Planning to buy second car? Be prepared to pay more

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: The Delhi government has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that registration fee of second or third vehicle purchased in the national capital will be increased, a report in the Times of India has said.

The proposal is pending approval, the government said.

The green body had few months ago directed the Centre as well as the Delhi government to submit its views on capping the total number of vehicles, scrapping old vehicles, car pooling and incentives to those who want to dispose their old vehicles.

Responding to the tribunal's query, Delhi government's lawyer said the government has is no problem in implementing this.

According to Economic Survey, the vehicular population in the national capital has registered over 6 percent increase with a total of 88.27 lakh vehicles in comparison to last year.

There were 88.27 lakh vehicles, including 27,90,566 cars and jeeps, during 2014-15 while in 2013-14, the vehicular population was 82.58 lakh.

The total number of motor vehicles on road in Delhi as on March 31, 2015 touched 88.27 lakh, showing an increase of 6.4 percent over previous year.

With Agency Inputs