About 2 lakh heavy diesel vehicles more than 15 years old will not be allowed to ply in Delhi from today, these vehicles cannot be parked in the national capital either, Officials told.
The city’s transport department has drawn up a list of 1.91 lakh such vehicles that it has deregistered on the orders of the National Green Tribunal. Senior government officials said the list was sent to the traffic police on Friday night, with instructions to impound these vehicles immediately. The list has details of the vehicles, including owner’s name, registration number and address.
It also specifies the RTO where the vehicle was registered. The transport department has identified 21 locations where the impounded vehicles will be kept but that might not be enough to park nearly two lakh vehicles.