New Delhi Dec 26 PTI The Delhi government is going to ask e-commerce companies food delivery services and cab aggregators to completely switch to electric vehicles as it aims to increase the EV share in total vehicle sales to 25 percent by 2024 to check air pollution according to officialsIt is also going to ask dealersand petrol pumps to not give fuel to vehicles without a pollution-under-check PUC certificateVehicle emissions account for around 40 percent of the citys air pollutionThe government is going to take two majorsteps to check vehicular pollution - we will ask all aggregators including Zomato Swiggy Ola Uber etc to completely switch to electric vehicles These services account for 30 percent of the registered vehicles in Delhi an official told PTIWe are also considering directing dealers and petrol pumps not to supply fuel to vehicles without a valid PUC certificate he saidDirections under the Environment Protection Act in this regard are expected to be issued this weekAsked if a deadline will be given to aggregators to switch to EVs a senior official in the transport department said It will be done in a phased manner We will soon publish the draft guidelines Apart from ramping up the electric charging infrastructure the transport department is likely to initiate discussion on having a battery swapping infrastructure in private spaceThe Indraprastha Gas Limited has also taken a decision to install 50 batteryswapping stations at CNG pumps in the capital the official saidElectric vehicles with swappable batteries are considerably cheaper The most difficult category is two-wheelers We have started a dialogue with vehicle aggregators to see how we can have a regulatorypush for them to migrate to electrictwo-wheelers he addedThe Delhi Electric Vehicles policy - introduced in August 2020 - aims at increasing the EV share in total vehicle sales to 25 percent by 2024Only Flipkart by 2030 and FedEx by 2040 have established worldwide targets for converting their last-mile delivery fleets to electric vehicles while DHL has set a 60 percent electrification target for its fleetIn October the city government launched a massive drive to check PUC certificates and deployed around 500 teams at petrol pumps for this purposeUnder 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 oxides carbon dioxideThere are around 1000 authorised pollution checking centres set up at petrol pumps and workshops in the cityAlso in compliance with the National Green Tribunals directions the Delhi government will deregister all diesel vehicles which will complete 10 years on January 1 2022 and issue a no-objection certificate NOC so that they can be re-registered in other placesHowever 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 monthDelhi is the most polluted capital in the world and is one of the fastest expanding cities in terms of population according to Swiss air technology company IQAirAccording to a study conducted by the Automotive Research Association of India and The Energy and Resources Institute in 2018 vehicles contribute to about 40 percent of PM 25 emissions in Delhi PTI GVS RT RT

New Delhi Nov 20PTI Amid deteriorated air quality in the city the Delhi Transport department has intensified the enforcement drive to penalise the vehicle owners without a valid PUC certificate issuing nearly 3500 challans worth over Rs 35 crore from November 1-17 In October the enforcement wing teams of the department checked 825681 vehicles and issued 9522 challans worth more than Rs 95 crore Also over 8 lakh Pollution Under Control PUC certificates were issued in the month official data showed In accordance with the Motor Vehicle Act 1993 vehicle owners who fail to get a valid PUCC are liable to be challaned under Section 1902 leading to imprisonment of up to six months or fine up to Rs 10000 or both The driver could also lose their driving licence for three months According to official figures of the Transport department there were nearly 1771 lakh vehicles running without valid PUC in the city by mid October There are total 134 crore registered vehicles in Delhi Most of the vehicles without PUC certificate included two-wheelers13 lakh approx while 420 lakh four-wheelers were without the valid certificate according to the Transport department database The enforcement teams issued 3446 challans for non-compliance of valid PUC of vehicles till November 17 More than 334 lakh PUC certificates were also issued during this period in November figures showed We have deployed more than 50 teams at vantage points like fuel stations and identified crossings Both enforcement and awareness work is being done by the teams to enhance PUC compliance said a senior Transport officer The drive was started last month with Delhis air quality getting affected with various local and external factors like burning of paddy straw in neighbouring states There are nearly 1000 authorised PUC centres in the city that issued 544 lakh certificates in September The number has increased significantly with the Transport department starting its drive against pollution causing vehicles Around 10000 PUCC were issued daily in August and the number started rising with the talk of poor air quality starting in September officials said According to the department database the daily average of PUCC issuance rose to around 20000 from mid September The drive started by the Transport department further increased the number to around 38000 per day from second week of October It is currently over 30000 per day The department is also taking action against old petrol and diesel vehicles that have completed their stipulated working age Around 50 such vehicles -- petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel ones older than 10 years -- have been impounded so far in November PTI VIT CK