Caving in to pressure from various quarters, the UT administration on Thursday removed the cap on registration of all non-electric vehicles, a major feature of its ambitious Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy.
UT had rolled out the five-year policy in September 2022, with plans to gradually stop registering fuel-run vehicles to dissuade people from buying vehicles that cause pollution. This was part of its larger plan to make Chandigarh a “Model EV City” by achieving one of the highest penetrations of zero-emission vehicles by 2027.
But amid sharp criticism from automobile dealers and buyers, UT was forced to revise the cap on non-electric vehicles thrice this year — on July 3, October 18 and November 8.
