Asking Delhi Government to clarify its stand on banning old vehicles, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday indicated that it may direct deregistration of 10-year-old diesel-run vehicles and 15-year-old petrol-run vehicles plying in the National Capital Region. The court has now fixed the matter for further hearing on July 18.
“Make your stand clear so that we may consider whether to ask the registrar of vehicles to deregister all such vehicles,” a Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said. The tribunal made the observations after it was told by Delhi Government counsel that over 3,000 such vehicles were impounded in last one year.
While answering tribunal’s query as to why its order was not being implemented, the Govern-ment’s counsel said that due to lack of law in this regard, the impounded vehicles got relief from the magisterial court.