Delhi bans BS3 and BS4 vehicles as AQI hits “severe” levels

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Air prime successful Delhi worsened for the 4th day, with smog engulfing the superior and surrounding regions. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded astatine 406, placing it successful the ‘severe’ category.

With aerial contamination hitting hazardous levels, the authorities has implemented the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP-III), effectual November 15.

Under GRAP-III, each BS3 petrol and BS4 diesel vehicles person been prohibited from plying connected the streets. Violators could look a good of Rs 20,000 nether Section 194(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988.

The authorities is besides taking different measures to curb contamination and trim dust. These see expanding the frequence of roadworthy sweeping, sprinkling h2o connected roads and banning operation and demolition activities.

Source: ET Auto

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And the gag successful the sanction of contamination power plays retired again portion the folks successful the NCR proceed to merchantability cars which are successful cleanable moving information gathering each contamination power norms !!

Year aft twelvemonth this advertisement hoc statement continues portion determination is nary factual effort to look into the large reasons of contamination and uncovering ways to minimise this menace of aerial contamination portion the citizens who can’t spend an air- purifier proceed to endure !!

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One of my assemblage person has her wedding connected December 1st & 2nd, I was readying to thrust to Delhi successful my BS4 diesel car registered successful Chhattisgarh, does this mean that I can’t marque the roadworthy travel to Delhi?

If yes, then, God assistance these determination makers. I’m definite my good maintained car would beryllium surely acold little polluting than immoderate of the sick maintained ‘new’ vehicles plying connected NCR, adjacent immoderate govt vehicles. What astir endless operation sites astir the city, the particulate & debris near connected roads, garbage burning practices? Turn a unsighted oculus to them & penalise car owners & origin inconvenience to them, great!

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In October 2024 , a Delhi national had filed a writ successful the Hon'ble Supreme tribunal of India against the 10 / 15 years prohibition connected diesel and petrol vehicles citing 2 main reasons :
1) No technological information to cipher that the vehicles being banned / scrapped are not adhering to the contamination standards.
2) Orders cannot beryllium retrospective but lone prospective.

Let's anticipation thing affirmative comes retired of this.

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It has go a menace with technological realms being twisted to suit governmental ideology ,one survey mightiness amusement stubble burning portion the different mightiness effort to beryllium conveyance contamination is the main contributor towards this choking situation we unrecorded with our kids and elders.

It?s truthful frustrating that specified a large STEM assemblage and past superior itself is choking each winters with governmental parties blaming each different ,trying to garner a fewer much votes.

No 1 knows what works and meantime we (people successful Delhi-NCR )are forced to signifier retired 10 twelvemonth aged perfectly moving diesel cars to upgrade to a shiny caller Big Petrol SUV consuming much substance per mile and ofcourse the emanation per mile autumn successful aforesaid tandem.

There mightiness inactive beryllium an emanation quality but did anyone truly carried retired a Life rhythm investigation for this change.My Point is that radical with little fund extracurricular NCR would person settled for tiny petrol hatchback for their request but present they are flooded with large Diesel astatine throwaway prices.The Big Diesel proceed to run conscionable extracurricular NCR portion the NCR folks bargain different bigger SUV successful petrol adding up a much affirmative nett increment.

Apart from this ,emissions from vigor being spent to marque plastics,rubbers,paints,Electricals for these New Cars each 10 years.

This investigation comes from a 10 infinitesimal frustrati absorption of a nonrecreational moving successful vigor assemblage ,believe our statutory authorities person much clip and amended minds to framework and execute policies that cleanup Delhi-NCR air.

But thing works and nary 1 knows wherefore !

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