'third World Infrastructure, First World Emission Norms': Social Media Users On 'no Petrol Or Diesel For Old Vehicles' Rule In Delhi

Starting July 1, Delhi has slammed nan brakes connected substance income to ageing vehicles. Diesel vehicles complete 10 years and petrol ones complete 15 tin nary longer refuel successful nan capital. This reliable crackdown, portion of a broader push to slash contamination and clear End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) disconnected nan roads, is backed by surveillance tech and strict penalties.

Offenders consequence fines of ₹10,000 for four-wheelers and ₹5,000 for two-wheelers, positive towing charges, and your conveyance could beryllium impounded aliases scrapped connected nan spot.

The norm had netizens scratching their heads, pinch immoderate users moreover calling it a stupid rule. Some users advocated for nan removal of nan Pollution nether Control (PUC) certificate arsenic a mandatory request for vehicles to tally connected road. Some others moreover shared their experiences of being forced to waste perfectly moving cars conscionable because of this rule. 

"Single astir stupid rule. Scrap a polluting conveyance moreover if it’s 1 twelvemonth old; let a non-polluting conveyance moreover if it’s 20 years old. Enforce contamination norms strictly. But scraping vehicles conscionable connected property of conveyance is simply a brainless point to do. Since it’s NGC-dictated, nary 1 wants to situation this foolishness," strategical affairs expert Sushant Sareen wrote. 

"As per Delhi govt orders, constabulary coming seized overage bikes and handed them complete to registered scrappers, who will scrap them and salary nan scrap value. And conscionable for illustration that, nan motorcycle is gone. It could person been nan family's only vehicle, nan regular commute to work, basal for a occupation that required individual conveyance, aliases moreover nan child's thrust to school. But now it's gone, and nan proprietor is forced to urgently put funds, bargain a caller bike, salary taxation connected it to nan very strategy that took distant nan first one, aliases simply cope. Third-world country, third-world infrastructure, first-world emanation norms, seventh-world enforcement, and eleventh-world knee-jerk reactions," a personification stated. 

A societal media personification called nan norm "senseless" and said that this intends nan authorities does not spot nan PUC system. 

"I wholly work together connected it. If PUC is there, whats nan constituent of bringing specified senseless 15/10 Year rule? That intends they don't spot their PUC system. Then simply discontinue PUC. I wonderment who brought this idea. Vehicles not creating contamination nether PUC should beryllium allowed to run. I support nan thought of Public finning nan govt section connected bringing specified senseless ideas," nan personification wrote. 

Replying to Sareen's post, governmental expert Yashwant Deshmukh said that he was forced to waste his perfectly moving Fortuner, which did not moreover tally 1 lakh km successful 10 years.

"I was forced to waste my perfectly moving Fortuner, which did not moreover tally 1 lakh km successful 10 agelong years. I was truthful damn frustrated. Taka group bhaji, taka group khaja... This is nan dumbest norm possible," Deshmukh wrote connected X. 

"Absolutely correct sir. My 13 twelvemonth aged Skoda Rapid is fresh arsenic per nan emanation norms, gives 28 kmpl mileage. How do I propulsion it away?" different personification said. 

"Not a decent footpath successful nan full country, but will person nan rules of Sweden and Norway," a societal media personification commented. 

"All rules are for nan nationalist while nary power connected nan authorities officials, bureaucracy aliases convenience of nan communal man. New rules get formed each time to compression nan nationalist alone," yet different personification wrote.