India, July 2 -- A Delhi man says he is being forced to sell his "meticulously maintained" Range Rover at throwaway prices due to the city's ban on diesel vehicles older than 10 years. Ritesh Gandotra joined hundreds of other Delhiites in calling for a policy rethink, saying Delhi NCR's ban on old vehicles - purportedly to tackle air pollution - does little more than inconvenience honest tax-paying citizens.

In his post shared on the social media platform X, Gandotra shared a photograph of his Land Rover Range Rover - an SUV currently in its eighth year.

His post was shared on July 1, the day that Delhi's ban on providing fuel to end of life vehicles (EoL) came into force. Under this ban, vehicles that have exceeded the life span of 10 ...