Discussions are underway at the highest level in the Central government to fix Delhi's air pollution problem and prominent on the agenda is a plan for a graded/phased shift out of all pure diesel/petrol vehicles from Delhi-NCR and open doors for battery electric vehicles/hybrid/CNG versions alone instead, ET has learnt.
The Centre is considering restricting registration of all new vehicles in Delhi-NCR to only those that run on EV, CNG or hybrid mode and a phasing out of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) ones that run solely on petrol/diesel. The timeline for the same is under discussion and will keep in mind all stakeholders as well as category of vehicles, those in know confirmed to ET.
Deliberations on the same have been held with several stakeholder ministries besides automobile companies, ET has gathered.
It is, in fact, felt that some of the restrictions on new registrations could even come into effect within this financial year. For instance, it is assessed that by 2025-end itself, Delhi will be in a position to announce that new buses running only on cleaner fuels will be registered. In case of three-wheeler goods vehicles and light goods vehicles, the deadline can go into early 2026 to 2027.
Commercial taxis may get a longer lease of life to make the transition while privately-owned cars and two-wheelers will be the last to make the switch, it is envisaged.
Timelines to restrict registration of the latter -- new cars and two-wheelers to cleaner fuels (EV/CNG/Flexi-Fuel/ blended fuel etc) could be placed between 2030 and 2035.
While the cut-off dates are yet to be finalised, it is expected that the first set of restrictions will kick into effect in Delhi, followed by five adjoining districts with high vehicular density such as Gurugram, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad and finally the remaining NCR districts.
There are plans to bar all goods vehicles from entering Delhi that run on lower than BS VI emission standards. This restriction could kick into effect within a year, as per discussions.
As part of the focus on the 'road', plans are afoot to work on the dust phenomenon as well. ET gathers that various road agencies in the national capital have identified nearly 2,000 km of road that needs redevelopment. Several stretches require paving and greening besides procurement of mechanised sweepers, anti-smog guns and water sprinklers. Fund flow and implementation plans for the same are under discussion.
The Centre is considering restricting registration of all new vehicles in Delhi-NCR to only those that run on EV, CNG or hybrid mode and a phasing out of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) ones that run solely on petrol/diesel. The timeline for the same is under discussion and will keep in mind all stakeholders as well as category of vehicles, those in know confirmed to ET.
Deliberations on the same have been held with several stakeholder ministries besides automobile companies, ET has gathered.
It is, in fact, felt that some of the restrictions on new registrations could even come into effect within this financial year. For instance, it is assessed that by 2025-end itself, Delhi will be in a position to announce that new buses running only on cleaner fuels will be registered. In case of three-wheeler goods vehicles and light goods vehicles, the deadline can go into early 2026 to 2027.
Commercial taxis may get a longer lease of life to make the transition while privately-owned cars and two-wheelers will be the last to make the switch, it is envisaged.
Timelines to restrict registration of the latter -- new cars and two-wheelers to cleaner fuels (EV/CNG/Flexi-Fuel/ blended fuel etc) could be placed between 2030 and 2035.
While the cut-off dates are yet to be finalised, it is expected that the first set of restrictions will kick into effect in Delhi, followed by five adjoining districts with high vehicular density such as Gurugram, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad and finally the remaining NCR districts.
There are plans to bar all goods vehicles from entering Delhi that run on lower than BS VI emission standards. This restriction could kick into effect within a year, as per discussions.
As part of the focus on the 'road', plans are afoot to work on the dust phenomenon as well. ET gathers that various road agencies in the national capital have identified nearly 2,000 km of road that needs redevelopment. Several stretches require paving and greening besides procurement of mechanised sweepers, anti-smog guns and water sprinklers. Fund flow and implementation plans for the same are under discussion.
