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In India, they will prohibit gasoline cars over 15 years old

The Delhi government announced that from April 1, the entrance to the gas stations will be limited: only fresh cars will be service. On the fuel columns, cameras will be installed that will break through the numbers, set the car age and limit refueling if the car is too old. The ban will affect diesel cars over ten years old and gasoline over 15 years old.

Delhi is among the most polluted cities in the world, the quality of the air is dangerous to health, so the Minister of the Environment went to extreme measures. Since 2015, India authorities have been trying to limit the movement of old cars, but so far the implementation of the bill has been faced with difficulties: the police have to manually check the documents for cars and identify their age.

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Since April, they plan to automate the process, and the owners of old cars are threatened with removal and even forced disposal. In test mode, the cameras were installed on 367 gas stations, by the end of March, smart devices will appear at 35 gas stations. According to the authorities, in Delhi more than 100 thousand old cars, which have no place on the streets of the capital. They can be sold to other cities of India.

By December 2025, they would refuse to Delhi in Delhi, 90% of fuel buses, replacing them with electric buses. India authorities will also expand the public transport park to transfer citizens from personal cars. By 2026, the authorities want to purchase 11 thousand units of public transport, including 8,000 electric buses.

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