Govt to soon scrap vehicles older than 15 years

New Delhi Feb 16: The Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that government would come up with a new policy to curb pollution. The Minister has said that government would soon bring a
policy to scrap vehicles that are more than 15 years old.

Gadkari has said that "The policy aims at curbing rising vehicular pollution in the country. We have almost finalized the scrapping policy for vehicles with NITI Aayog.Vehicles completing 15 years or more would be scrapped ".

He has added that "Raw material for vehicles will be cheap ... plastic, rubber, aluminum and copper - all generated from scrap will be used for auto part generation besides other things".

Gadkari has also added that "once the proposal is accepted it is bound to result in Rs 10,000 crore boost in tax revenue as the automobile sector will benefit from it."