Light duty vehicles will have to pay Rs 1400 and three-axle vehicles Rs 2,600 as ECC for entering Delhi. Tomorrow the court will pass the final order.
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“People’s life is at stake and you have an interest in promoting cars”, Chief Justice TS Thakur was quoted as saying by NDTV. In a relief to the ordinary commuters, the court exempted small diesel cars from the ambit of its order. The Delhi government is also set to enforce the abnormal-even system from 1 January, 2016, to lower the population of cars at the roads that allows you to fight pollutants. The national capital region contributes around 11 per cent to sales of passenger vehicles registered in the country.
The apex courtroom additionally ordered that each one business automobiles, together with trucks, which aren’t Delhi-sure, won’t be allowed to enter the national capital by means of entry factors NH-8 and NH-1.
The Supreme Court said it was mulling a ban on purchases of new diesel vehicles with engines over 2000cc, typical of SUVs, jeeps and large cars made by BMW, Toyota and others.
Last year, the World Health Organization named New Delhi the world’s most polluted city, with 12 other Indian cities ranking among the worst 20. “It can be that entire Delhi-NCR could be looked as one state so that laws or guidelines with respect to CNG cabs could be enforced uniformly”, a bench of Justice Manmohan said.
The court yesterday also asked the counsel representing the Centre and the Delhi government to come out with comprehensive long- and short-term plans to curb air pollution.
“Why don’t you people take credit of cleaning Delhi air?”
The ban will affect luxury vehicle manufacturers as well.
The court said that it would “dictate the orders tomorrow (on Wednesday)” as Salve told the court that the question fate of the Badarpur and Rajghat thermal power plant could be taken up in January 2016.
“The Supreme Court has passed certain directions”.
Non-Delhi destined commercial vehicles not to enter Delhi through NH1 or NH8.
Anumita Roychowdhury, CSE’s executive director-research and advocacy and head of its sustainable urbanization and air pollution control team: “Dieselisation adds to the burden of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and ozone – the key pollutants of concern in the city”.
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The Supreme Court is also inclined to increase the Environment Compensatory Cess on vehicles entering into Delhi, India Today reported.
