According to the new policies by the Delhi government rules, all vehicles older than 15 years will be confiscated and sent to scrap dealers to dismantle it. The rule will be implemented likely by the end of this year, the impounding of vehicles will start early next year.
“There is no rule at present to guide the police or the government as to what is to be done with the vehicles after they are impounded. The new rules will create a mechanism to ensure proper disposal of old vehicles. This is going to be a first-of-its-kind policy in India,” said commissioner (transport) Varsha Joshi.
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According to the new rules, the transport department will start issuing licences to the scrap dealers who have scrapyard of at least a 1,000 square yards in non-residential areas in Delhi-NCR and are certified by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. The licences will be issued to dealers against a bank guarantee of Rs 10 lakh, say the draft rules, which are likely to be uploaded for public comments and suggestions in March.
The rules allow owners to voluntarily give away old cars and two-wheelers to empanelled dealers against an assured amount. The entire process will be online, the draft rules say.
“Any junk vehicle found parked in public place shall be impounded and a communication will be sent to the registered owner, who will have to submit an undertaking for scrapping within a period of 15 days,” said KK Dahiya, special commissioner (transport).
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“CCTV cameras will be installed at the scrapping yard. The live feed of the scrapping recording be made available to the Operational Control Centre of the Transport Department on a 24×7 basis and backup facilities for three months,” the draft rules state.