NGT orders oil companies to furnish info on trucks

The National Green Tribunal has allowed registration of four diesel BS-IV ambulances of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for transportation of patients.

A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar gave the relief to AIIMS after it told the green court that it would dismantle the vehicles which were more than 10 years old.

The green court, however, made it clear that these ambulances will be used only for carrying patients and not for any other purpose.

“It is stated by the officer that these ambulances are BS-IV compliant. Proof thereof should be furnished before the registering authority and upon furnishing these conditions, these vehicles may be registered and permitted to ply in accordance with law,” the bench said.

AIIMS had earlier approached the green court for the registration of its new vehicles as the tribunal had last year banned registration of heavy diesel vehicles as well as the re-registration of any vehicles after 10 years.

Later, the Supreme Court had also banned registration of dieselrun SUVs and cars having engine capacity beyond 2000cc in Delhi and National Capital Region.

Due to this, the transport department was not registering the newly-procured vehicles, which conform to BS-IV norms and not re-registering the old ones, the Board said.

THE GREEN TRIBUNAL ALLOWED AIIMS TO REGISTER FOUR DIESEL AMBULANCES AFTER IT SAID THAT IT WILL DISMANTLE VEHICLES OLDER THAN 10 YEARS

INFO ON DIESEL TRUCKS

In a similar case, the NGT has directed three public sector oil companies to submit complete information regarding 10-yearold diesel trucks they use to transport fuel and asked them to produce scrapping certificate to prove that they have dismantled their old vehicles.

The bench headed by Swatanter Kumar also directed the senior-most officers from each company to be present before it on August 8.

“The counsel appearing for the petroleum companies, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum, shall ensure that senior-most officers from each company to be present before the next date of hearing.

“They will provide complete detail with regard to vehicles, scrapping certificate should be placed before the tribunal. This would apply not only to the company, but to the contractors working with these companies,” the bench said.

The direction came while hearing a batch of petitions filed by various contractors asking registration of new BS-IV compliant diesel vehicles purchased for transport of petrol from company depots to identified petrol pumps in the National Capital Region.