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In an effort to control pollution, Uttarakhand will soon introduce a green tax for vehicles entering from other states. The initiative, which will become effective from December, aims to curb pollution, safeguard the environment, and promote cleanliness across the state. According to officials, the green tax will vary based on vehicle type — Rs 80 for small vehicles, Rs 250 for light cargo carriers, Rs 140 for buses, and between Rs 120 and Rs 700 for trucks, depending on their weight category. State Additional Transport Commissioner Sanat Kumar Singh said on Saturday that Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned at the state’s borders will identify vehicles entering Uttarakhand. He said 16 cameras were already installed in the border areas, and their number has now been increased to 37. A vendor company has been appointed by the transport department to manage the tax collection process. Data captured by ANPR cameras will be sent to the vendor through a dedicated software system, which will filter out Uttarakhand-registered, government, and two-wheeler vehicles before forwarding the remaining information to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). From there, the registered wallet numbers of vehicle owners will be identified, and the applicable green tax will be automatically deducted and transferred to the transport department’s account, Singh explained.
