Surat: In a bid to curb vehicular air pollution within the diamond city, the regional transport administrative center (RTO) performed a two-month long drive in opposition to automobiles plying with out emission certification. It issued greater than three,500 challans within the procedure as well as gathered advantageous to the song of Rs 26 lakh from the errant two- and four-wheeler homeowners found plying with old-fashioned, expired or no air pollution under regulate (PUC) certificates.
A senior officer from the dept mentioned that the drive was introduced following the state transport commissioner’s orders to cut back vehicular air pollution within the city. “In the ultimate two months, over three,500 challans were issued to the vehicle homeowners with out PUC certificates. The advantageous amount levels from Rs 1,000 for first offence to Rs 2,000 for repeated offenders,” he mentioned.
Section 116 of the Motor Vehicles Act mandates PUC certification for all automobiles and the government has made sporting the certificate obligatory from 2005.
The drive follows the rising air air pollution levels within the city from rise in selection of automobiles plying day-to-day on the city roads. The particulate topic within the air at many puts within the city is found to be at dangerously top levels over the last two years because of the toxic emmision from industries as well as noxious fumes from lakhs of automobiles, mentioned assets.
Regional transport officer Parth Joshi mentioned, “Surat has about 32 lakh automobiles, to which annually over 1.5 lakh new automobiles are added. Even although PUC certificates are necessary, other folks flout the norms flagrantly. Therefore, we needed to start the drive to spread awareness amongst homeowners to get automobiles checked for emission and participate in saving the city’s surroundings.”
A senior officer from the dept mentioned that the drive was introduced following the state transport commissioner’s orders to cut back vehicular air pollution within the city. “In the ultimate two months, over three,500 challans were issued to the vehicle homeowners with out PUC certificates. The advantageous amount levels from Rs 1,000 for first offence to Rs 2,000 for repeated offenders,” he mentioned.
Section 116 of the Motor Vehicles Act mandates PUC certification for all automobiles and the government has made sporting the certificate obligatory from 2005.
The drive follows the rising air air pollution levels within the city from rise in selection of automobiles plying day-to-day on the city roads. The particulate topic within the air at many puts within the city is found to be at dangerously top levels over the last two years because of the toxic emmision from industries as well as noxious fumes from lakhs of automobiles, mentioned assets.
Regional transport officer Parth Joshi mentioned, “Surat has about 32 lakh automobiles, to which annually over 1.5 lakh new automobiles are added. Even although PUC certificates are necessary, other folks flout the norms flagrantly. Therefore, we needed to start the drive to spread awareness amongst homeowners to get automobiles checked for emission and participate in saving the city’s surroundings.”
Around 3,500 Surtis fined for not having PUC certificates
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