Madhya Pradesh bans commercial vehicles older than 15 years

MP government has put a ban on commercial vehicles which are older than 15years.They will not issue new permits and fitness certificates to these vehicles. Search Operation will soon be started by the traffic department.

Aim: to reduce the air pollution.Programmes of the MoEF related to prevention and control of pollution are :1. Environmental Statement (as part of Environmental Audit) 2. Environmental Statistics and Mapping 3. Development and Promotion of Cleaner Technologies 4. Adoption of Cleaner Technologies in Small Scale Industries 5. Waste Minimizing 6. Programme for improvement of Quality of Automotive Fuels (Motor Gasoline and Diesel) for reducing Vehicular Pollution. 7. Mission on Control of Vehicular Pollution from On-Road Vehicles 8. Noise Pollution 9. Environmental Epidemiological Studies 10. Development of Standards 11. Eco Labelling.