From December onwards, the green tax will be collected from vehicles coming to Uttarakhand from outside states, said the officials. This decision is made to curb pollution, protect the environment, and promote cleanliness across the hill state.
Different tax rates have been fixed for various vehicle categories depending on their weight — Rs 80 for small vehicles, Rs 250 for small cargo vehicles, Rs 140 for buses, and between Rs 120 and Rs 700 for trucks.
State Additional Transport Commissioner Sanat Kumar Singh said on Saturday that Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras installed along the Uttarakhand borders will capture the registration numbers of incoming vehicles. Sixteen cameras were already installed in the border areas, and this number has now been increased to 37.
The transport department has appointed a vendor company to collect the green tax, Singh said.
He added that the camera data will be sent to the vendor's software, which will filter information for Uttarakhand-registered, government, and two-wheeler vehicles. This filtered data will then be forwarded to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) database, where the vehicle owners' wallet numbers will be identified, allowing the relevant amount to be automatically deducted and credited to the transport department's account.
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