The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system has been set-up at thirteen toll plazas in Delhi to control vehicular air-pollution from commercial vehicles entering the capital. These thirteen toll plazas contribute to about 70% commercial vehicles’ entering into the national capital.
It had earlier been brought to the notice of the Commission for Air Quality Management for Delhi NCR and adjoining areas that RFID was not being fully implemented at these thirteen toll plazas in Delhi from August 14 of this year and that waiver was being given to commercial vehicles without such RFID tags or inadequate balance in the tags.
Considering the air pollution in Delhi and the fact that commercial vehicles are important contributors to vehicular air-pollution, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has been instructed to ensure RFID compliance at all the thirteen toll plazas with effect from January 1, 2021. Vehicles without RFID tags or inadequate balance in the tags will not be allowed entry at the toll plazas.
SDMC has also been directed to give adequate publicity and advance intimation to minimize inconvenience to the drivers of commercial vehicles entering Delhi.
(Published from PIB)