Diesel vehicles which are more than 10 years old, are not major contributors to air pollution, the Centre today told the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday. Diesel vehicles which are more than 10 years old, are not major contributors to air pollution, the Centre today told the National Green Tribunal while seeking stay of its ban order in Delhi-NCR. "According to IIT and CPCB study, diesel vehicles are not a major source of air pollution. There is no evidence to show that 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles cause major pollution and in fact their contribution is minuscule. The bench then said, "You had stated before us that you were in favour of removing 15-year-old diesel vehicles.

Source: dna February 22, 2017 14:26 UTC