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Delhi Cracks Down on PUCC Fraud After India Today Exposé

Authorities escalate enforcement to purge fraudulent certificates, coordinating cross-border checks.

Overview

  • Delhi suspended 28 pollution-check centres and blacklisted four following the investigation, with officials also canceling two licences and initiating action against two more.
  • Transport teams intensified GRAP enforcement, inspecting 4,927 vehicles in 24 hours and issuing 2,390 challans for PUCC violations, plus 285 by transport teams and 1,114 via ANPR cameras.
  • Police received a formal complaint against the Gokulpuri PUCC centre named in the probe, and its associated Tikri Kalan outlet was blacklisted.
  • The government impounded 100 polluting buses, including 28 in a single day during special drives at major choke points such as Kashmiri Gate, Mori Gate and Tis Hazari.
  • Delhi wrote to transport commissioners in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana seeking action on forged certificates issued across state lines after operators were found issuing PUCCs remotely using photos or videos.