For airy rider vehicles similar cars, the towing complaint is Rs 400 and parking complaint is Rs 500. This volition travel into effect 48 hours aft the vehicles are impounded.