Vehicle owners in Delhi may face suspension of registration certificate for not having a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificate, reported PTI citing officials on Tuesday.
The Delhi Transport Department is issuing notices to owners whose vehicles do not have a valid PUC, warning that if they do not get the certificate within a week, their registration certificates may be suspended.
“There are around 19 lakh vehicles that do not have a valid PUC but there is no technology to know whether such vehicles are coming on the roads. So, the enforcement teams have been formed to carry out checks, while SMSes are also being sent to vehicle owners warning them that their registration certificates may be suspended if they do not get a valid PUC within a week,” PTI quoted a top transport department official as saying.
Vehicles are periodically tested for their emission standards for various pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) after which they are given PUC certificates.
There are over 900 pollution checking centres authorised by the transport department in Delhi. These are set up at petrol pumps and workshops spread all over the city so motorists can get it done easily.
The fee for pollution checking in case of petrol and CNG-driven two and three-wheelers is Rs 60. It is Rs 80 for four-wheelers (petrol) and Rs 100 for diesel-run four-wheelers.
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