The Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India has given clearance to a Delhi government proposal under which motorists will have to show ‘pollution under control’ (PUC) certificates at petrol pumps. Delhi’s Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung had sought the ASG’s views on some legal points of the proposal.
‘We had sought ASG’s opinion on some legal points. Now, as he has given a go ahead to the proposal, we will again put the file before LG. The administration will issue a notification to implement the same after final approval from LG,’ said a senior official of Delhi government’s Environment Department. Facilities are already available at various petrol pumps for checking of vehicles’ pollution level. The government will now make further arrangements for the purpose.
According to the proposal, motorists will not be able to get their tanks filled at petrol pumps if they do not carry PUC certificates along with them.
The proposal was tabled by a high-powered committee constituted by the LG on 13 May, after a report released by WHO declared Delhi to have the worst air quality in any city of the world. The expert committee was constituted to examine measures to check air and water pollution
in the city.