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Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal holds meeting with senior officers
Chandigarh June 23 :- The Vehicle Scrap Policy notified by the Central Government will soon be implemented in Haryana. On the lines of this policy, Haryana Transport Department has prepared the draft policy, which will be studied by the concerned departments in 10 days and the report will be submitted to Chief Secretary, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal.
The Chief Secretary was holding a review meeting here today regarding the implementation of Vehicle Scrap Policy in Haryana.
Sh. Kaushal said that this policy will boost business in this sector in the state. Therefore, the policy should be finalized soon and all necessary arrangements established in the state.
It was informed in the meeting that the main objective of the Vehicle Scraping Policy is to devise a system for phased removal of polluting and poor quality vehicles. The newly registered vehicle scrapping facility was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Sh. Nitin Gadkari at Fatehpur village in Nuh district. It is the first plant in the country to manufacture maximum number of components from vehicles for salvage and reuse using modern technology.
It was informed during the meeting that at the end of the registration period, the vehicles have to undergo a fitness test. While commercial vehicles require mandatory testing after 10 years, it has been fixed at 15 years for passenger vehicles. Vehicle Scrap Policy will be implemented soon for the convenience of vehicles.
The meeting was attended by the Principal Secretary, Transport Department, Sh. Navdeep Virk, the Managing Director, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, Sh. Vikas Gupta, the Director General, Industries and Commerce, Sh. Mandip Brar, the Managing Director Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Dr. Saket Kumar and Member Secretary, Haryana Pollution Control Board, Sh. S Narayanan along with other.
