New Diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi till 6th Jan: NGT

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that new diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi till 6th of next month, the next date of hearing on Delhi pollution. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said there would be no renewal of registration of diesel run vehicles, which are more than 10 years old.

The bench also questioned Delhi government's odd-even formula for vehicles to check pollution in the city, saying it may not achieve the desired objective. It said the odd-even formula for vehicles might encourage people to buy two cars. It also directed the Centre and the state governments to consider not buying any diesel vehicles for their departments.

The Delhi government had last week decided that private vehicles with odd and even registration numbers will ply on odd and even dates from first January next year for two weeks.