* Delhi - SC to consider ban on diesel trucks in the city, to curb pollution
-- The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a suggestion to ban entry of all diesel-run trucks, except those carrying essential goods, into the national capital and asked the Centre as well as the Delhi government to come up with “common minimum acceptable programmes” on the issue after consulting all stakeholders... “This is a very serious issue and we are earning a bad name in the world for Delhi being the most polluted city,” a bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and justice R Banumathi said on Thursday... The suggestion has come from senior advocate Harish Salve that diesel-run trucks be banned for six weeks to see as to whether it makes “perceptible” change in the already worsened air quality as an interim measure...
(Virendra Singh Gosain/ HT Photo - Connaught Place, Delhi’s iconic centre, is covered in smog caused by air pollution) -- New Delhi, India - The Hindustan Times - Dec 11, 2015Labels: trucking industry news India, trucks' pollution
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