* New Delhi - A compensatory surcharge on trucks driving through the city, in study
-- The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the question of imposing a compensatory surcharge on trucks driving in and out of Delhi to curb the capital's growing pollution levels... The suggestion was made by senior counsel Harish Salve - who has been assisting the court as amicus curiae on environment-related issues - to deter the trucks from entering the city. According to him, the levy for a heavy vehicle could be around Rs 1,200... In his brief submission suggesting the imposition of the levy, Salve said Delhi's air pollution levels were higher than those in other major cities in the world. " ...metros in other parts of the world close down when respirable suspended particulate matter, which is particularly toxic for human health, crosses 250ppm" ... NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the petitioner, suggested the situation was worse. "Last winter, it touched such limits within the top court and was close to 1000ppm in a place like Lodhi Gardens" ... According to the NGO, trucks account for roughly 70 per cent of Delhi's commercial traffic and are a major hurdle towards a green city... Salve cited statistics from the civic body and said 22,628 heavy commercial vehicles enter the city daily. The CSE has pegged the figure higher, at 38,588 trucks daily...
(Photo by Hemant Padalkar - View overlooking Parel in Mumbai) -- New Delhi,India - The Telegraph - Oct. 1st, 2015Labels: trucks' pollution
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