India, May 6 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in NCR, in an advisory, asked state governments, public-sector undertakings and public institutions in the region to transition their vehicular fleet from petrol and diesel to cleaner fuels, such as CNG, or replace them with electric vehicles (EVs). It said policies need to be drafted to ensure all future vehicles procured provide "an accelerated road map" for clean mobility in NCR.

The advisory issued to chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan on May 2, a copy of which was accessed by HT, said that a switch to cleaner mobility was looked at as a feasible option in meetings held on measures to curb vehicular pollution.

"Amongst various measures to ...