In order to make Delhi green again, the government has started procuring new EV cars whilst replacing the older petrol/diesel cars from its fleet. Read all the details.
According to the reports published over the internet, the General Administration Department (GAD) has recently procured a total of 12 EV cars to be further used by the ministers and top officials of the Delhi government.
This procurement drive is focused on replacing the government fleet of cars with EV cars. To establish this goal, the Delhi government has begun to sort and further scrap the older cars which have reached their limit of fitness and use according to the NGT rule of Delhi-NCR.
This replacement drive will further encourage the masses to opt for more and more electric cars and two-wheelers in the upcoming future. Delhi has already been struggling with the ever-increasing pollution levels for a long period and to make the city go green a focus on EV sales is necessary as per the Delhi government.
GAD has already targeted the VIP registration plate cars being used by the Delhi government higher officials which house the numbers as such 0001. According to the reports published over the internet, these cars will be assessed for scrapping if necessary while their registration numbers will be retained for the designated officials.
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Back in August 2020, NGT passed the rule of not allowing petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years to run inside the Delhi-NCR region. This law was commissioned to regulate the stricter emission norms as well as to conclude the ever-increasing pollution due to the older and unfit cars running inside the Delhi-NCR.
As embarked by the officials of the Delhi government, the key goal is to replace at least 2000 petrol and diesel vehicles inside the government's fleet with EV cars in the coming time.
However, the main struggle with the EVs still remains their higher initial buying costs and the lack of EV infrastructure to charge the cars on the go.
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