India, Aug. 12 -- The Delhi government has welcomed the order issued by the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday which calls for no coercive action against owners of end-of-life vehicles. In a video message the NCT government's environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa hailed the order as a "big relief for the residents" in the Delhi-NCR region.

"This is a big relief for the residents of Delhi," Sirsa said, welcoming the verdict. The Delhi minister further added that the BJP government in the capital will be working towards brining "permanent relief" for residents of Delhi-NCR very soon.

Based on the order issued by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, diesel vehicles up to 10 years old and petrol vehicles up to 15 years old will remain in use u...