No PUC, no fuel: 2,800 vehicles denied fuel in Delhi on day one

A petrol pump staffer checks documents at a gas station in New Delhi. Pic/PTI

The Transport Department denied fuel to nearly 2800 vehicles without valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates on the first day of ‘No PUC, No Fuel' enforcement drive in the national capital, officials said on Friday.

Three enforcement teams have been deployed by the department and are conducting checks at petrol pumps along with police personnel at key locations to ensure strict compliance with emission norms, they said.

Between 6 am on Thursday and 6 am on Friday, around 2800 vehicles were identified without valid PUC certificates, a senior Transport Department official said.
On the first day of the drive on Thursday, stringent action was taken against vehicles operating without valid PUC certificates, with a total of 3746 challans issued against violators.

The Delhi government said monitoring and strict enforcement will continue in the coming days to reduce vehicular emissions and provide immediate relief to public health.

Earlier this week, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced that vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control certificate would not be provided fuel at petrol pumps in the city from Thursday.

Delhi's air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor' category on Friday, with the 2 pm AQI reading at 377 according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

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AQI recorded in Delhi till 2 pm on Friday

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