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According to the order, this committee will also be able to include different experts in the panel for study. (File photo)
The Maharashtra government has started preparing to ban diesel-petrol trains in the Mumbai Metropolitan Municipality area due to increasing pollution. The state government has formed a committee of 7 members for this, which will submit its suggestions in the next 3 months.
According to the order issued on 22 January, retired IAS officer Sudhir Srivastava will lead the committee. It will have Transport Commissioner, Joint Police Commissioner Traffic, MD of Metropolitan Gas Limited, Project Manager of Power Distribution Company, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) and Joint Transport Commissioner Member.
According to the order, this committee will also be able to include different experts in the panel for study. The Mumbai Metropolitan (MMR) also includes areas of neighboring Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts. That is, there will be study in these areas also regarding the ban on diesel-petrol vehicles.
Court instructions to BMC-MPCB
- The court directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) that the city’s bakery using wood and coal begins to use gas or other green fuel in 6 months instead of a time limit of one year. Do
- The court had said that from now on, no new approval will be given to open coal or wood bakery or similar business. The new license will be given after following the condition to use only green fuel.
- After this, the state government has formed an expert committee to study petrol and diesel vehicles in the Mumbai metropolitan region, study CNG and electric vehicles and submit reports. The court also directed the BMC and MPCB to install pollution indicators at construction sites.
Mumbai’s air is getting worse Mumbai is at number 512 among the most polluted cities in the world. On 28 January 2025, the level of air pollution in Mumbai (AQI) was 193 PM2.5 and 159 PM10. At the same time, the O3 AQI 39 and NO2 AQI 21. The air quality is considered poor when there is more than 100 AQI.
More than 35 lakh vehicles in Mumbai The number of vehicles in Mumbai in August 2024 was more than 48 lakhs. Among them were 14 lakh private cars and 29 lakh two -wheelers. That is, there are 2,300 vehicles on every kilometer road. At the same time, more than 35 lakh private and commercial vehicles are registered in 2021-2022. These include more than 10 lakh 4-wheelers and more than 25 lakh 2-wheelers.
Diesel vehicles banned in 3 states including Delhi Diesel vehicles are banned in states like Delhi, Rajasthan, and Haryana. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has completely banned a 10-year-old diesel car and a 15-year-old petrol-CNG car in Delhi.
Diesel is prohibited from running commercial vehicles more than 15 years old in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, and Kota in Rajasthan. Haryana is prohibited from running diesel vehicles more than 10 years old.
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