This direction to disallow government from using diesel taxis is significant because we have found that government is one of the biggest agencies to hire taxis. Every month thousands of diesel taxis are used by central government departments. Apart from banning diesel taxis, the apex court had also doubled the entry tax on trucks and banned diesel-powered commercial vehicles that are at least 10 years old from the city’s roads. Photo: BloombergNew Delhi: The Union environment ministry has asked all central government ministries and departments not to use diesel taxis and instead choose cabs using compressed natural gas (CNG) to check pollution. The apex court also imposed a ban on registration of diesel passenger vehicles of engine capacity of 2000cc and above in Delhi.

Source: Mint June 12, 2016 17:37 UTC