Officials of the Transport Department of the Delhi government have seized around 270 diesel and petrol-powered vehicles in the first twenty days of this month.
A senior official of the Transport Department told news agency PTI that the process of removing more than 300 of these vehicles has been started.
Between January and October 20 this year, a total of 664 vehicles were seized, including diesel vehicles which are more than 10 years old and petrol vehicles which are more than 15 years old.
The department has also clarified that though the registration certificates (RCs) of all types of vehicles are valid for 15 years, diesel vehicles in Delhi cannot operate for more than 10 years.
The department had earlier issued a public notice and advised owners of petrol and diesel vehicles, aged 15 years and 10 years respectively, not to ply on the roads and to cancel them at authorized centres.
Enforcement activity to seize old vehicles was disrupted this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown.
Official data shows that till September this year, a total of 394 old vehicles, including 132 diesel and 262 petrol-operated vehicles, were seized.
Officials said that after the reopening of various activities after the lockdown, the number of vehicles seized started increasing from June.
The number of end-of-life vehicles including two wheelers in Delhi is around 37 lakh out of over one crore registered vehicles. Many of these ply on the roads, causing pollution.
The authorities do not take any strict action against such vehicles due to lack of adequate number of scrapping facilities and space to keep the confiscated vehicles.
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