'20 million vehicles that require scrapping accumulated in india'

ing accumulated in India Souviner,NEW DELHI, July 23: About 20 million ve The Government of India is coming up with hicles that require scrapping have accumulat- a scrappage policy but we still do not have what cornered in India, according to a report byan Indian we call an end-of-life regulation which is abso 2. orthink tank.legiblyT lutely essential," said Anumita Roy Chowd- 3. cal/NationalE), in a new report, said of the two billion In India, about 20 million vehicles have accu 1. The Centre for Science and Environment hury, Executive Director at theCSE global vehicle fleet, over 40 million vehicles- mulated by 2015 that require scrapping, it added. per cent of global automobile ownership- India, which is a vehicle producing country, ot allow import of used vehicles or any 3. Entire developing world,including vehicle- vehicle that does not meet its emissions stand- reach end-of-life every year producing countries like India that use vehi- ards. abovecles more intensely,face the challenge of scrap- Large numbers of these get traded to low ping theirlarge stocks of end-of-life vehicles and middle countries Africa and South Asia. About 80-90 per cent of vehicles Even developing countries that produce ve imported to Africa are old and used. Emis- thereof.hicles Cike India) and use themmore intensely sions of toxic pollutants, heat-trapping green- and longer need to adopt end-of-life regula- house gases and black carbon are worsening tions to scrap and recover precious material, public health and climate change risks, the without the requisite capacity,the report said.rejectE the report said.report said.