New Delhi: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has also said that vehicles of central and state governments which are in use for more than 15 years will be destroyed from April 2023. This includes old buses owned by transport corporations.
During the budget announcement of the last financial year, the central government announced the vehicle scrapping policy. The central government said that personal vehicles that have been in use for more than 20 years and commercial vehicles for more than 15 years will be subjected to the qualification test and those that do not pass the test will be destroyed.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that 15-year-old government vehicles will be destroyed from April 2023.
The central government is in discussion with the state governments in this regard. The central government has asked the state governments to provide details of 15-year-old vehicles in their possession. The central government has told the states that the government should set an example for people to destroy their old vehicles.
