PUC Checks

New Delhi

A day after Delhi enforced the ‘No PUC, No Fuel’ rule, commuter awareness has increased, with many voluntarily showing pollution-under-control certificates before refuelling.

Nischal Singhania, president of the Delhi Petrol Dealers’ Association, said compliance levels are improving, though queues at PUC centres remain long. Fuel sales have dipped at some border areas, including Badarpur, as commuters adjust to the mandatory checks. Some pump owners reported reduced sales, while customers increasingly carry PUC documents themselves.

However, enforcement remains uneven across the city. At certain petrol pumps, commuters reported buying fuel without verification, with no police presence. Piyush, a commuter on Rohtak Road, said checks were not conducted at his pump, while Bhushan Singh observed normal operations at Gulabi Bagh.

Traffic police and transport department teams were deployed at city entry points, toll plazas, and petrol pumps to ensure compliance. Officers used smart number plate recognition devices to verify documents and issue challans. At Bijwasan toll plaza on Dwarka Expressway, many vehicles slowed down or took sudden U-turns to avoid checks, causing brief congestion.

A senior traffic officer said strategic deployment near toll points ensures smoother checks with minimal traffic disruption. Information boards have been installed at Delhi-UP and Haryana-Delhi borders to raise awareness about GRAP-IV norms. Over 100 traffic teams are actively monitoring entry and exit points, highways, and expressways to enforce pollution norms and restrict non-compliant vehicles.

The overall focus is on improving compliance through awareness while preventing entry of vehicles that fail BS-VI and PUC regulations.