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The report, based on recommendations by two leading foreign pollution experts, Lennar Erlandsson of Sweden and Michael P. Walsh of USA, has called for improvement in the present system and the introduction of a new enhanced system for vehicle inspection in Delhi. As a first step, it has recommended upgradation of the Burari centre for commercial vehicles for combined emissions measurement with safety controls and fitness checks. Also, it has demanded improvement and upgradation of emissions inspection at the Pollution Under Control centres. The other demand pertains to a phase-in plan for centralised inspection system with commensurate test procedures and norms for all vehicles. Under this plan, CSE has called for a complete phase out of the numerous existing testing centre that are difficult to control and supervise. The Coordinator of its Right to Clean Air Campaign, Anumita Roy Chaudhury, says once a proper testing system is put in place there would be no need for vehicles to get PUC certificates every three months. "A PUC certificate once a year would suffice and this would help motorists save on costs. However, she noted, that elaborate testing was bound to raise the testing cost but this loss would be more than offset by the fact that tests would in ideal conditions be required only once a year. Thus, in the report, CSE has said that even while upgrading the PUC system, the Government must announce the plan to completely centralise and privatise the system in a given time frame. "The priority focus should be on the most polluting categories like the commercial vehicles and thereafter the focus can shift to other high emitters such as two-wheelers with two-stroke engines and vehicles with advanced emission control systems such as those with catalytic converters.'' Urging that CNG buses be given the highest priority for moving them to centralised centres where more advanced testing facilities would be made available, it said since commercial vehicles already need to go through routine annual fitness check and emissions tests, the Burari inspection centre should be immediately upgraded to meet the requirements. At the Burari centre, CSE has called for setting up three fully equipped lanes with a capacity of 60,000 tests per annum on eight-hour shifts. Also, it has asked for one additional lane for three-wheelers with a capacity of 30,000 tests per annum on a similar shift basis. Estimating that the cost per lane will be between Rs 10 lakhs and Rs 15 lakhs, CSE has stated that construction of the facility, purchase and installation of the equipment could be completed within a year. Further, it has recommended that the facility be built and operated by a private contractor selected through a competitive bidding process for making it more effective and less prone to corruption. To this end, CSE has suggested roping in internationally recognised inspection companies together with local counterparts.
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