Vehicle licence plates in Delhi to be scanned at petrol pumps for PUCC validity
petrol pumps for PUCC validity with the Delhi government planning to implement a digital solution for the issue. The Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation (DTIDC) has floated a tender and invited bidders to suggest digital solutions to check whether the vehicles coming to the petrol pumps have a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC). The estimated cost of the project is Rs 6 crore.
«The bidder must possess the capability to deliver a digital solution aimed at mitigating pollution within the city of Delhi. This involves implementing an application that integrates with existing cameras situated at petrol pumps,» said an official.
Explaining how the system will work, the official said it will be designed to scan the licence plates of the vehicles upon entry to a petrol pump.
He said the selected company will be required to integrate the digital solution with the echallan.parivahan.gov.in portal. If a vehicle is detected with expired PUCC, the attendant at the petrol pump will apprise the vehicle owner to get the PUCC renewed. The vehicle owner will also get the information of the same through a screen installed by the bidder at the petrol pump.
«The system will again check PUCC status after three hours and in case of expiry of PUCC, the system will generate a challan at echallan.parivahan.gov.in,» he explained.
According to the documents prepared by the DTIDC for the implementation of the project, the system will be able to verify the validity of PUCC by cross-referencing the details of
