At a time when the UT administration is mulling relaxations on the registration of non-electric vehicles, environmental concerns still remain its top priority.
Before the imminent permanent stoppage of registration of non-EV two-wheelers in the city, the administration is scheduled to take up a mid-term review of the Chandigarh EV policy on July 3.
Notably on June 9, the administration had stated its intention to stop the registration of the EV vehicles in July.
The Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Society & Technology Promotion (CREST), the nodal agency on the EV policy, is framing the mid-term review report.
The main area of discussion remains the caps put in place on the registration of non-EVs. “Data from different stakeholder departments like transport, finance, and environment have been taken to base the mid-term review of the EV policy,” said sources. Other issues like incentives on EVs and their distribution will also be part of the mid-term review. The UT had notified the EV policy last year in September.
The administration is weighing among a range of factors for determining relaxations, though, the main focus areas are registration trends over the year of different categories of vehicles based on different fuel-types, and the differential air-pollution levels of these vehicle types.
“The relaxations, if any, will be determined on the basis of the pollution impact of a vehicle category. It will be the main criterion. So, vehicles based on fuels that have lower emission levels may get some relaxation in the number of registrations per financial year,” said sources.
