<p>Kolkata: The West Bengal government has introduced a system for the issuance of web-based centralised Pollution Under Control Certificates (PUCC) version 2.0 to check air pollution, an official said on Monday.</p>.<p>In the new version, all vehicles must be physically produced before automated emission testing centres (AETCs) for issuance of pollution certificates.</p>.<p>The state government has directed the transport directorate to instruct all AETCs to strictly follow the new norms, the official said.</p>.Delhi govt starts plantation drive to curb pollution in winters.<p>According to a notification issued by Transport Secretary Saumitra Mohan on October 11, a large number of vehicle owners were obtaining PUCC for their respective vehicles without physically producing the vehicles at AETCs, thereby indicating irregularities involved in the issuance of pollution certificates.</p>.<p>Such practices compromise the government's efforts to control air pollution, it stated.</p>.<p>The PUCC version 2.0 will ensure the physical presence of a vehicle at an AETC at the time of issuing pollution certificates. Under the new rules, all AETCs must enter their latitude and longitude coordinates in the Vahan software.</p>.<p>Each centre must register its mobile number and install the application.</p>.<p>An image of the vehicle's registration number plate (as printed on the certificate) in landscape format covering the AETC and the vehicle in a single frame and one short live video covering the vehicle and the AETC must be captured through the registered mobile set via PUCC app with geo-location of the mobile device, the notification added.</p>
<p>Kolkata: The West Bengal government has introduced a system for the issuance of web-based centralised Pollution Under Control Certificates (PUCC) version 2.0 to check air pollution, an official said on Monday.</p>.<p>In the new version, all vehicles must be physically produced before automated emission testing centres (AETCs) for issuance of pollution certificates.</p>.<p>The state government has directed the transport directorate to instruct all AETCs to strictly follow the new norms, the official said.</p>.Delhi govt starts plantation drive to curb pollution in winters.<p>According to a notification issued by Transport Secretary Saumitra Mohan on October 11, a large number of vehicle owners were obtaining PUCC for their respective vehicles without physically producing the vehicles at AETCs, thereby indicating irregularities involved in the issuance of pollution certificates.</p>.<p>Such practices compromise the government's efforts to control air pollution, it stated.</p>.<p>The PUCC version 2.0 will ensure the physical presence of a vehicle at an AETC at the time of issuing pollution certificates. Under the new rules, all AETCs must enter their latitude and longitude coordinates in the Vahan software.</p>.<p>Each centre must register its mobile number and install the application.</p>.<p>An image of the vehicle's registration number plate (as printed on the certificate) in landscape format covering the AETC and the vehicle in a single frame and one short live video covering the vehicle and the AETC must be captured through the registered mobile set via PUCC app with geo-location of the mobile device, the notification added.</p>