Diamond City has 30K old vehicles plying on roads

Surat | Sunday | 16th December, 2018

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Also, instructions have been given to cancel the registration of such old vehicles .”Joshi added, “We have started issuing notices to the vehicle owners of old vehicles. Over the last three years, NGT has ordered to take all heavy vehicles that are 10 years old off the roads. However, we have instructed the staff members to detain the old vehicles and cancel the registration.” Surat: When the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the diesel vehicles that are 10-year-old across the country, there are 30,000 vehicles registered by the regional transport office (RTO) falling in the same category. The heavy vehicles registered in the RTO before 2008 is 29,506, which includes 19,000 trucks, 789 tankers, 9,600 trailors etc.Talking to TOI, regional transport officer Parth Joshi said, “We have instructed our staff not to renew the fitness certificate of heavy vehicles more than 10 years old..