New Delhi: In order to curb air pollution in Delhi, the National Green Tribunal has ordered that the commercial vehicles entering the national capital will have to pay environmental compensation charge, besides toll tax.
Heavy vehicles entering Delhi will have to pay Rs 500 to Rs 1000 as a compensation charge apart from the toll tax.
The amount collected through this will be used to take pollution control measures and will be jointly spent by Central and Delhi Pollution Board. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court had asked Centre and Delhi govt about plans to curb pollution from trucks.
An NGO has claimed that the actual figure of such vehicles daily entering the national capital was 70 per cent more than the civic body's estimate.
Warning that this can lead to gross underestimation of the "enormous" pollution load from trucks and weaken action in this regard, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) also alleged that these trucks were running on outdated technology, spewing "more smoke" to leave Delhi choked.
On a daily basis, some 38,588 commercial vehicles (excluding taxis) enter Delhi only from the said nine locations, the study reported.
If that is extrapolated to the 127 entry points into Delhi, then a total of 52,146 commercial vehicles (excluding taxis) enter the national capital, the study, which measured vehicles in both directions, said.
The daily average number of light and heavy goods vehicles entering and exiting from the nine points was 85,799, it said.
The total number of commercial light and heavy trucks entering and leaving the city is 1,15,945 each day, the report added.
(With additional information from PTI)
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