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In his letter, the Rajesh Verma Commission, Minister of the Environment Manjinder Singh SIRSA said that fuel ban is not feasible and cannot be carried out for technological challenges.
This step came three days after the ban came into force in the capital. On Thursday, the teams of the Traffic Police and Transport Department seized no excess vehicle.
From 1 July, all vehicles at the end of life (EOL) -Diesel vehicles over 10 years of age and gasoline vehicles over 15 years of age-in-respect for the state in which they are registered cannot be driven in Delhi in Delhi.
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But what made Delhi’s government to reconsider the decision -making days after its execution? Was it an outrage from the middle class, as can be seen in the social media or in political pressure pushed by the government of Bharatiya Janata in the national capital to seek more time to make a decision?
SIRSA Minister said the system used to identify old vehicles was not fully functional. Main Minister Rekha Gupt said that the decision affects the lives and livelihood of “Lakh family”.
“Affecting lives and living”
CM Gupta said its government was working on long -term solutions for clean and sustainable transport after the Minister was a public letter.
“This decision adversely affects the daily lives and livelihoods of millions of families. Our government is fully determined to control air pollution and are working on long -term solutions for clean and sustainable transport,” Gupta said in the X post.
Through this letter sent by SIRs, we called her that the preservation of the public interest should be immediately suspended and a practical, fair and gradual solution should be prepared by consulting with all parties, she said.
“The Delhi government always stands with people from Delhi with a determination for public well -being and a public facility.”
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The decision to ban vehicles at the end of their lives from the roads in Delhi and NCR (region of the capital) is not new. The Supreme Court’s decision in 2018 banned diesel vehicles over 10 years of age and gasoline vehicles over 15 years in Delhi. National Court of 2014 The order also prohibits parking of vehicles aged over 15 years in public areas.
“Ban is not feasible”
In the letter SIRSA stated that the prohibition of fuel is not feasible and that it cannot be made due to technological challenges.
“With regard to the hardships facing citizens in Delhi, our government wrote CAQM and demanded a re -evaluation of the decision to stop supplying fuel to vehicles at the end of their lives (EOL).
She said her government was fully determined to control air pollution and work on long -term solutions for clean and sustainable transport.
“However, when making any decisions, it is equally important to maintain balance with the social and economic needs of citizens,” she added.
The prohibition of excess vehicles in Delhi is not new, but the way it is implemented by denying fuel for petrol pumps is new. A decision to reject fuel impacts on the middle class, a voting bank that significantly supported the BJP when there was power in the national capital after 27 years in February 2025.
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Social media has been with public anger since it was implemented.
Anger of the middle class
Most vehicle owners in Delhi (79 %) are, according to a new survey published on July 3 issued 3.
Of the 16 907, who answered this question, 79 % stated “no” and the remaining 21 percent reported “yes”.
The opposition also criticized the ban. AAM AADMI manager and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia called this move “Tughlaqi Farmaan”-the order of the order against the middle class.
This decision adversely affects everyday life and livelihood of millions of families.
“The BJP government in Delhi, in cooperation with the automotive industry, forces the middle class to buy new vehicles. They aim to get Delhi’s 61 Lakh families to buy new vehicles,” Sisodia said in position on X and demanded that the order be immediately withdrawn.
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