SC bans registration of diesel cars over 2000 cc in Delhi-NCR

In addition, it has placed a three-month ban on diesel cars which have more than a 2,000 cc capacity. Having said that, the decision of banning diesel vehicles above 2000cc will mainly affect luxury carmakers such as Mercedes, BMW and Audi since 3/4th of their sales come from diesel variants.

Any commercial vehicle not bound for Delhi will no longer be allowed to enter the city through entry points at National Highway 1 and 8.

The Supreme Court raised by 100 per cent the Green cess being levied on commercial vehicles entering Delhi. Also, Trucks moving into the Capital will now have to pay Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) which is Rs 2600 for trucks and Rs 1400 for LCV.

While the central and the AAP government are locked in a vicious battle over the raid of the Delhi secretariat today, the Supreme Court asked them to work together to combat the pollution in the national capital.

According to TimesOfIndia, over 23 percent of the cars on the streets of Delhi run on diesel. Supreme Court Judge TS Thakur asked, in response to a petitioner’s plea. The NGT also directed that vehicles older than 10 years should be phased out completely. For a day 1,400 diesel vehicles gets registered and 30 pct of these being strapped with engines of 2000 cc and above.

New Delhi, Dec.16: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday called for people’s participation to control the menace of pollution and said joint effort from both public and government is necessary to win war against pollution.

Bans registration of diesel-run SUVs and cars, doubles ECC and orders conversion of all Delhi-NCR taxis into CNG.

Automobile dealers in Delhi were facing a pile-up of stocks as sales plummeted following the recent NGT order banning registration of diesel cars as part of measures to clean up the abysmal air quality in the capital, which has been between “poor” and “hazardous” levels for several weeks now.

The bench agreed with the submissions of senior advocate Harish Salve, who is assisting it in a 1984 PIL, filed by environmentalist M C Mehta, that diesel vehicles are the bigger culprit in polluting Delhi air.

Noting that diesel was the prime source of air pollution in Delhi, the Tribunal had said the situation was so alarming that people have been even advised to leave Delhi due to adverse effects on health.