Vehicle ban deferred
the ban on 20-year-old commercial heavy vehicles in Bangalore, which came into effect on January 1, 2003, has been deferred by six months.
The Karnataka government maintains that the step was taken to give respite to truck owners whose financial condition is precarious. But the state authorities appear to have buckled under pressure in the wake of strong protests by the Lorry Owners Association. There are, however, a few issues such as the postponement period on which the government has not relented.
While truck owners were demanding that the ban be put off for two years, the state has agreed to give them a six-month breather. The vehicle owners' demand of changing the criteria of the ban was also ignored by the authorities. They had wanted the government to make emission testing norms and quality of vehicles
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