Diesel autorickshaws will likely be phased out by the top of the 12 months in Gurgaon, the district administration mentioned Saturday. Whereas no new diesel autorickshaws have been registered within the district from 2023, the present ones will likely be impounded by December 31.
At a gathering, Deputy Commissioner Ajay Kumar referred to the directives by the Fee for Air High quality Administration (CAQM) dated November 30, 2022 on utterly phasing out diesel autorickshaws by December 2026. It additionally had recommended registering solely electrical and CNG autorickshaws from January 2023.
Kumar famous that whereas completely different timelines have been set for phasing out diesel autorickshaws throughout the NCR, for districts reminiscent of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddha Nagar, the deadline is December 31. The adjoining districts have time till December 31, 2025.
He instructed all Sub-Divisional Officers, Regional Transport Authority secretaries, and law enforcement officials to launch a marketing campaign by the top of this month to make sure compliance with the CAQM orders. Kumar additionally directed officers to watch the passenger capability of shared autorickshaws and instantly impound the three-wheelers with out registered numbers and people being pushed by people below 18 years of age.
In keeping with Regional Transport Authority Secretary and SDM Ravindra Kumar, at the moment there are 38,400 autorickshaws of all gas sorts within the district, of which 1,015 run on diesel. Moreover, over 80 diesel autos have already been impounded as a part of the continued removing course of.
In keeping with official information, Gurgaon has 77,000 each day passengers, along with round 16.49 lakh individuals who transfer from town to Faridabad, Noida and Delhi every single day.
