The Delhi government is going to approach the Supreme Court with a request to review its 2018 order prohibiting the playing of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi NCR in line with the Centre's new voluntary vehicle scrapping policy, which looks at the vehicle's fitness as the criteria for scrapping and not age. Had reported on Wendesday that Delhi transport department has warned owners of 'end of life vehicles' of appropriate penal action, which can range from a fine up to Rs 10,000 or seizure and scrapping of the vehicle, if such a vehicle is found plying on roads. According to sources, the department has been getting many queries from owners of vehicles that are nearing the end of their life. Delhi's transport minister Kailash Gahlot told TOI that now there are specific regulations that allow vehicles that have proper fitness to play even if these are older but it can't be implemented in Delhi because of the court ruling. The man's family said he was in distress for the past few days and had been looking at news reports about the demolition order. Ganeshi Lal was found hanging from a tree around 5 am on Wednesday. Later, his son Shyam Lal, filed a police complaint and Surajkund police filed a case against the property dealier who had sold land to the family 15 years ago. The RBI has estimated that the second wave may have resulted in a Rs 2 lakh crore loss in output during the current finacial year, in the first such exercise conducted by the central bank or government. A loss of economic output may not have a direct corelation with the GDP but points to some loss in the value addition across the economy. Already, several agencies, including RBI have lowered the growth projections for the year.
