Ban on large diesel vehicles is coming to your city too. Here are the details

After Delhi-NCR, ban on sale of large diesel engine vehicles may also be implemented in cities such as Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is mulling over bringing the diesel ban to 11 cities, including the above, a move which might send automakers into a tizzy.

NGT had recently imposed a similar ban in Kerala cities and also barred diesel vehicles that are older than 10 years.

NGT stated that the directions passed in regard to NCT (National Capital Territory) would safely be applied to all these cities and conceded that there were three major sources of pollution - burning of waste and other materials, dust emission and vehicular pollution.

The green tribunal has asked the Central Pollution Control Board to place complete and comprehensive data before it on population density, car density, pollution area and pollution level of major cities across the country.

After the diesel ban was imposed in Delhi-NCR, reportedly, it resulted in a production loss of 11,000 vehicles, affecting 5,500 jobs, including at dealerships.

As per Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), a country wide ban would lead to a loss of 47,000 jobs.

Such is the effect of the ban that automakers have started switching back to petrol-engines or making vehicles less 2000 cc diesel engine.

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Extending the ban countrywide would basically stop production of all large diesel vehicles, Vishnu Mathur, director-general of SIAM told ET.
"The polluter-pay principle applies in event of violations. Vehicle manufacturers and oil refineries have been investing to upgrade to higher emission norms and address pollution concerns," he said. "Banning vehicles that meet laiddown norms is against the fundamental right of companies doing business in the country," Mathur told ET.

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