The Government of NCT of Delhi on February 08, 2022 has issued a Draft notification to take certain steps to control the air pollution in the state as transport sector is the main source of air pollution in Delhi especially PM2.5 emissions and vehicular emission also contribute upto 80 percent of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide in Delhi’s air.
The Commission further advised that such plan of action by GNCTD may contain amongst others, inter alia, the following priority areas:
(i) The prioritization may include early electrification of public transport, para transit, feeder service, large delivery fleet and vehicles owned by Government being high milage vehicles.
(ii) Mandate a certain percentage in respect of vehicles mentioned in (i) above.
(iii) Enhancement of this percentage in the medium term and long term plan.
(iv) Mandate a percentage for public vehicles including auto-rickshaw, buses, feeder services, government vehicles, delivery fleets etc. may be high compared to personal vehicles.
The Transport Department, Government of NCT of Delhi has to ensure that all the aggregators and delivery service providers (e.g., food delivery, e-commerce logistics providers, couriers) adopt electric vehicles in terms of induction in the new onboarded fleet as per the following proportion:
Two wheeler – 10 % with in 3 months and 50% within March 31, 2023
Four wheeler – 05 % with in 3 months and 25% within March 31, 2023
Any violation of the above directions shall be punishable under Section 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 which includes imprisonment upto five years and / or with fine which may extend to Rs. One Lakh or with both. Quarterly action taken reports are required to be submitted to Department of Environment, GNCTD on email ID: [email protected] in annexed format.
All persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken into consideration by the Hon`ble Lieutenant Governor, Government of NCT of Delhi on or after the expiry of sixty days from the date of publication of this Notification in the official Gazette.
Objections or suggestions to this draft Notification may be addressed to the Principal Secretary, Department of Environment, Government of NCT of Delhi, 6th Level, ‘C’ –Wing, Delhi Secretariat, I.P Estate, New Delhi-110002 or on e-mail at [email protected].
[Notification No. F. No. 10 (47)/ENV/2021/ 7253]
