In India, we have the official right to create pollution

In India, all on-road vehicles are required to have a valid Pollution under Control (PUC) certificate. However, a significant number of vehicles were already on-road. Poor road conditions and inappropriate maintenance of these vehicles were the main reason of pollution. As of now, each commercial vehicle should undergo an Inspection and Certification Programme (I&C) through authorized RTO agencies. However, inadequate training given to independent centres for providing this certificate, outdated equipment, and inept tracking system of vehicles are major flaws in this PUC system till date. This is making the emission norms not capable of controlling the today’s pollution levels.

Anyone can purchase the commercial vehicle from outside these 13 cities and drive the vehicle in these cities without any check and control on diesel commercial vehicles. The whole purpose of cleaning the air in these cities is being defeated as the pollution norms are not uniformly applied throughout the country.

As per published data, the sale of diesel commercial vehicle in domestic market has grown by more than seven times in last 10 years, but emission norms have changed only twice. This is not enough for the country which is on high growth path and emission norms needs to be matched along with the changing profile of diesel commercial vehicle exhaust volume.