Multi-agency teams, police personnel to be deployed at fuel stations to oversee ban on refuelling of overage vehicles in Delhi from July 1

All the necessary measures have been undertaken to ensure strict enforcement of the ban on overage or ‘end of life’ vehicles from refuelling in Delhi from July 1, the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) said on Friday.

The measures include setting up joint teams of officials from the Transport Department, Traffic Police, and Municipal Corporation of Delhi and deploying them at fuel stations reporting high volume of visitors with overage vehicles.

Overage or ‘end of life’ vehicles are defined as petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years. The ban will come into effect in five National Capital Region districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, and Sonipat from November 1 and across the NCR from April 1, 2026.

In a statement, the CAQM said that adequate police personnel, in addition to PCR vehicles, will be deployed near fuel stations in the Capital to prevent untoward incidents that may arise due to the denial of fuel.

The Centre’s air pollution watchdog said that from June 1 to June 23, 77.8 lakh vehicles were screened through the Automatic Number Plate Recognition camera system, of which 1.36 lakh vehicles were identified as ‘end of life’.