Petrol and diesel will not be made available at petrol pumps in Delhi without PUC certificate. Notification in this regard will be issued soon. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has given this information.
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of Delhi has taken a big decision. Under this, petrol and diesel will not be made available at petrol pumps in the national capital from October 25 without a PUC (Pollution Control Check) certificate.
Environment Minister’s announcement
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Saturday that a notification in this regard would be issued soon. He said that a meeting of officials of Environment, Transport and Traffic Department was called on 29 September, in which a decision was taken to implement this scheme from 25 October.
Why was this decision taken?
Rai said, “Vehicle emissions are a major contributor to the increase in pollution levels in Delhi. It is necessary to reduce this, hence it has been decided that without PUC certificate, petrol, diesel will not be made available at petrol pumps.
Control panel will start
Rai also said that the Delhi government will start a 24-hour control room from October 3 to tackle pollution and effectively implement the Revised Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP). The minister said that an anti-dust campaign will also be started in Delhi from October 6, under which surprise inspection of construction sites will be done to check the pollution caused by dust.
