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Delhi starts de-registration of old diesel vehicles

Centre, lieutenant-governor, chief minister chair meetings; construction ban among host of measures after a day of action; NGT says emergency-like situation needs concerted action

Vehicles ply on the Gurgaon-Delhi Expressway through dense smog in Gurugram on Monday. Photo: PTI
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Vehicles ply on the Gurgaon-Delhi Expressway through dense smog in Gurugram on Monday. Photo: PTI

Jyoti Mukul New Delhi
With smog in the national capital reaching an unprecedented level, both Union and city governments announced emergency measures to deal with the issue after high-level meetings on Monday.

This came even as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) rapped the city government for not taking appropriate measures to control air pollution, dubbing the situation as the worst in 17 years.

Deregistration has begun of diesel vehicles that are more than 15 years old. The decision was announced after a meeting chaired by Najeeb Jung, lieutenant-governor (LG) of Delhi. Anil Dave, the Union minister for the environment, also chaired a meeting with

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