00:00I want to quickly take you through to our next news break, actually not news break, but big news
00:05that is coming in from the national capital and the NCR region, which actually can impact
00:1210 lakh vehicle users in Delhi NCR. Right ahead of the winter pollution season,
00:19the Delhi government has now rolled out its pollution action plan. Great. Staggered office
00:24timings, a proposed 50% work from home mandate and curbs and construction activities are among the
00:30measures. But from the 1st of November, vehicles registered outside Delhi that do not meet BS6
00:38norms. And these vehicles this time are even petrol vehicles, not just diesel vehicles. They will be
00:45barred from entering the capital. So let me say that again. From November 1st, vehicles registered
00:52outside Delhi that do not meet BS6 norms will be barred from entering the capital. Delhi
00:58registered vehicles along with CNG and electric vehicles are exempt from the restrictions.
01:03So if you have a Delhi number, you're exempt. If you have a CNG vehicle, you're exempt.
01:07The impact though of this, especially for cars where Delhi NCR region is concerned, so you're
01:13talking about cars which come in from UP, Noida, Ghaziabad, Haryana, Gurgaon, Faridabad.
01:21The impact for them could be massive. Over 10 lakh NCR vehicles fall below BS6 standards,
01:29according to the transport department estimates. Noida, Greater Noida account for over 4 lakh such
01:35vehicles. Ghaziabad for about 4 lakh vehicles and Gurugram and Faridabad of nearly 2 lakh. In Gurugram,
01:43Faridabad, about 70% of these vehicles are BS3 and BS4. This ban comes into force from the 1st of
01:51November and will be in place till January 31st, 2027. So nearly three months, 10 lakh vehicles will be
02:03chaland if they are found within the Delhi permissible limits. This, for these 10 lakh vehicles,
02:11someone would, some could suggest, is transferring the onus of battling with pollution onto consumers.
02:19Listen in.
02:48All right, so that is the new
02:49pollution plan, but is it also a punishment plan for the commuters of the national capital. Many
02:55come into Delhi to work and keeping 10 lakh vehicles might be great because the air is horrid during this
03:02time. The smog doesn't lift. So it is a plan in action, but have we shifted the onus on consumers
03:10as a debate that continues. Connecting now to my colleague Shreya, who's joining us for more. Shreya,
03:16what more can you add? There will be heavily chaland if vehicles that do not comply with the standards
03:23that we just gave out are found in Delhi. What does it mean?
03:28Absolutely, Priti. And you know, this is not for vehicles in Delhi. This is for the vehicles around
03:33the NCR region. So primarily, if you're traveling from Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, and if you do not
03:38comply the BS6 norm, then you will not be able to enter the national capital from 1st of November onwards.
03:44And this ban will actually be existing till 31st of January. So that's a long time period. A lot of
03:49people who actually work in Delhi, but actually stay outside, they will largely be affected by this.
03:56The transport department in tandem with the entire pollution measurement that's happening,
04:01they say this is also to promote the public transport system. And they say this is something
04:06that will be helping to combat the entire pollution problem that persists in the national capital.
04:12There will be certain exemptions like CNG electric vehicles, ambulances, fire services, and some
04:17essential service vehicles will be exempted from this, but largely a rough estimation of 10 lakh vehicles,
04:23which is a huge number. They will be affected from the 1st of November onward till the 31st of January,
04:282027. Thank you, Shreya, for joining us and giving us those details. Well, for now, 10 lakh vehicles,
04:35which include petrol vehicles this time, will be kept out of Delhi, practically. The vehicles,
04:43like Shreya also pointed out, coming in from Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad,
04:48and Gurgaon will be kept out. We'll keep getting our viewers more updates.
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