Efforts are on to reduce the level of pollution in the country, moving forward in this direction, the Delhi government has started tightening the noose on 10 years old diesel vehicles and 15 years old petrol vehicles. Which people are upset, and are demanding a discount on it. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed the petition seeking exemption from the ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR, according to the report that has surfaced. Along with this, the ban on 10-year old diesel vehicles said that these vehicles are unfit for plying in Delhi-NCR as they cause more pollution than new vehicles.
PTI reports that a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Sudhir Agarwal dismissed the petition. He reportedly said that on a certain rule such an application was not worth considering. “Such applications cannot be allowed to be entertained at all times in a fixed case. Keeping this in view the application is dismissed,” the NGT judgment said.
Let us tell you, this is not the first time that the NGT has dismissed such a petition. Earlier too, the NGT had rejected the central government’s plea seeking amendment in its order banning the plying of 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR. The NGT had noted that emissions from diesel vehicles are carcinogenic in nature and one diesel vehicle causes pollution equivalent to 24 petrol vehicles or otherwise 40 CNG vehicles. The decision suddenly made a large number of passenger and commercial vehicles ineligible for plying in the National Capital Region.