Delhi Bans Old Vehicles: The old vehicles will not be allowed on the roads in the national capital Delhi from today. Petrol pumps across Delhi will stop supplying fuel to old vehicles from today. The action against end-of-life (EoL) vehicles is being tightened as per the directives of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM). A detailed enforcement drive will be carried out by the Transport Department, Delhi Police and traffic officials to ensure compliance with the law.
As per the directives issued earlier by the Air Quality Management (CAQM), vehicles parked at petrol pumps or in public places will be seized. In addition, owners of end-of-life (EOL) four-wheelers will be fined Rs 10,000 and owners of two-wheelers will be fined Rs 5,000.
Petrol vehicles that are more than 15 years old and diesel vehicles that are more than 10 years old will be considered EOL vehicles. As per the Air Quality Management guidelines, these vehicles will no longer be able to get petrol or diesel from any petrol pump in the national capital. And if found in public places, they will be confiscated. Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras have been installed at around 500 fuel stations in Delhi to detect end-of-life vehicles.
When a vehicle arrives at a petrol pump, the automated number plate recognition cameras will scan the vehicle’s number plate and immediately check the data against the Central Vahan database to determine the age of the vehicle. Along with this, the system will inform the employees present at the petrol pump that the car or bike is considered an end-of-life vehicle and petrol or diesel will not be filled in it. Along with this, this violation will be recorded and sent to the enforcement agencies. After that, steps like seizure and scrapping of the vehicle will be taken.
Any end-of-life vehicle arriving at petrol pumps will be seized on the spot. Along with this, a fine will also be imposed on the vehicle owner. The fine is Rs 10,000 for old four-wheeler owners and Rs 5,000 for old two-wheeler owners. Towing and parking fees will also have to be paid. In addition, the owners will have to submit an undertaking that the vehicles will not be used or parked in public places and will be removed from the jurisdiction of Delhi.
Enforcement agencies will conduct regular operations to remove old vehicles from public places in Delhi and will send a report to the Air Quality Management and Environment Department every day. If any old vehicle is found parked on the road or in a public place, it will be seized. All such seized vehicles will be sent to a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF). If the owner wants to take the car out of Delhi, a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) along with the expiry date of the car is required within one year.
Meanwhile, the same method will be implemented from November 1 in five other districts of the NCR adjoining Delhi with high vehicle density. These include Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Sonipat. ANPR cameras will be installed at fuel stations in these districts and the process will be completed by October 31.
The time limit for installing ANPR cameras in districts across the NCR has been given till March 31, 2026. Fuel will be denied to old vehicles from April 1, 2026. According to data shared by the Air Quality Management, there are currently 62 lakh end-of-life vehicles in Delhi. Out of these, 41 lakh are two-wheelers. Meanwhile, the total number of EOL vehicles in the NCR districts is estimated to be around 44 lakh.
As per a 2018 Supreme Court verdict, diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years were banned in Delhi. A 2014 National Green Tribunal (NGT) order banned parking of vehicles older than 15 years in public places. The move is aimed at addressing the city’s air pollution problem.
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