INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Delhi's air quality turned 'severe' for the first time this season on Tuesday
petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles plying on the city roads in violation of Supreme Court and NGT orders will be impounded.In its 2015
order, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had banned the plying of petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10
years in the national capital region (NCR)
It also banned the parking of 15-year-old vehicles in any public area.The Supreme Court on Monday endorsed the NGT order and directed that
such vehicles be impounded."All the vehicle owners falling in this category (with petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles
older than 10 years) are hereby informed through this public notice that they should not ply such vehicles in Delhi/NCR, failing which such
vehicles will be impounded," the transport department said in a public notice on Tuesday.According to rough estimates, there are 38-40 lakh
such vehicles in Delhi alone, an official said.The department has uploaded details of such vehicles on its official website.Delhi's air
quality turned 'severe' for the first time this season on Tuesday with stubble burning intensifying in neighbouring states, authorities
said.The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 3 pm was 401, falling in the 'severe' category, the highest this season, Central Pollution
