Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Delhi Adds Cameras and Automated Vehicle Testing Centres
Delhi wants to check vehicle pollution more carefully.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said cameras will be installed at all Pollution Under Control centres in Delhi-NCR.
These cameras are meant to make testing more transparent and easier to monitor.
The government has also opened two automated vehicle-testing centres.
They are located at Nand Nagri and Tehkhand.
Computers and machines will perform much of the testing with little human involvement.
The centres can test about 72,000 vehicles each year together.
They will check pollution, brakes, suspension, vehicle undersides and headlights.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced cameras for all Pollution Under Control centres in Delhi-NCR.
The surveillance aims to improve monitoring, transparency and compliance, especially at centres near petrol pumps.
Two fully automated commercial vehicle testing stations have opened at Nand Nagri and Tehkhand.
The new facilities use digital testing with minimal human intervention for vehicle fitness and emissions checks.
The centres together can test about 72,000 vehicles annually, including around 20,000 two-wheelers.
- Who
- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and the Delhi government.
- What
- The government announced camera surveillance at PUC centres and opened two automated vehicle-testing stations.
- When
- The announcement was made in a social media post; no specific date was provided.
- Where
- Across Delhi-NCR, with new testing stations at Nand Nagri and Tehkhand.
- Why
- To improve monitoring, transparency, compliance, and the efficiency and accuracy of vehicle fitness and emissions checks.
- PUC centres
- All Pollution Under Control centres in Delhi-NCR are to be equipped with cameras.
- New facilities
- Automated testing stations have opened at Nand Nagri and Tehkhand.
- Combined capacity
- The two new centres can test around 72,000 vehicles annually.
- Nand Nagri facility
- The centre has four automated lanes: two for heavy vehicles, one for light vehicles and one for two-wheelers.
- Two-wheeler capacity
- The Nand Nagri facility can test around 20,000 two-wheelers annually.
- Testing checks
- The facility checks emissions, brakes, suspension, underbody condition and headlamp alignment.
- Existing infrastructure
- Delhi already operates an automated testing station at Jhuljhuli in southwest Delhi.