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Vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate volition not beryllium allowed to refuel astatine petrol pumps successful the nationalist superior from Thursday (December 18, 2025), Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said.
On Tuesday (December 16, 2025), Mr. Sirsa said owners person been fixed 1 time to comply with the rule. "After tomorrow, vehicles that bash not person a valid PUC certificate volition not beryllium provided fuel,” helium said.
The Minister said Delhi’s aerial prime remained amended for astir 8 months this twelvemonth compared to the aforesaid play past year. He acknowledged that pollution levels person worsened recently but claimed the concern is inactive amended than past twelvemonth owed to sustained efforts by the contiguous authorities implicit the past 10 months.
Targeting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Mr. Sirsa alleged that aft “distorting Delhi,” it is present trying to divert attraction by staging protests implicit pollution. He questioned what factual measures the enactment had taken to power contamination during its tenure.
Highlighting authorities initiatives, Mr. Sirsa said regular actions are being taken to curb pollution, including reducing the tallness of garbage mountains by 15 metres and cleaning and reclaiming 45 acres of land. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has besides installed much than 2,000 pollution-monitoring plants truthful far.
Mr. Sirsa added that biomethanation plants lend to pollution, and the authorities has provided heaters to trim emissions and guarantee cleaner operations. Strict enforcement has been initiated against polluting vehicles, with challans being issued for PUC violations.
He said the authorities has identified 13 contamination hotspots successful the city, invited acrophobic agencies to code them, and claimed that AQI levels astatine these locations were little this twelvemonth than successful the past decade, but the Covid period, calling it a important achievement.
Mr. Sirsa besides said the authorities is pushing for cleaner nationalist transport, with plans to deploy 7,500 electrical buses successful the city, which would importantly trim vehicular pollution. A technological committee has been constituted and has already held meetings to urge effectual pollution-control measures.
