By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Delhi authorities on Saturday requested automobile house owners to acquire legitimate air pollution below management certificates (PUCC) to keep away from penal actions, together with disqualification of their driving licence for 3 months, in a transfer to regulate air pollution within the nationwide capital.
In a public discover, the Transport division mentioned it’s going to concern challans to these automobiles whose PUCC has expired. The challan shall be issued below part 190(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, which states that failure to own PUCC might result in imprisonment as much as three months or advantageous as much as Rs 10000 or each.
“They will also be disqualified to hold their licence for three months,” it learn. The discover mentioned that each one these registered automobile house owners whose automobiles are greater than a 12 months previous from the date of registration ought to get their automobiles checked and acquire a sound PUCC to keep away from advantageous.
In a bid to curb vehicular air pollution, the Delhi authorities has determined to ban the entry of medium and heavy items automobiles to the nationwide capital from October to February, officers had mentioned.
Vehicles carrying uncooked greens, fruits, grains, milk and such important commodities will, nonetheless, be allowed, they mentioned.
On June 15, the Delhi authorities had written to its neighbouring states, together with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, urging them to permit solely BS VI-compliant buses to enter the nationwide capital from October 1 so as to assist management air air pollution within the metropolis.
