RWAs slam plan to ban BS-IV diesel vehicles if AQI crosses 450-mark
Several resident welfare associations (RWAs) in the national Capital on Thursday lashed out at the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) over its new plan to ban BS-IV four-wheeler diesel vehicles in Delhi if the air quality index (AQI) crosses 450.
RWA president of Defence Colony Ranjit Singh questioned, “This is a ridiculous policy. When there already is a policy for pollution under control (PUC) certificates and people are constantly pestered to get their PUC done, then why ban diesel vehicles?” The CAQM has comprehensively revamped Graded Response Action Plan — a set of anti-air pollution measures followed in Delhi and its vicinity according to the severity of the situation.
