The Gurugram administration will be installing Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras across petrol pumps in the city to monitor and enforce the ‘no pollution under control (PUC) certificate, no fuel’ policy, officials said on Saturday.
District Transport Officer and Secretary of the Regional Transport Authority, Sanjeev Singla, said 300 cameras will be installed in the first phase, starting November 15.
He further said that all petrol pumps have been ordered to install warning boards prominently in both Hindi and English at entry points and fuelling areas, underlining that vehicles without PUC certificates won’t be provided petrol, diesel, or CNG.
The ‘no valid pollution under control (PUC) certificate, no fuel’ policy was implemented across the National Capital Region on October 1.
“As part of this initiative, ANPR cameras will be installed at petrol pumps. These cameras will automatically identify vehicles refuelling at the pumps and determine whether they possess a valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificate. The ANPR camera will read the vehicle’s number plate and cross-reference its registration number with online PUC records”, Singla said.
He said driving without a PUC certificate can attract a fine of up to ₹10,000, as per the Motor Vehicles Act.
