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No fuel if no valid PUC from Thursday: Delhi govt's big move to fight severe AQI

Posted on: Dec 16, 2025 15:19 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
No fuel if no valid PUC from Thursday: Delhi govt's big move to fight severe AQI
VEhicle owners without a valid Pollution below verify certification (PUCC) testament be denied fire at petrol pumps from Thursday, Delhi’s environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced on Tuesday, as the national capital continued to grapple with hazardous air quality.The decision comes against the backdrop of the Air Quality Index (AQI) remaining in the “severe” category for three consecutive days before easing to “very poor” on Tuesday.Of the total improper challans issued by on the ground police personnels in the month of September, 54,615 were for driving without a PUCC, forming 17%, as per the enforcement data cited by PTI news agency. The number reamined shockingly high in October too, when a total of 68,986 PUCC challans (23%) were issued.Addressing a press conference, Sirsa said the pollution crisis could not be reversed within months and held the previous Aam Aadmi Party government responsible for the situation.He said, “It is impossible for any elected government to reduce AQI in 9-10 months. I apologise for the pollution in Delhi. We are doing better work than the dishonest AAP government, and we have reduced AQI each day. This disease of pollution is given to us by the Aam Aadmi Party, and we are working to fix it,” according to news agency ANI.

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