While America goes diesel,India to ban Diesel vehicles

Its an irony of sorts america with one of the strictist emission norms is planning to switch over to diesel to curtail pollution[plus save fuel bills],while the High court in India has asked the government to Ban diesel cars and instead use CNG as fuel.
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday gave the government two weeks’ time to file a status report on the feasibility of banning diesel cars and make compressed natural gas (CNG) mandatory for private vehicles.

HC has asked the Government to file a feasibility report in 2 weeks, it says CNG should be made mandatory for private vehicles as diesel cars are polluting Delhi.“What is the point of having CNG-run public transport if more and more diesel cars put on the roads every day continue to pollute Delhi,” a Bench comprising Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Reva Khetrapal observed.

Thirteen cars run on diesel cause pollution equal to one bus running on the same fuel, the report said.

“How can the city be rid of the evil of pollution if every sixth or seventh BMW and Mercedes is run on diesel,” Justice Mudgal observed.

Government counsel Mukta Gupta submitted that a ban on diesel cars or “private light motor vehicles” would only be viable after a legislative amendment in the Motor Vehicles Act.

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