The green tribunal on Friday directed the Delhi government to submit a report on ambient air quality in the national capital during the implementation of the odd-even scheme.
The direction came while hearing a plea seeking ban on three-wheelers running on two-stroke engines and quadricycles on the ground that they cause pollution.
The green panel constituted a committee comprising officials from the Union ministry of road transport, the Delhi government, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and directed them to conduct a survey on the level of emissions generated by the vehicles.
“The committee shall take samples of emission from all types of scooters, two-wheelers as well as CNG buses,” a bench headed by the NGT chairperson, Justice Swatanter Kumar, said.
The bench issued a notice to the Union ministry of road transport, Union ministry of environment and forests, the Delhi government, the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee while seeking their replies by February 26 on the plea filed by environment activist K. Manoharan.
The plea said that quadricycles cause pollution as there were no defined norms for them imposed by the government.
Earlier, a plea was also moved in the Delhi high court against running of quadricycles in the capital, saying they do not have proper safety measures as required as per the standards of Indian roads.
Under the odd-even scheme, which was implemented in Delhi between January 1 and January 15, private cars having odd registration numbers were allowed to ply on odd dates and those with even numbers on even dates. The vehicle restriction period was from 8 am to 8 pm.
