New Delhi: In a bold step, the Delhi government on Friday requested the Supreme Court to request to reconsider its 2018 blanket ban on ply on the roads of the entire National Capital Region on the streets of the entire National Capital Region, which states that strict BS-VI criteria are deemed to be strict than BS-iV vehicles.This requested the SC that the union government or air quality management “15 or more year old petrol requirement The need for a suitable comprehensive, scientific study and all categories in NCR was imposed by the SC through its order on October 10, 2018, on the need to release 10 or more years old diesel vehicles of all categories in NCR.The Delhi government said that the blanket restriction, not supported by any scientific study, does not distinguish between maintaining bad, The government said that the instructions of off-road vehicles are purely on age basis, which affects the middle class population, whose vehicles are used less, well maintained, and correspond to the pollution criteria, the government said. “Studies indicate that these vehicles often have low annual benefits and contribute to negligence in overall emissions,” it said.It said that significant improvements in pollution under control technology, increased coverage of PUC testing, strict monitoring of emission standards, infections in BS-Bann engines and other measures have addressed concerns that forced SC to pass the order seven years ago.Road-usage is a technical and scientific issue that should be linked to the actual emission of a vehicle, which needs to be banned, not a blanket restriction based on the age of vehicles, it said, resonating the popular sentiments of people living in the National Capital Region and Delhi.Through an application settled by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, the Delhi government said, “A graded, balanced and technology riven governance is required to handle the issue of pollution of vehicles and instead of a blanket restriction, a scientific, data-driven structure should be evolved to keep all the parameters to explore the individual emission levels.”Repeatedly emphasizing that the 2018 blanket ban order requires reconsideration on the order, the BJP government said that vehicle pollution is only one of the many sources of air pollution, including stubble burning, biomass burning, road and construction dust, industrial emissions, weather and weather intensity from weather and weather.The Delhi government said that its transport department has strictly implemented, the PUC has issued 1,63,103 challans in the first seven months of this year, compared to 43,494 in 2021, 36,176 in 2023 and 29,589 in 68,077 in 2024. It said that with the growth of CNG and electric buses and improvement in the infrastructure of the road, there has been a decrease in pollution caused by vehicles.It said that the good AQI has increased from 159 to 209 in 2024 in 2018 and till July this year the good AQI days were 106. The strong implementation of the Graded Response Plan (GRAP) has contributed to reducing pollution in the national capital.
