All government and semi-government bodies will have to scrap their vehicles older than 15 years by the end of January, an official said on Thursday. These include local self-government and public transport bodies, he said. According to a government resolution (GR) issued on Tuesday, these old vehicles will have to be scrapped only through registered vehicle scrapping facilities before January 31, 2025.
Citing records of motor vehicle development, GR said the number of such vehicles is 13,000. Maharashtra Transport Commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar told PTI that currently there are six vehicle scrapping facilities in the state, including three in Pune, two in Nagpur and one in Jalna.
After scrapping government vehicles older than 15 years, the concerned departments can purchase or hire new vehicles as per the prescribed guidelines.
A letter from the central government dated August 9 this year said that vehicles older than 15 years of government, semi-government, local self-government and public transport bodies will have to be scrapped through registered vehicle scrapping facilities.
In 2021, the Center published the Motor Vehicles (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021 and issued ‘Operational Guidelines for Establishment of Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility’.
