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New Delhi: The Delhi state government will launch a drive to check pollution under control (PUC) certificates of all vehicles from Monday, while the traffic police will carry out a drive to enforce the new licence-plate norms.
While vehicle-owners not carrying PUC certificates will be fined Rs 1,000, the fine for improper licence plates will be Rs 100. ''Owners can get their emissions checked from any of 400 pollution checking centres in the city,'' a transport department official said. ''Personal vehicles should get their number plates painted in white. They should have black numbers on white plates,'' a traffic police officer said.
The PUC checking, announced by state transport minister Ajay Maken, is aimed at curbing the pollution caused by personal vehicles. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) has two hi-tech pollution checking centres in the city. Delhi transport department, with technical help from SIAM, is expected to set up similar centres at 100 ...