Vehicles belonging to two wheeler and three wheeler categories, sold after April 1 may face fuel emission norms, it is learnt. It is to be remembered that the government has imposed the emission norm BS IV for cars in select 13 cities, effective April 1 this year. The same applies to the two wheelers and three wheelers for effecting BS III coming under National Central Region and other 13 cities in the country.
The cities targeted on this norm are Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Secundrabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Kanpur and Lucknow. The dealers and stockists of the two wheelers and three wheelers having BS II variant will face tough time clearing them off in these cities.
The BS IV norm specified for the cars in 13 cities has now been extended to Lucknow and Sholapur, effective May 20. The auto people are groining over the revised draft of the norm, claiming that there is no such mentioning in the Auto Fuel Policy 2003. This will sure to affect some big companies making BSII variant of two wheelers and three wheelers. But the government has clearly hinted the implementation of this norm to the rest of the country by 1 October 2010.