Screen shot 2015-05-02 at 9.00.59 AM“The National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday extended the stay on its previous order, which banned diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years from plying in Delhi, till May 18. The tribunal also came down heavily on the Union government as well as the governments of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for failing to provide “reasoned and scientifically supported views” on the issue in the given time-frame. The tribunal made it clear that if the Central and state ministries concerned don’t respond in two weeks, they will “forfeit their right to reply”. The Indian Express. Read it on delhiair.org.

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