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More than 9 lakh govt vehicles and buses older than 15 yrs to go off the road from Apr 1: Nitin Gadkari

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: January 30, 2023 18:07 IST

Union minister Nitin Gadkari said that more than nine lakh vehicles, owned by central and state governments, transport corporations ...

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Union minister Nitin Gadkari said that more than nine lakh vehicles, owned by central and state governments, transport corporations and public sector undertakings, that are older than 15 years will go off the road from April 1 and new vehicles will replace them.

Gadkari said the government is taking many steps to facilitate the use of ethanol, methanol, bio-CNG, bio-LNG and electric vehicles. This will further reduce air pollution to a great extent,  the road transport and highway minister said.

According to a recent notification by the road transport and highways ministry, from April 1, all vehicles owned by central and state governments, including buses owned by transport corporations and public sector undertakings, that are older than 15 years will be de-registered and scrapped.

Disposal of such vehicles shall, after the expiry of 15 years from the date of the initial registration of the vehicle, (should) be ensured through the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility set up in accordance with the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021, it had said. 

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