Delhi Bans Trucks From Entering City From Oct To Feb 2023 Over Pollution

Preparations geared up Ahead of winter season!

With the upcoming winter season, the National capital city is gearing up with several rules and regulations. The capital city witnesses severe pollution and choked environment in the month of October till February.

According to the information Delhi bans trucks from entering the city in the month of October till February to keep a control over the pollution level for the year 2023.

According to the state, the government said no trucks would be allowed to enter the city from October 1 to February 28 next year.

Air quality in the national capital had fallen to dangerously low levels in the winter months in recent years.

In recent years, the Delhi government banned entry of trucks only when pollution levels spiked in winter. This time, the government announcement the entry ban for trucks early to prevent extreme levels of air pollution.

On June 15, the Delhi government had written to its neighbouring states, including Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, urging them to allow only BS VI-compliant buses to enter the national capital from October 1 in order to help control air pollution in the city.

The request was made to deal with the problem of vehicular pollution in the city, which officials here indicated, is contributed to in part by vehicles coming from the neighbouring state of Haryana.

The levels of the pollutant Particulate Matter 2.5 or PM2.5 had risen sharply in the winter months, owing to industrial discharges, automotive emissions and crop-residue burning in neighbouring Haryana and as far as Punjab.