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**Summary:**

Starting July 1, 2025, Delhi will enforce a ban on refueling “end-of-life” vehicles (over 15 years old for petrol, 10 for diesel) at fuel stations. The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) is using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at all fuel stations and ISBTs to identify and flag these vehicles. The system links to the VAHAN portal to verify vehicle details. The ban will extend to Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, and Sonipat on November 1. Trials have already screened millions of vehicles, identifying hundreds of thousands as overage.

**News Article:**

**Delhi to Ban Fuel for Overage Vehicles Starting July 1**

**New Delhi, June 21, 2025** – In a major push to combat air pollution, Delhi will begin enforcing a ban on refueling vehicles deemed “end-of-life” starting July 1st, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) announced Friday. The ban targets petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years.

To implement the ban, the CAQM has installed Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at all 520 fuel stations in the national capital, as well as at major Inter-State Bus Terminals (ISBTs) like Kashmere Gate, Anand Vihar, and Sarai Kale Khan, according to Virinder Sharma, a CAQM member. These cameras will scan license plates, cross-referencing them with the Central government’s VAHAN portal to determine vehicle age and fuel type. Overage vehicles will be flagged, and an automated message will be broadcast at the fuel station.

The initiative is an extension of a 2015 National Green Tribunal ban on overage vehicles in the National Capital Region (NCR). The ban will also extend to Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, and Sonipat on November 1.

A trial run of the ANPR system has already screened 36.3 million vehicles, identifying 490,000 as overage. According to the CAQM, approximately 6.2 million overage vehicles are currently in Delhi. They also cited that 2.95 million vehicles had renewed their PUC certificates, resulting in Rs 1.68 billion.

“The use of ANPR cameras for detecting overage vehicles at fuel stations represents a significant shift towards technology-driven, real-time enforcement of vehicle emission regulations,” the CAQM stated. The new initiative aims to significantly reduce vehicular emissions and improve air quality in the capital.

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