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Court notice to Centre, six States on emission norms

By Our Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI, NOV. 20. The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh for enforcement of emission norms for vehicles.

A Bench, comprising Justice Y.K. Sabharwal, Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice S.H. Kapadia, issued the notice in the light of the report of the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) suggesting measures to improve the air quality in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Kanpur and Ahmedabad.

Central software

The Authority wanted a direction from the court to ensure that the State Governments implemented the new in-use emission norms to reduce pollution. It said the Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways should be directed to develop a central software for all Pollution Under Control Certification centres leading to standardisation of format across the country and prevention of malpractices.

The EPCA also suggested that the Centre and the States be directed to conduct regular drives to identify grossly smoking vehicles. "If any vehicle, which is grossly polluting, is found with a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate, then the State Government must cancel the authorisation of the PUC centre," it said.

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