Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that all 15-year-old government vehicle will be scrapped and a policy in this regard will be sent to state governments.
New Delhi: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that 15-year-old government vehicle will be scrapped and a policy in this regard has been sent to state governments.
He said state governments have been told to scarp 15-year-old vehicles plying on the roads. This included vehicles in all forms including buses, truck or cars. Every old vehicles will be pulled out of the streets. The vehicle scrappage policy war announced earlier this year by the government in an attempt to curb the pollution.
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ust last month, Nitin Gadkari came out with important plan of wearing seatbelts for all passengers including at the back seat.
#BreakingNews | Vehicles of the Government of India or the Government of India's undertakings will have to be scrapped after 15 years, and will not run on roads. GoI has sent this policy to all states stated Union Minister #NitinGadkari.@shwetaa_verma reports pic.twitter.com/zR33kkpqe2
— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) November 25, 2022
The vehicle scrappage policy states that old and unfit vehicles be scrapped and replaced with modern and new vehicles on the roads. The policy came into effect on April 1, 2022.
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Even before the vehicle scrappage was announced, the Supreme Court had banned the plying of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the national capital on October 29, 2018. The National Green Tribunal had issued an order in 2014 which barred vehicles older than 15 years to be parked in any public area.
