Delhi Govt. to scrap old diesel vehicles in eco-friendly manner

NEW DELHI: The Transport Department of Delhi Government has issued guidelines on scrapping of old vehicles in Delhi on Friday. Under this, 15 years old petrol and 10 years old diesel vehicles in Delhi can be scraped in an eco-friendly manner at the authorised centers. In addition to registered vehicles in Delhi, trains transferred from other states will also be able to visit these centers.

Under the ‘Delhi Scrapping of Vehicles Rules, 2018’, all seized vehicles, including two-wheelers, will be sent directly to empanelled scrap dealers for disassembling and owners will be paid a scrapping charge, which has not yet been defined.

The rules, likely to be implemented by the end of the year, have been framed to execute a 2014 order by the NGT that vehicles older than 15 years should not be authorised to ply on Delhi roads and should not be parked in public places. If the draft rules are accepted, the impounding of vehicles will start early next year, senior officials in the Delhi transport department said. According to government data, Delhi has over one crore registered vehicles, of which about 37 lakh are older than 15 years.

According to the guidelines, the enforcing agencies such as Traffic Police, MCD, NDMC, Cantt Board, and Transport Department can seize the vehicles running on the road, passing 15-year old vehicles and send them to the scrapping center. These vehicles will no longer be assigned to the owners.

“Authorised CCTV cameras will record the scrapping process of every vehicle. Authorities can see live status at the Transparent Department’s control center on a 24×7 basis,” the draft rules state. Every dealer has to keep a record of three months.

Authorised Dealer must keep computerised records of scrap vehicles and send it to the Director Transport Department every month. The dealer will give the scrapping certificate to the vehicle owner. The chassis number of the vehicle should be kept in the cut-off.