Chandigarh August, 5: Haryana Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal here today granted approval for amendment in Rule 67-A of the Haryana Motor Vehicles Rules, 1993 revising the age of operation of various types of transport vehicles under different permits in the state, in line with the order of the Supreme Court of India passed in Writ Petition No. 13029 of 1985.

As per the said order, the operation of diesel and petrol driven vehicles which have attained the age of 10 years and 15 years respectively has been prohibited in the National Capital Region.

Further, with the introduction of clean fuel technologies like electric vehicles, LNG, CNG etc, a need was felt to amend the rules to provide for enhanced age for such vehicles in order to give impetus to their faster adoption and thereby protect the environment.

This amendment in the Haryana Motor Vehicles Rules will also remove an anomaly by fixing the age of stage carriage buses at par with private service vehicles and education institutional vehicles. This has been a long pending demand of the stage carriage permit holders and will augment the transport services being provided by Haryana Roadways as well as private operators, in addition to bringing savings to the public exchequer.

The age of vehicles with tourist permits remains unchanged in line with Rule 82 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.