New Delhi, March 13 -- Heavy and light commercial vehicles, including trucks, vans and dumpers, entering Delhi will have to pay higher environment compensation charges (ECC) from April 1 after the Supreme Court on Thursday approved a proposal by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to enhance the levy with the objective of restoring its "deterrent effect".
A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi accepted CAQM's proposal to increase ECC for light commercial vehicles and two-axle trucks from Rs.1,400 to Rs.2,000, and for three-axle trucks and vehicles with four or more axles from Rs.2,600 to Rs.4,000. P3
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