Draft EV Coverage 2.0 recommends phasing out of CNG-driven autorickshaws in Delhi

As per the draft EV Coverage 2.0, no CNG autorickshaw registration might be allowed from August 15 this 12 months. The CNG auto permits is not going to be renewed from August 15 this 12 months and all such permits might be substituted or re-issued with solely e-auto permits.

The draft of coverage additionally recommends phasing out fossil fuel-driven autos carrying strong waste deployed in giant numbers by the civic our bodies and metropolis buses.

All of the CNG auto-rickshaws above 10 years outdated might be mandatorily changed or retrofitted to be run on batteries in the course of the coverage interval.

In a powerful suggestion, the draft coverage additionally lays down that two wheelers working on petrol, diesel, CNG is not going to be allowed from 15 August, 2026.

Equally, it recommends that no diesel, petrol, CNG three-wheeler registration might be allowed in case of products carriers, from August 15, 2025.

The draft EV Coverage 2.0 additionally mandates all rubbish assortment autos leased, owned by the Municipal Company of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Jal Board to be transitioned to electrical autos in a phased method and obtain one hundred pc electrical fleet by December 31, 2027.

It additionally recommends public transport buses operated by the DRC and DIMTS to be transformed into e-buses. The DTC and DIMTS will procure solely electrical buses for intra metropolis operations and BS VI for inter-state service with the start of the coverage.

Additionally, the personal automobile house owners must purchase electrical automobiles provided that they have already got two autos. This suggestion might be efficient after notification of the EV Coverage 2.0.

The draft coverage could bear modifications throughout approval of the cupboard , notably within the suggestion associated to 2 wheelers, officers mentioned.

The Delhi authorities prolonged its present Electrical Automobile coverage by 15 days following its expiration on March 31. This extension is anticipated to be the ultimate, as the brand new new draft coverage is sort of full, officers mentioned.

The coverage might be notified after its approval by the Delhi Cupboard. It seeks to enhance the scenario of air air pollution in Delhi with alternative of enormous variety of fossil gas run autos in an aggressive method, they added.

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