Massive U-Turn : Facing Severe Backlash Delhi Government Urges Centre To Lift Fuel Ban On Old Vehicles; AAP Takes A Dig

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The Delhi government urged the Centre’s air quality panel to immediately suspend the fuel ban on overage vehicles and said it will also make ‘all out efforts’ to resolve issues related to restrictions on the movement of end-of-life vehicles on the city’s roads.

According to PTI, In his letter to Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) chairman Rajesh Verma, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said the fuel ban is not feasible and that it cannot be implemented due to technological challenges.

The move three days after the ban came into effect in the national capital.

No overage vehicle was impounded by teams of traffic police and transport department on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference, Sirsa said that there was discontent among people due to the move and the BJP government stood with them.

The minister also said the Delhi government is trying to find out a solution to the ban on end of life vehicles (EOL), including 10-year and older diesel vehicles and 15-year-old petrol vehicles.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that her government will make “all out efforts” for the resolution of problems related to the ban on end-of-life vehicles.

A 2018 Supreme Court judgment banned diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years in Delhi.

REacting to move , The Aam Aadmi Party has claimed that public pressure forced the BJP-led Delhi government to withdraw the controversial ban on refuelling overage vehicles, calling it a “victory of the people”.