Haryana to Ban Plying of 15-year-old Vehicles

• 14 Aug 2021

Why in News

• Recently the Haryana Government is all set to ban plying of 15 years old vehicles with state carriage, contract carriage, and goods carriage permits in all the districts in the non-National Capital Region of the state.

Key Points

• The State Government has notified draft rules to amend the Haryana Motor Vehicles Rules, 1993 to add the age for the operation of various types of transport vehicles in the state.
• As per the new rules called the Haryana Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules 2021, two separate categories of National Capital Region area and Non-National Capital Region area have been created in the state. At present, there are 13 districts of Haryana in the NCR area. 
• The rules stated, “The maximum age of vehicles allowed to operate in both the NCR area and the Non-NCR region will be nine years for tourist permit (motor cabs). For tourist permits other than motor cabs, the age limit will be eight years in the NCR area and Non-NCR area.”
• Similarly, for all other permits including State carriage, contract carriage, a goods carriage, the maximum age limit in the case of CNG/electric/clean fuel vehicles will be 15 years while it would be 10 years for diesel vehicles in the NCR area. For the non-NCR area, the age limit will be 15 years for both categories of vehicles.
• According to the National Green Tribunal’s 2015 order, petrol cars in Delhi-NCR have a life cycle of 15 years while the same for diesel cars in 10 years. Haryana Government had also in 2016 issued directions banning 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles from roads in NCR districts in a bid to curtail the pollution levels in the Delhi-NCR region.