* Delhi - Enforcing the ban, no more space left
-- Six days after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) barred diesel vehicles over 10 years old, including commercial trucks, from plying on the roads of Delhi, the state government is facing a strange problem... It has already seized 500 trucks while enforcing the ban, and the only place to park them till legal proceedings are complete — a three-acre compound in north Delhi — is fast running out of space... Commissioner Amit Verma, who is also conducting inspections, said that government officers might soon have to stop impounding trucks... Members of truckers’ associations said they had spoken to the Delhi government about the problem, and would take up the matter with the NGT if required... Ever since the NGT asked the Delhi government to check air pollution, especially caused by trucks entering Delhi from other states, the transport department and police officials have been keeping an eye out mainly for three things: whether a truck is overloaded, whether it is evidently causing pollution and whether its papers are in order...
(Photo: It has already seized 500 trucks while enforcing the ban, and the only place to park them till legal proceedings are complete — a three-acre compound in north Delhi — is fast running out of space. It has already seized 500 trucks while enforcing the ban, and the only place to park them till legal proceedings are complete — a three-acre compound in north Delhi — is fast running out of space) -- New Delhi, India - The Nation/The Indian Express, by Pritha Chatterjee - Apr 17,2015Labels: trucks' pollution
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