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CAG report reveals serious flaws in Delhi's vehicular pollution
Vehicular Air Pollution: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its latest report has pointed out several serious flaws in Delhi's vehicular air pollution.
Delhi's vehicular air pollution has been highlighted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its recent report as having some serious faults. According to the report, which was tabled in the Delhi Assembly recently, the vehicles in the capital are being issued Pollution Control Certificates irregularly, pollution rules are not adhered to strictly, and government departments lack coordination on a drastic level. All these have contributed to the deterioration in the air quality of the national capital.
The CAG performance audit report further showed that no real-time study had been undertaken to gauge vehicular pollution. Other than this, the Delhi government lacks any credible information on the total number of vehicles plying in the city, their make and model, and the emissions they produce.
The report also highlighted the flaws in removing old and inactive vehicles. Delhi had to deregister 47.51 lakh vehicles which had completed their life (end-of-life) between 2018-19 and 2020-21. But, only 2.98 lakh vehicles i.e. only 6.27 percent of the vehicles were removed from the roads. The failure to destroy more than 94 percent of old vehicles further increased the pollution level in Delhi.
