Hopeful that ban on refuelling of overage vehicles will be lifted: Sirsa
'We have written a letter to the CAQM, and the panel will hold a meeting tomorrow [Tuesday]. I am hopeful that they will discuss our letter too and take a decision in the interest of the people of Delhi,' Mr. Sirsa told the media.
'I again appeal through you [media], denying fuel to vehicles is not possible under the current situation. Our Chief Minister [Rekha Gupta] has also said very clearly that we will go even to the Supreme Court [regarding it],' he added.
On Thursday, Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa wrote to the CAQM to put on hold its direction to deny fuel to end of life vehicles (ELVs) at fuel stations and also impound such vehicles identified through automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras installed at the fuel stations.
On April 23, the CAQM had directed that all ELVs identified through the cameras installed at the fuel stations shall be denied fueling from July 1 in Delhi and from November 1 in five districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar and Sonipat and from April 1, 2026 in the rest of NCR.
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