The Delhi Government has asked the neighbouring States, including Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, not to deploy old buses in the national Capital and also those without a valid pollution certificate.
According to the sources, Transport Department officials of the city Government held a video-conference with their counterparts from other States on Thursday.
"We requested them not to send old buses to Delhi. We told them that they should not send buses older than eight years to the city to help us contain the pollution levels. Another request was also made not to send those buses that do not have valid pollution under control certificates (PUCCs)," said a source privy to the development. Air pollution usually peaks in Delhi in the months of October and November.The Delhi government is carrying out a drive to ensure that buses without a valid PUCC do not enter the national capital. "We have the air pollution data and are carrying out targeted interventions on the basis of that. It is a well-known fact that Anand Vihar is one of the most polluted places in Delhi.
"It has an industrial area as well as an ISBT. Our enforcement teams have been stationed at the ISBT from this week to check the PUCC of the buses coming from other states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana," an official said.
He said no buses have so far been found plying without a valid PUCC during the drive carried out at Anand Vihar.
Vehicles are periodically tested for their emission standards for various pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2), after which they are given the PUC certificate.