Chandigarh admn mulls one-time relief for sale of fuel-based 2-wheelers
1 year, 2 months ago

Chandigarh admn mulls one-time relief for sale of fuel-based 2-wheelers

Hindustan Times  

Facing flak over its decision to halt the registration of fuel-based two-wheelers, the UT administration is mulling to give one-time relief to automobile dealers to clear their stock during the festive season. According to the proposal by the Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society, the plan is to permit the sale of approximately 1,500 non-electric two-wheelers during the festive season, a senior officer of the UT administration revealed. On October 10, during a meeting at the UT secretariat, administrator Bawarilal Purohit had directed the officers of the administration to re-examine the ban on registration of non-electric two-wheelers. Mayor threatens to protest if UT doesn’t rollback ban HT Correspondent [email protected] Chandigarh: City mayor Anup Gupta, along with members of the joint action committee of two-wheeler automobiles, has issued a three-day ultimatum to the administration to reconsider their decision to ban the registration of non-electric two-wheelers.

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The Hindu  

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1 year, 5 months ago

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Live Mint  

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News 18  

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