Following the National Green Tribunal’s demand for immediate steps to curb air pollution, the Delhi government had announced de-registration of diesel vehicles older than 15 years. Since then, 63 diesel vehicles have been impounded. The Delhi Traffic Police presently has a parking capacity of 9,000 cars over eight sites out of which 6,000 slots are occupied by vehicles impounded for other violations. The remaining 3,000 slots are left for the diesel vehicles. Our capacity is less than even the most conservative estimate of ten per cent or 19,000 vehicles in case the old diesel vehicles are impounded,” said Ms. Bhatnagar.

Source: The Hindu December 03, 2016 19:35 UTC