NGT relaxes ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi by 2 weeks

Heeding to the plea of the Delhi government, the National Green Tribunal on Monday stayed for two weeks its order to impound diesel vehicles, heavy or light, plying in the capital for more than 10 years.

"There shall be no impounding of vehicles for two weeks. We make it clear that we are varying our order only for two weeks," a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.

It also asked the city government to submit suggestions on providing incentives to those transferring/scrapping old, polluting diesel vehicles and on fixing a cap on the number of vehicles to be registered in the capital. 
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