All end-of-life (EOL) vehicles -- diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years -- irrespective of the states they are registered in, will not be given fuel in Delhi starting July 1, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) clarified on Friday.

The CAQM had issued directions to fuel stations in April, saying no EOL vehicle should be given fuel from July 1.

     A total of 500 out of 520 fuel stations in Delhi have installed Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras and the rest will be covered by June 30.

     These cameras will detect vehicles older than 10 years (diesel) or 15 years (petrol) and an alert will be sounded to the command centre and enforcement teams comprising traffic and transport department officials which will impound the vehicles.

     This mechanism will be rolled out in five high-vehicle-density districts adjoining Delhi, including Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar and Sonipat, from November 1 this year, with the installation of ANPR cameras to be completed by October 31.