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Delhi is all set to get its first authorised Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF), so that people will no longer need to travel to neighbouring states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to scrap their overage or end-of-life petrol and diesel vehicles, officials said on Thursday.

“Earlier, the Transport department had approved a list of RVSFs, some of which had their offices in Delhi. However, the scrap yards of these companies were located in other states, especially in NCR, like Ghaziabad and Meerut. This is going to be the first time such a unit will be established in Delhi,” said a department official.

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The Transport Department granted approval to EZWaste Recycling Private Limited, located in the Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate On Mathura Road in Southeast Delhi, to establish a vehicle scrapping unit in the city on April 1, 2025. The facility is authorized to operate until March 24, 2035.

Officials noted that, due to concerns over environmental pollution, companies involved in vehicle scrapping were not permitted to establish scrapping units or scrap yards within the Capital until last year. 

However, with the adoption of scientific methods for dismantling and scrapping overage vehicles, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) decided to classify such units under the ‘Orange’ category industry. This classification, introduced last year, now allows private companies to set up scrapping facilities within the city.

‘Orange’ category industries, as defined by the Central Pollution Control Board, are those that generate a moderate level of pollution.

“A key aim behind this decision is to also restrict mushrooming illegal scrap yards, leading to pollution. If the scrap yards were authorised by the government, people would also be able to avail of hassle-free service,” said a senior official.

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“EZWaste Recycling Private Limited had first applied for permission from the DPCC. After receiving a nod from the board, it had sought the Transport Department’s approval last year,” the official added.

The company has been licensed to scrap vehicles in the “L” (light vehicles), ‘M’ (motor vehicles), ‘N’ (goods vehicles) and other category vehicles and can scrap up to 70,000 vehicles annually. 

For several years, Delhi has prohibited petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 years from operating. The city currently has over one lakh end-of-life vehicles.

TheTransport Department began de-registering such vehicles from January 2022, following directions from the Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal. However, these vehicles can still be sold in other states, provided a no-objection certificate is obtained from the Delhi Transport Department.

The department first launched an extensive drive against such vehicles in March 2023, which continued until September. During Diwali 2024, a similar drive was carried out in collaboration with enforcement agencies such as the Traffic Police and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. At that time, 17 Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs) were authorised to scrap vehicles. 

According to officials, between October last year and February this year, a total of 28,049 end-of-life vehicles were impounded.