India, Oct. 27 -- As Delhi prepares to curb winter pollution by restricting the entry of non-BS VI vehicles from November 1, nearly 3.5 lakh vehicles from Noida and Greater Noida will be completely barred from entering the national capital.

Data from the Noida transport department showed that Noida and Greater Noida had 9.7 lakh registered petrol and 1.3 lakh diesel vehicles as of October 27. Of these, 1,11,867 vehicles are BS IV, and 2,46,993 are end-of-life (ELV) vehicles, including 1,99,549 petrol ELVs (15-year-old) and 47,444 diesel ELVs (10-year-old), which need to be scrapped under the directives of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM). BS I, II, and III, launched before 2010 and a tiny part of IV (bought between April ...