20 million vehicles to be scrapped in India: Report

According to a report from an Indian think tank, about 20 million vehicles that require scrapping have accumulated in India.

In a new report, the Center for Science and the Environment (CSE) More than 40 million vehicles, or 4% of the global car fleet, reach the end of life each year.

Everyone in the developing world, including countries producing vehicles like India that use vehicles more intensely The report indicates that developing countries that produce vehicles (such as India) and the use more intensely and last longer than others. The government of India proposes a scrappage policy, but we still do not have what we call end-of-life regulation, which is absolutely essential. ", said Anumita R oy Chowdhury, executive director of the CST

In India, about 20 million vehicles were accumulated in 2015 and must be scrapped, he adds.

India , a vehicle producing country, does not allow the importation of used vehicles, any vehicle that does not meet its emission standards.

A large number of they are traded in low- and middle-income countries of Africa and South Asia.About 80 to 90% of vehicles imported into Africa are old and used.According to the report, emissions of toxic pollutants, heat-trapping greenhouse gases and black carbon exacerbate public health and climate change risks,