Government to approach Supreme Court seeking relief for old private vehicles and tractors

With a blanket ban in NCR on all diesel vehicles that are over 10 years old and petrol vehicles which are 15 year old in force, the road transport ministry will approach the Supreme Court to keep tractors and private cars out of the purview of the order.
The ministry has decided to implead itself before the apex court in an ongoing case seeking reconsideration of its order prohibiting the plying of old vehicles beyond the specified age.
NGT had earlier ordered ban on all such vehicles on NCR roads to reduce vehicular pollution. This order was challenged in the Supreme Court, but it was dismissed.