As restrictions beneath the Graded Motion Plan (GRAP) Stage 3 kicked in on Thursday, with the air high quality turning ‘extreme, the Delhi Visitors Police swung into motion to crack down on site visitors violators. In a single day (November 15), 514 gentle motor autos (BS lll petrol and BS lV diesel) banned from plying beneath the restrictions had been issued challans of Rs 20,000 every — a whopping Rs 1 crore in complete.
Since October 11 until November 15, over 1.38 lakh challans, value Rs 138 crore, have been issued in opposition to autos for not having air pollution beneath management (PUC) certificates within the nationwide capital, Delhi Police information reveals. Additionally, 5,288 challans had been issued in opposition to overage or end-of-life (ELV) petrol and diesel autos discovered plying.
On Friday alone, information reveals:
-4,852 autos had been issued challans for not having a PUC certificates — averaging 202 challans an hour and Rs 20 lakh value of challans.
-138 ELVs had been impounded, a median of just about six autos an hour.
-Probably the most challans for PUC certificates violations — 1,235 — had been issued within the Western Visitors Vary of Delhi. The bottom was issued within the New Delhi Vary at 322.
-Most ELVs (35) had been impounded from the Western Visitors Vary and Northern Vary. The bottom ELVs impounded — only one — had been from the New Delhi Vary.
Prior to now week, between November 8 and 14, 1,060 ELVs had been impounded whereas 33,819 challans, value greater than Rs 33 crore had been issued to autos for not having a PUC certificates.
“On common, we’ve got roughly issued 5,000 challans a day for the previous month and have despatched round 150 autos to RVSFs (Registered Automobile Scrapping Amenities,” mentioned Further CP (Visitors) Dinesh Ok Gupta.
On October 11, a joint drive was began by the Delhi Transport Division, the Municipal Company of Delhi, and the Delhi Visitors Police to crack down on ELVs.
“The Transport division had additionally written to the Delhi Visitors Police for further deployment to take ELVs off the roads. We have now complied following that, which has led to challans and confiscation of round 1,400 ELVs up to now week itself,” a senior site visitors police officer mentioned.
In line with officers, 4 groups of Visitors Police personnel have been deployed in every of the 12 MCD zones to subject challans for not having PUC certificates, for ELVs, non-destined vans and LMVs. The drive is predicted to proceed until December.
“For overage autos, we are going to proceed to be vigilant until all such autos are impounded,” mentioned Particular CP (Visitors Zone-ll) Ajay Chaudhary.
On complaints of unjust challans issued within the title of being visibly polluting, Further CP Satya Vir Katara mentioned police haven’t acquired any direct complaints. “If folks assume their challans are unjust, they’ll attraction in opposition to it and we’ll take motion,” a senior site visitors police officer mentioned.
