New Delhi: Under GRAP-IV, the most stringent phase of the Graded Response Whoopee Plan (GRAP) implemented in Delhi, whoopee versus polluting vehicles has intensified, but the shortcomings in emission testing have voiceless the unshortened picture.
How many vehicles came under scrutiny under GRAP-IV?
According to state government data, a large number of vehicles have been checked so far under the 'No PUC, No Fuel' rule. During this period, increasingly than 10 thousand vehicles were found that did not meet the emission standards, while PUC certificates were issued to increasingly than two lakh vehicles. These figures are raising questions well-nigh whether the current testing system is unquestionably worldly-wise to virtuously assess road pollution.
Is the PUC investigation worldly-wise to show real pollution?
Officials associated with the Environment Department say that the existing PUC testing system still works within a limited scope. Most testing is washed-up only at the vital level, due to which many hazardous gases and very emission levels are not captured. Experts believe that due to this, many vehicles squint fit on paper, but in reality, they alimony spreading pollution.
What is the biggest flaw in the investigation system?
The government is now preparing to overcome this deficiency. Plans are underway to upgrade PUC testing centers and implement third-party audits to make testing increasingly transparent and reliable. Officials say that the new steps will prevent fake or lax investigations.
What is the government doing to overcome this shortage?
However, environmental experts unmistakably say that unless the testing system is linked with modern technology and there is strict monitoring, it will be difficult to tenancy pollution on the understructure of data alone. He believes that strict rules like GRAP-IV will be constructive only when emissions testing is implemented honestly on the ground.
Will the air be cleaned only by strict rules?
Delhi's air is once in serious trouble. In such a situation, the question is whether the current system is really worldly-wise to reservation the polluters or the real problem is still subconscious overdue the figures.
