Guidelines For Handling End-Of-Life Vehicles In Delhi: All You Need To Know

The Delhi government has issued guidelines for the handling of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) in public.

According to the guidelines, plying or parking ELVs in public will lead to them being impounded.

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Penalty on plying ELVs

A penalty of Rs 10,000 for four-wheelers and Rs 5,000 for two-wheelers to be imposed on owners of impounded vehicles before being released.

ELVs once impounded can only be released under two categories ¡ª those who wish to shift their vehicle out of Delhi-NCR and those who wish to park the vehicle in private spaces which are not shared parking places.

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How to get impounded ELVs released

¡°On plying and parking of ELVs in public place in NCT of Delhi, once impounded for the first time it can be released on the basis of submission of an undertaking that vehicle will not be plied or parked in any public place within the territory of Delhi and will be removed from the city¡­,¡± the guidelines read ¡°In case of 4-wheeler, a penalty of Rs 10,000 along with towing charge and parking fee as notified in Delhi Maintenance and Management of Parking Places Rules, 2019, shall be charged before releasing of such ELVs. In case of 2-wheeler, a penalty of Rs 5,000 along with towing charge and parking fee as notified in Parking Rules 2019 shall be charged¡­,¡± it said.

Can all impounded ELVs be released?

According to the guidelines, any end-of-life vehicle impounded for the second time and transport vehicles running on diesel fuel and aged more than 10 years old cannot be released.

Process to get impounded ELVs back

The application for the release of a vehicle along with necessary documents should be submitted within three weeks of impounding of the vehicle and an online platform will be developed for this purpose.

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What happens to ELVs that are not released

Impounded vehicles will be scrapped in case of three scenarios ¡ª non-submission of application for release within three weeks of impounding of the vehicle, rejection of application submitted for release and impounding of the same vehicle for the second time.

All scrap value shall be paid through digital mode only to the bank account in the name of the vehicle owner within 15 days of the vehicle being accepted by the Registered Vehicles Scrapping Facility.

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