Ban on diesel vehicles? Green Tribunal to hear plea today

May 31, 2016 08:13

The National Green Tribunal will on Tuesday hear a plea on extending the ban on registration of diesel vehicles above 2,000 cubic centimetre to cities across the country.

On Monday, the green court directed state governments to submit key figures related to vehicle pollution in the top 15 metropolitan cities by Tuesday or face bailable warrants issued the chief secretaries of non-responsive state.

Hearing a petition seeking to extend a ban on diesel vehicles in the major population centres across the country, the green court said its past directions on the matter had not been seriously dealt with by state governments.

A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar has directed that the latest data regarding vehicle numbers, pollution levels and populations of the cities in question be submitted to the court by Tuesday, when the case will be taken up for hearing.

The NGT will take a decision on whether to impose a ban on older diesel vehicles and registration of new ones in cities including Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.

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