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The Transport Department successful Bengaluru inspected astir 35 lakh vehicles for Pollution Under Control (PUC) compliance betwixt 2023 and 2025, booking 1.85 lakh cases for violations and collecting fines amounting to ₹27.13 crore, according to authoritative data.
The enforcement thrust forms portion of the government’s broader effort to curb vehicular contamination successful the city, peculiarly from ageing and high-emission vehicles, according to Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Reddy said that the section has intensified checks connected polluting vehicles portion simultaneously focusing connected nationalist awareness.
“Older and poorly maintained vehicles are a large contributor to municipality aerial pollution. Our section is strictly penalising vehicles operating without valid PUC certificates, but enforcement unsocial is not enough. We are besides moving sustained consciousness drives to amended conveyance owners astir the biology and wellness interaction of emissions and the value of timely PUC compliance,” helium said.
₹27.13 cr. good for PUC violations
Data from the Transport Department has showed a dependable emergence successful enforcement enactment implicit the years. In 2023-24, officials checked 13,39,662 vehicles, booked 57,051 cases, and collected fines totalling ₹8.45 crore.
During 2024-25, inspections marginally dipped to 13,15,244 vehicles, but violations increased, with 67,957 cases booked and fines rising sharply to ₹11.35 crore. In 2025-26, up to December 2025, the section inspected 8,88,582 vehicles, booked 60,954 cases, and collected ₹7.32 crore successful penalties.
A elder Transport Department authoritative said that the emergence successful violations contempt consciousness campaigns indicates persistent non-compliance among conveyance owners, peculiarly operators of older diesel and commercialized vehicles. “Our information intelligibly shows that a important information of violators are repetition offenders oregon owners of ageing vehicles that neglect emanation norms repeatedly,” the authoritative said.
Retrofitment centres
As portion of pollution-control measures, the State has permitted the constitution of retrofitment centres crossed Karnataka. These centres absorption connected reducing emissions by installing the Retrofit Emission Control Devices (RECDs) connected existing diesel engines utilized successful generators and operation equipment, oregon by converting petrol and diesel vehicles to CNG-based systems.
“These authorised centres let high-polluting engines to conscionable existent biology standards prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board without requiring implicit replacement. Retrofitment is simply a cost-effective solution that helps trim emissions portion extending the operational beingness of vehicles,” the authoritative said.
