"However, the Minister, for some unfathomable reason sat on the file till November 17 and returned the file back to the Chief Secretary, without any observation, rather than forwarding it to the LG. The file was again sent back by the Chief Secretary, this time directly to the LG and has since been approved by the LG," read the statement.

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI/SRV): eVAHAN®, a new-age automobile maintenance startup, has recently agreed to operate 2000 PUC centres approved by the Transport Department, Government of Punjab on a 50-50 partnership model.

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI Having a valid pollution-under-check certificate will soon be made mandatory for refueling vehicles at fuel pumps in the national capital The city government will put a draft policy in this regard in the public domain for inviting suggestions and objections Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the policy will help ensure that polluting vehicles do not ply in Delhi and residents enjoy cleaner air Reena Gupta advisor to the minister said the policy affirms the commitment of the Kejriwal government towards ensuring clean air for all citizens of Delhi Vehicle owners will have to carry their PUCC to the fuel pump In case the PUCC is found invalid they will have to get it reissued at the pump a statement said This is a very ambitious policy North India including Delhi face grave air pollution particularly in winter With this policy in place vehicles will be mandated to have their PUC certificate with them at the fuelling station Thus pollution levels of vehicles in the state will be kept in check from time to time the statement quoted Rai as saying The government is also working on technology-based measures for effective implementation of the policy to ensure that vehicle owners as well as petrol pump owners do not face any inconvenience and there are no long queues because of checking of PUC certificates While the exact mechanisms are being worked out these methods can also include technologies like radio-frequency identification systems Earlier this month the Delhi government had issued a draft Motor Vehicle Aggregators Scheme 2021 calling on online passenger and commercial vehicle operators to increasingly adopt electric vehicles In August 2020 the government had introduced Delhi Electric Vehicles policy which aims at increasing the EV share in total vehicle sales to 25 percent by 2024 In October last year the city government launched a massive drive to check PUC certificates and deployed around 500 teams at petrol pumps for this purpose Under Section 1902 of the Motor Vehicle Act 1993 vehicle owners not having a valid PUC can be fined up to Rs 10000 or imprisoned for up to six months or both The owners are required to get their vehicles tested to ascertain if they meet emission standards for pollutants such as carbon monoxide nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide There are 966 authorised pollution checking centres in the city The city government had earlier announced that it will deregister all diesel vehicles which completed 10 years on January 1 2022 and issue a no-objection certificate NOC so that they can be re-registered in other places However no NOC will be issued for diesel vehicles that have completed 15 years or more on the date of applying for it according to an order issued earlier this month The government also implements the Red Light On Gaadi Off campaign during winter to cut down vehicular pollution Under the campaign launched on October 16 2020 drivers are encouraged to switch off their vehicles while waiting for the traffic light to turn green As per government estimates the transport sector accounts for 28 percent of the PM25 emissions in Delhi Vehicular contribution also makes up 80 percent of nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide in Delhis air A total of 133 crore vehicles are registered in Delhi currently The count of vehicles in the national capital more than doubled to 643 per thousand population in 2019-20 from 317 in 2005-06 PTI GVS AQS AQS

New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): The Delhi government will soon make the 'pollution under control' (PUC) certificate mandatory for filling fuel at petrol pumps. The draft policy will be placed for public opinion before being notified, the official statement from the Office of Environment Minister said on Friday.

New Delhi Oct 17 PTI Mandating the Pollution Under Control Certificate PUCC for vehicles in view of rising pollution levels in winter the Delhi Transport department has requested motorists to show the document to its teams deployed at fuel stations in the cityThe department has launched a massive enforcement drive against vehicles that do not have a valid PUC Certificate said a notice issued by the Pollution Control Division of the department All the registered vehicle owners are requested to show their validly issued PUC Certificates while refuelling at fuel stations it saidTransport department officials said nearly 50 teams will be deployed randomly at fuel stations across the cityThe teams will mainly check PUC Certificates of vehicles and ask motorists to get one if they do not have it alreadyThe focus will be on encouraging vehicle owners not having a PUCC to get it rather than penalising themHowever those declining to do so or trying to speed away may be challaned said a senior transport officerVehicle owners who fail to get a valid PUCC are liable to be challaned under Section 1902 of the Motor Vehicle Act 1993 leading to imprisonment of up to six months or fine up to Rs 10000 or bothThey could also lose their driving licence for three months said the noticeChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had earlier this month announced a 10-point winter action plan that included strict enforcement of PUCC with the formation of 500 teams to check the vehiclesVehicles are periodically tested for their emission standards for pollutants like carbon monoxide carbon dioxide and others after which they are given the PUC certificatesThere are around 1000 pollution checking centres authorised by the Transport department in Delhi These are set up at petrol pumps and workshops spread all over the city for easy access by motoristsThese centres conduct pollution checks and issue PUC Certificates to vehicles complying with prescribed pollution normsPUC certification has been made real-time and integrated with the vehicle registration databaseThe fee for pollution checking in case of petrol and CNG-driven two and three-wheelers is Rs 60It is Rs 80 for four-wheelers while the fee for diesel vehicles is Rs 100 for such checksAccording to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 every motor vehicle including those conforming to BS-I BS-II BS-IIIBS-IV as well as vehicles plying on CNGLPG is required to carry a valid PUC Certificate after the expiry of period of one year from the date of its first registrationHowever the validity of four-wheeled BS-IV compliant vehicles is one year and for other vehicles it is three months PTI VIT VN KJ

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Delhi government on Wednesday extended the validity of necessary documents related to vehicles like driving license, Registration Certificate and others expiring on September 30, till November 30.