Nagaland: Sale & registration of BS-IV vehicles to stop April 1

Representative Image: A Dimapur Traffic Police personnel supervising vehicular movement at the busy Clock Tower Junction, Dimapur. (Morung File Photo)  

DIMAPUR, MARCH 9 (MExN): The Transport Department today informed that new motor vehicles conforming to emission standard Bharat Stage (BS) - IV manufactured before April 1 shall not be sold or registered in the state with effect from April 1. 

Further, new motor vehicles of ‘Category M’ and ‘Category N’ conforming to emission Standard Bharat Stage- IV manufactured before April 1 and sold in the form of drive away chassis, shall not be sold or registered in the state with effect from April 1.

Category M vehicles include those with at least four wheels used for carrying passengers, while Category N includes vehicles with at least four wheels used for carrying goods which may also carry persons in addition to the goods. 

The department cautioned that vehicle owners who do not register vehicles as stated above shall be penalized as per provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988.

This was notified as per guidelines laid down by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and in compliance to the judgement of the Supreme Court of India.