Policy to scrap old vehicles finalized: Nitin Gadkari
India will soon come out with a policy to scrap vehicles that are more than 15 years old. The policy aims at curbing rising vehicular pollution in the country.
"Vehicles completing 15 years or more would be scrapped", Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said without giving more details. Will have to wait and watch for that !!
The minister added that the prices of new vehicles are bound to come down if materials like plastic, rubber, aluminium and copper - all reused from the scrap will be used for re-generation of auto parts.
Earlier, the Road, Transport and Highways Ministry had sent a concept note on Voluntary Vehicle Fleet Modernisation Programme (V-VMP) to the Committee of Secretaries on creating an ecosystem for voluntary scrapping and replacement of old polluting vehicles. The V...