Delhi pollution under control centres to be shut from today, know why

Pollution under control (PUC) in Delhi will remain shut from Monday, July 15, petrol pump owners announced, expressing their dissatisfaction over the recent proposed hike in rates of pollution certificates by the Delhi government. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Delhi Petrol Dealers' Association (DPDA) said the operation of the PUC centres is unviable.

Delhi has around 966 PUC centres across 10 zones. (HT Archive)

"Since the operation of PUC centres is unviable, many PUC centres have surrendered their licenses in the last few months. The managing committee of the Delhi Petrol Dealers Association has thus resolved to close PUC centres at their retail outlets across Delhi from July 15 in light of arbitrary and grossly insufficient hike in PUC certification rates, which will not in any way mitigate the losses of the dealers in operating the PUC centres," the Delhi Petrol Dealers' Association (DPDA) said in a statement.

The Delhi Petrol Dealers' Association, after eight years of writing letters to the transport department and the transport minister had earlier called for a closure of the PUC centres from July 1 due to its unviability, it said.