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Delhi Impounds 28 Goods Buses as GRAP Crackdown Intensifies

The drive now targets faulty PUC centres, with officials pursuing action on forged certificates linked to out-of-state vehicles.

Overview

  • Enforcement teams inspected 4,927 vehicles in 24 hours and issued 3,970 pollution challans, including 2,390 by Traffic Police, 285 by Transport Enforcement, and 1,114 via ANPR cameras.
  • GRAP-specific action included penalties for 11 vehicles by the Transport Department and 170 challans by the Delhi Traffic Police.
  • Twenty-eight goods-carrying buses, including inter-state vehicles, were impounded in the latest day-long operation under GRAP.
  • As oversight tightened, 28 PUC centres were suspended, two licences were cancelled, action began against two more, and a police complaint was filed over alleged forged PUCCs at Gokulpuri.
  • Authorities operated checkpoints at Kashmiri Gate, Geeta Colony and Mori Gate, wrote to transport chiefs in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana over forged certificates, and directed senior officials to inspect PUC centres to safeguard citizen convenience.