The Delhi Transport Department’s Scrapping Cell has directed all registered vehicle scrapping facilities (RVSFs) not to demolish impounded end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) till November 29.
The reason for this is that several applications from car owners seeking the release of impounded overaged automobiles are still pending. To minimize environmental damage, diesel vehicles older than ten years & petrol vehicles older than fifteen years aren’t permitted to operate in Delhi-NCR.On Monday, the cells issued a note directing qualified scrapping businesses to refrain from dismantling confiscated automobiles until November 29.
about applicants who are still pending by the Department of Labor. The department additionally empowered the Scrapping Cell to distribute the list of pending applications to the RVSFs.
When Principal Secretary-cum-Commissioner (Transportation) Prashant Goyal did not respond to inquiries Special Commission (Transport) Sachin Shinde declared, “The application for release of ELVs needs to be decided as per ordinary operating practice.”
According to the criteria to obtain ELVs, a vehicle owner must make an application for provisional release of his car within three weeks of it being detained. The transportation department must decide whether to release the car within one week of receiving the application.