New Delhi, July 26 -- Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Saturday said that pollution levels of vehicles should be determined based on their usage rather than their age, ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on the End-of-Life (EoL) vehicle policy.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the Delhi government's plea on July 28 regarding the EoL policy, which was put on hold after a public backlash. The policy, implemented in compliance with the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) guidelines, enforced a blanket ban on diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years in the national capital.

"There are many vehicles that have aged, but because they haven't been used much, their pollution lev...